In 2008, the Justice Department paid a windfall to the Cleveland Botanical Garden to teach teens to make and sell salsa and salad dressing.
The government has expanded a tax credit for electric vehicle chargers - and at $7500 each, it will cost $900 billion.
The Pentagon recently spent $53.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds, on wi-fi, paint, and gymnastic equipment.
The California prison system received $34 million in targeted funding to address guard discipline - then didn't use it.
Chicago public schools have lost $23 million worth of computers, including devices lent out and not return, and outright theft.
A Texas school district actually bought a water slide and other luxuries with federal funds, then claimed these enhanced reading instruction.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement spent $20 billion over two years settling illegal aliens in the United States.
Maine is building apartment complexes for illegal immigrants for $3.5 million, and the immigrants will live rent-free for two years.
The Pentagon has literally lost track of over $1 billion worth of weapons in the Ukraine theater as debate on U.S. involvement continues.
In 2008, a Congressional junket to the Galapagos Islands cost the taxpayers $31,100, adjusted for inflation to 2024.