Bechtel National has collected millions from NASA and yet won’t deliver a rocket launcher in time for the Artemis IV mission.
Federal funds pay for affordable housing in Boston, Massachusetts, though that housing has serious safety deficiencies.
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has a critical problem with medical care for detainees, many of whom die of negligence.
FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) actually has money it can't or won't spend, which could address its budget deficit.
The Chicago Police Department has never gotten a handle on misconduct by its own officers that costs millions in court judgments.
In 2010 the federal government spent a million dollars putting poems up for zoo visitors to read in five big-city zoos.
A forensic analyst in Colorado drew hundreds of thousands in salary for substandard work that imperils 652 criminal cases.
Los Angeles has left 17.5 of its jobs open, and workers are eating up the savings by working overtime and raking it in.
Big Game Forever took $5.1 million from Utah and paid off its founder, the founder's family, and other kickback recipients.
Some argue that New Hampshire is spending money unnecessarily to secure an international border with an already formidable natural barrier.