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In 2012, the government spent nearly a million present-day dollars studying those who watch a lot of reruns on television.
The Suffolk County Police Department settled with seven officers, all of whom they should have fired immediately.
El Paso Schools bought school smartboards, and servers to run them, for $3.1 million, and no one knew what to do with them.
In 2012 the US military actually spent over a million dollars researching how to create beef jerky at a low price.
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) handed a contract to run its largest detention center to a "firm" of 39 working out of a house.
A school superintendent, asked to resign before his first day after doubts surfaced about his competency, still got paid for a full year.
Six full-time county employees racked up travel and other expenses totalling close to $240,000, with very poor oversight.
A study of 38 American cities show weak or even negative correlation between big spending and policy success.
The Department of Justice has unspent money for anti-violence grants, at least $77.5 million worth, sitting idle from bureaucratic failure.
Medicaid has provided vast questionable reimbursements to health care providers who turn out to be delinquent on their taxes.
