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Of 677 laptops the Federal Reserve bought, none have been used so far, and the Fed’s bureaucracy can’t place them into service yet.
Since 2006 the Forest Service has paid about half a million dollars to send a Smokey Bear hot-air balloon to appear at public events.
Social Security and Medicare will require $193.6 trillion, even after collection of all payroll taxes, or it will run dry in 2033.
In 2012 NASA tried to launch a video game for iPads, but it crashed and burned - burning through $1.5 million in the process.
Total federal obligations amount to more than $130 trillion, and the country must be more transparent about what this represents.
Beverly Hills shouldn't have a low-income community, but they still got a grant intended for low-income communities in 2012.
The federal government bought golf carts and similar apparent fripperies for a total of $8.4 million in FY 2025.
In 2012 the National Science Foundation funded the creation of a video game called prom week, with AI (artificial intelligence) players.
The General Services Administration, in charge of federal buildings, doesn't monitor the spending by consultants to study its own buildings.
The federal debt held by the public will soon exceed 108 percent of Gross Domestic Product, thus setting a record.
