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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.
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.
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.
The US government tends to treat radioactive waste as high-level if any doubt exists, but new laws could see reclassification as low-level.
The GAO (Government Accountability Office) has made 610 recommendations to Congress and is still waiting for Congress to address one.
The Interior Department spent billions for drought relief, but the money is listed as "miscellaneous obligations," obscuring any detail.
Shutdowns keep happening, since 2013, because Congress pays no price for causing or prolonging them, while federal workers pay.
More than 1500 people on the federal payroll actually draw higher salaries than the President of the United States.
