Ohio has spent $386 million to renovate its State Fairgrounds for an event that brings in onlyh $12 million in revenue at the gate.
New York City paid $1.7 million to keep empty hotel rooms in reserve against a migrant surge - which was an overcharge to boot.
Intel took an $8.5 billion grant and ran, laying of 15,000 workers (15 percent of its workforce) regardless of the grant.
Colorado has many oil wells that are not profitable enough to cover costs of cleanup and final decommissioning.
Shreveport, Louisiana cleaned mold and mildew from a building - an abandoned housing project - then demolished it anyway.
The U.S. Army paid Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson $11 million without realizing a single new enlistment and arguably lost enlistments.
Santa Clara County will buy 48 new rail cars - that they can't use until 2037 because they don't have a track to run on.
Texas pregnancy-center contractors might be gaming a program set up to help them, without helping those the State wants to help.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) squandered money on a deserted monkey house and over 300 vacant buildings.
New York City spent $350,000 on a flawed study for planning a preschool program, then sited many schools in the wrong places.