Cities shamelessly misused federal Weed and Seed funds to pay for such frivolous pursuits as soccer games and corrugated cardboard shredding.
The federal government spent money on a bike center, within walking distance of a bridge that had recently collapsed.
Topline: Maine lobsters are known for their sharp claws, and in 2008 they could have taught the federal government a thing or two about penny pinching.
Topline: In 2008, Congress went against the Pentagon’s wishes and forced it to buy a surveillance blimp the military didn’t even want.
Lobbying to retain a contract for anti-chemical powder for our troops could have cost lives in combat, all to please the Clintons.
In 2008 the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation tried to do a barn census, spent $150,000 on the project, then abandoned it.
The Tibbits Opera House received a $500,000 restoration to its original design – and the money hemorrhage hasn’t stopped yet.
Topline: Most residents of Lexington, Kentucky never wanted a sidewalk on Tates Creek Road. They said foot traffic was “non-existent.”
The Census Bureau spent $810 million to invent computers for its crews to use in the 2010 Census – and all that money was wasted.
Topline: The federal government spends money to maintain over 1,300 national hiking trails that are easily accessible to all Americans — but it also spent hundreds...