It would be nice to have a reasonable discussion about what we collectively choose to spend money on, but grouping together zany examples distracts from the relative scale of each.<p>$32K for "breakdancing" v. $90 billion (2,812,500x bigger) for "Ineffective Navy vessels".
this guy sucks. most of it reads like it was written by chatGPT<p>> The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spent $419,470 to determine if lonely rats seek cocaine more than happy rats<p>repeating the Rat Park experiment is a good idea<p>> Congress spent $15 million to turn the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) into an unconstitutional force to prepare, file, and audit your hard-earned money<p>> Burning $15 million to study a system that already exists in the private sector and is free to use? (xxi) Sounds like classic government waste.<p>The xxi reference is wrong, goes to this <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1049" rel="nofollow">https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1049</a>. Pretty sure the Direct File system is popular.