25 NEW Outrageous Examples of Government Waste

25 NEW Outrageous Examples of Government Waste

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How the Red and Blue Duke It Out

"Never discuss religion or politics in at a dinner party." That was the advice etiquette experts used to write about. Still, try to avoid either in today's politically and religiously fractured world. But why is the National Science Foundation spending $150,000 "to better understand which facets of social interaction about politics are most stress inducing"?  Maybe they should start with wasting taxpayers' hard-earned money.    

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