25 NEW Outrageous Examples of Government Waste

25 NEW Outrageous Examples of Government Waste

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A Gnatcatcher Is Not a Carrier Pigeon

Someone in the Defense Department has a thing for gnats or maybe gnatcatchers, a species deemed "threatened" since 1993. Maybe that's why the department with one of the largest federal budgets decided to spend $283,500 on a gnatcatcher survey. Memo to the Pentagon: These tiny birds catch gnats, not ISIS terrorists.

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