government waste

Joni Ernst Urges Closure of SF’s Nancy Pelosi Federal Building over Safety Risks: ‘Symbol’ of Government Dysfunction

Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is calling for the closure of the recently renovated Nancy Pelosi Federal Building in Democrat-run San Francisco. She cites severe public safety concerns amid a spike in crime and drug activity in the area and describes the “haunted house” as a “far-left failure” and “symbol” of government dysfunction.

People gather outside the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building at 90 Seventh St. in San F

2022 Festivus Report Shows NIH Waste: $3M to Watch Hamsters Fight on Steroids, $2.1M to Tell Ethiopians to Wear Shoes

This year’s annual Festivus report from Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) highlights billions in government waste, including wasteful expenditures at the hands of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which spent millions of taxpayer dollars on watching hamsters fight on steroids and millions more on campaigns encouraging individuals in other countries to wear shoes.

In this March 17, 2020, photo, Mr. Rich, a classroom pet, spent several months in the home

What A Waste: HHS Throwing Away Billions on Medicare

A new report from the Inspector General for the Health and Human Services Department faults the agency for missing its target of keeping fraudulent Medicare payments below ten percent. I’m not sure what’s worse: the fact that HHS is wasting more than ten percent of taxpayer dollars, or that the goal was to waste only ten percent.

In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a sign supporting Medicare is seen on Capitol Hill in Wa

The EU Gave Video Game Developers £2.4m Last Year. Why?

The European Union paid out £2.4 million of taxpayers’ money to game developers under the ‘Creative Europe’ programme last year, according to the Daily Express. Thirty-one game developers, including four from the UK, successfully received payouts sometimes exceeding £100,000. It isn’t necessarily a

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Sen. Rand Paul Reveals Government ‘Waste Report’

U.S. Senator and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Rand Paul has released “The Waste Report,” identifying “egregious examples of wasteful spending throughout the U.S. government,” according to Paul’s press release.

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