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waste

Nov 2018

The caravan is straining our resources in… toilets

Jazz Shaw Nov 28, 2018 3:21 PM

Down the tubes

Jul 2018

Jail time for handing out plastic straws?

Jazz Shaw Jul 25, 2018 2:31 PM

Lock Her Up! (She’s got a straw!)

Oct 2016

The robot takeover of the VA has failed… for now

Jazz Shaw Oct 03, 2016 4:31 PM

So you’ve paid for the robots but you can’t use them. What now?

Aug 2016

Another government breakdown in Flint, Michigan

Jazz Shaw Aug 01, 2016 3:01 PM

Trash talking in Flint

May 2016

In Seattle, the trash man can’t poke around in your trash anymore

Jazz Shaw May 01, 2016 3:31 PM

Oscar the Grouch hardest hit

Nov 2015

National Weather Service official creates new job for himself with a very nice raise

Jazz Shaw Nov 17, 2015 5:21 PM

Good work if you can get it. And you can’t.

Mar 2015

Those farm subsidies? Yeah… a lot of the money went to billionaires

Jazz Shaw Mar 20, 2015 12:01 PM

Wait… we’re giving farm subsidies to lawyers?

Sep 2014

Responsible stewards at Ex-Im bank blew their budget flying 1st class

Jazz Shaw Sep 07, 2014 5:01 PM

Well, you don’t want them mixing in with the peasants, do you?

Jun 2014

Video: ObamaCare contractor still hiring despite having no work

Ed Morrissey Jun 13, 2014 11:01 AM

Plus: Co-ops the new Solyndras?

May 2014

Second ObamaCare contractor facility doing nothing — and still hiring

Ed Morrissey May 20, 2014 10:41 AM

And offering overtime.

So, why is the USDA requesting to buy submachine guns?

Erika Johnsen May 16, 2014 4:01 PM

Uhm… what?

Get ready for the next round of ObamaCare price spikes

Ed Morrissey May 15, 2014 2:41 PM

And narrower networks, and government inefficiency.

How to get a paycheck from the EPA without really trying: Telework without working, or go to the office and watch porn

Erika Johnsen May 07, 2014 1:21 PM

The joys of bureaucracy.

Mar 2014

Two UK hospitals incinerated the remains of dead babies for heat

Allahpundit Mar 24, 2014 11:21 AM

“Waste to energy.”

The government doesn’t know how many empty buildings it owns — just that they’re costing us billions

Erika Johnsen Mar 13, 2014 8:01 PM

Typical.

Jan 2014

Of course: Government overpays by millions for diapers

Mary Katharine Ham Jan 27, 2014 10:11 PM

Duty and waste.

Two men just defrauded the Renewable Fuel Standard credit system for $37 million

Erika Johnsen Jan 18, 2014 5:31 PM

Why is it, whenever the federal government — in all of their august and well-meaning wisdom — creates a program …

HHS IG reports Medicare paying far too much for … penis pumps

Ed Morrissey Jan 13, 2014 1:21 PM

Inflated expectations.

Dec 2013

Coburn: This is what $30 billion in government waste looks like

Erika Johnsen Dec 17, 2013 6:21 PM

$haking my head.

Jul 2013

Super: Feds paying millions in subsidies to farmers no longer among the living

Erika Johnsen Jul 29, 2013 4:01 PM

Ugh.

Jun 2013

Inspector General: IRS credit cards used for booze and porn

Mary Katharine Ham Jun 25, 2013 9:21 PM

Receipts found.

Govt finally ready to make big spending cuts on… catfish

Jazz Shaw Jun 01, 2013 10:01 AM

Fishy

May 2013

Video: LA DPW insults Japanese-Americans?

Ed Morrissey May 10, 2013 2:01 PM

Double standards.

Apr 2013

Too good to check. Federal grant for studying… duck genitals

Jazz Shaw Apr 28, 2013 3:31 PM

Feathering the nest

Why is DHS stockpiling so much ammo?

Jazz Shaw Apr 28, 2013 9:31 AM

Bulk purchase

Oh, good: Latest GAO report details billions more in wasteful/duplicative spending

Erika Johnsen Apr 09, 2013 9:21 PM

Dagger.

Mar 2013

Your tax dollars at work – IRS Star Trek parody film (with video)

Jazz Shaw Mar 23, 2013 1:01 PM

To boldly go where no government employee has gone before

$60B in Iraq rebuilding efforts mostly wasted, IG concludes

Ed Morrissey Mar 06, 2013 9:21 AM

Iraqis want more military aid now, however.

Feb 2013

IG: Add LG Chem to Obama’s green-tech subsidy flops

Ed Morrissey Feb 13, 2013 1:21 PM

$150 million for “volunteering for animal shelters and community groups.”

WSJ: Millions fraudulently claimed eligibility for federal phone subsidies

Erika Johnsen Feb 12, 2013 12:41 PM

Phoning it in.

Jan 2013

Oops: Massachusetts finds itself unable to locate 19,000 welfare recipients

Erika Johnsen Jan 04, 2013 5:11 PM

Womp.

Oct 2012

Oh, goody: More waste, fraud, and abuse from Obama’s Energy Department?

Erika Johnsen Oct 23, 2012 4:01 PM

Great work, everybody.

Jul 2012

Oh, good: Federal govt pushing to intensify fight against health-care fraud

Erika Johnsen Jul 26, 2012 2:41 PM

We’re saved!

House votes to audit the Federal Reserve

Erika Johnsen Jul 25, 2012 5:21 PM

Ron Paul will be pleased.

Oh, good: Govt overpaid $14 billion in unemployment benefits in 2011

Erika Johnsen Jul 09, 2012 12:01 PM

So, how’s that whole “cutting waste” thing working out?

Jun 2012

Romney: If ObamaCare is struck down, Obama’s first term was a waste

Allahpundit Jun 26, 2012 6:41 PM

Futility.

May 2012

Video: Famed security agency covered up wasteful spending, misled investigators

Ed Morrissey May 10, 2012 1:21 PM

Maybe they should get strip-searched.

Apr 2012

The GSA, federal junkets and perspective

Dustin Siggins Apr 24, 2012 9:42 PM

Waste, fraud, and abuse.

Newt Gingrich’s Secret Service is costing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars a day?

Tina Korbe Apr 19, 2012 2:11 PM

“Just another example of Newt’s arrogance and self-importance.”

Reuters: Those “green-collar jobs” promises have been a bust, huh?

Ed Morrissey Apr 16, 2012 9:16 AM

And not just in the Solyndra sense, either.

You have to see it to believe it: Inside footage of the GSA Western Regions Conference

Tina Korbe Apr 07, 2012 5:31 PM

GSA officials mock their own excessive spending.

Parody: Party in the GSA

Tina Korbe Apr 05, 2012 11:50 AM

What did you always want at your birthday party but never had?

Mar 2012

Why Democrats’ political ploys shouldn’t stop Republicans from standing up for taxpayers on VAWA

Tina Korbe Mar 16, 2012 4:50 PM

Brazen.

Feb 2012

GAO Report: Government wastes “tens of billions” of dollars on duplication and overlap

Tina Korbe Feb 28, 2012 4:15 PM

Repeat programs.