12 Incredible Examples of Government Waste

12 Incredible Examples of Government Waste

October 15, 2012

Circus Classes: $20,000

The National Endowment for the Arts has given $84,000 over the last three years to the Circus Day Foundation, now known as Circus Harmony, for a one-year circus arts program that teaches students how to juggle, hula hoop and other circus skills.

<p>The National Endowment for the Arts has given $84,000 over the last three years to the Circus Day Foundation, now known as Circus Harmony, for a one-year circus arts program that teaches students how to juggle, hula hoop and other circus skills.</p>prevnext

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$638,910 on sending coal to military bases in Germany

10 Outrageous Examples of Government Waste

<p>The handy navigating device in nearly every car and Smartphone was also originally developed by the Defense Department in the 1970s to follow the exact locations of nuclear missiles and calculate their proper trajectories. Funding for the system was

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