10 Outrageous Examples of Government Waste

10 Outrageous Examples of Government Waste

By Staff  // 

Billions on bad bullets?

The Defense Department purchased $16 billion worth of ammunition that it didn’t actually need. Some of the ammo is either too old to use or actually banned by international treaties. Now, the agency says it must destroy it--and estimates that will cost about $1 billion. 

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