Anyone with a modicum of common sense knows that the United States government wastes a lot of taxpayer money.
Whether it’s funding “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” or paying for prisoners’ sex changes, the needless waste must stop.
And now Government bureaucrats are running scared after the Department of Government Efficiency began exposing sickening levels of waste.
The government waste is shocking
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will soon take hold once President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
This new department is slated to be led by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who recently shared some eye-popping examples of insane government waste with Americans.
The DOGE X account shared a clip of Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), lauded for his annual Festivus report covering government waste, as he went over some of the most insane ways the government has wasted your hard-earned money.
Items your tax dollars are being spent on:
-$100,000 to study if tequila or gin makes sunfish more aggressive
-Nearly $1M to study if cocaine makes Japanese quail more sexually promiscuous
-$750,000 to study if the moon landing line was “One small step for Man” or “One small… pic.twitter.com/kXl4IXV8FE— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) November 18, 2024
One example is a study that spent $100,000 in taxpayer dollars to find out what makes a sunfish more aggressive: gin or tequila.
Yes, you read that right.
Yet an even more insane example is the US government spent close to $1 million on a study to find out if cocaine makes Japanese quail more “sexually promiscuous.”
But that’s not all – the government spent $750,000 to determine if astronaut Neil Armstrong’s famous line was actually “One small step for man,” or if it was “One small step for ‘a’ man.”
If you’re curious about that one, the post revealed that the results were “inconclusive.”
Another part of the clip shows Paul explaining that the government spent $2 million on the “construction of a kelp and shellfish nursery in Maine.”
Paul added, “$1.5 million to encourage video gaming in New York . . . We might be better off spending $1.5 million to discourage kids from playing video games . . . $388,000 for Columbia University . . . $249,000 for the Baltimore Symphony, give money to all the symphonies.”
Ramaswamy appeared on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss DOGE’s plan to “delete” some government agencies forever.
“Over the last 40 years, even conservatives, we’ve talked a big game for 40 years about cutting the federal government, about reducing the scope of the federal government. Politicians haven’t been able to do it. And so, Elon and I, we’re not politicians. We’re businessmen. We’re coming at it from the outside,” he said.
He added, “Sometimes if you go inside, you become native to the system.”
The former Presidential candidate also said he applauded Donald Trump for “setting this up for success.”
Ramaswamy explained in more detail how things would work: “In the early months, score quick wins through executive action, show what can be done, and then I think we’ll lay the groundwork for Congress to have to take meaningful steps for the future.”
Things are about to change
During his appearance on the show, Ramaswamy made it a point to say that there is “massive waste, fraud, and abuse right now” in the federal government.
“Federal contractors are really exploiting the federal government. You could take haircuts across the board, and they would be no worse off for it,” he said.
He also said DOGE plans to make “massive reductions” at several federal agencies, while others will be “deleted outright.”
“We expect massive cuts of all federal contractors and others who are overbilling the federal government. So, yes, we expect all of the above,” he confirmed.
Meanwhile, DOGE says it is looking to hire “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting.”
We are very grateful to the thousands of Americans who have expressed interest in helping us at DOGE. We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting. If that’s…
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) November 14, 2024
