USA WASTIN G MONEY & WHAT THEY SPENT

IN THE YEAR TO 2021

SENATOR RAND PAUL DID HIS YEARLY SUM OF HOW USA WASTED MONEY 2020

Health care:

1/.Studied if you’ll eat ground-up bugs (NIH & NIFA)….…….….......................…....... $1,327,781.72

2/. Asks why stress makes hair turn grey (NIH) .......................................................... $36,831,620.00

3/. Tries to get Eastern Mediterranean youth to stop smoking hookah (NIH) ................................................... $1,471,617.00

4/. Used cancer research money to create a “smart toilet” (NIH) ............................................................. $6,973,057.00

5/. Tried to get adults to stop watching so much TV (NIH) ............................................................. $1,246,507.00

6/.Gives cigarettes to adolescent kids (NIH) .............................................................$896,994.00

7/. Sent messages to moms to stop their teenage girls from indoor tanning (NIH) ..................................... $3,452,234.00

8/. Funded an allegedly faked study linking e-cigarettes to heart attacks (NIH) ................................................... $31,522,224.00

Interviewed San Franciscans about their edible cannabis use (NIH) ............................................................. $3,125,768.00

Gave federal employees duplicative Medicare customer service access (RRB) .................................................. $217,000,000.00

Tested if hot tubbing can lower stress (NIH) …......................................................… $2,004,704.00

Develops a master’s degree in research ethics in Myanmar (NIH) ………………......................................... $968,932.00

Helps justify the FDA’s Deeming Rule (NIH) ..……………….....................…......….... $3,696,770.00

Appropriated millions to the Urban Indian Health Programs (Congress) ........................................................... $57,684,000.00

Tries to help people get over their fears of going to the dentist (NIH) ............................................................ $1,039,554.00

Studied the prevalence of party drug use at NYC clubs and raves (NIH) ............................................................ $1,454,217.00

Waited for years on delinquent undelivered orders (VA) ............................................................ $3,496,302,352.00

Studied the effect of sleepiness on diet, physical activity, and obesity in kids (NIH) ........................................$787,355.00

FOREIGN AID:

Spent billions in Afghanistan on counternarcotics efforts ……….…...……...................................... $8,620,000,000.00

Funds classes for Kenyan artists and performers (State) ............................................................... $150,000.00

Planned Olympic-themed events in Singapore ............................................................... $75,000.00

Supports Sri Lankan think tanks ................................................................ $800,000.00

Spends millions to help deal with truant Filipino youth (USAID) ................................................................ $37,500,000.00

Teaches English to rural unemployed Romanians (State) ................................................................ $25,000.00

Put on theatrical plays in Mumbai (State) ................................................................. $30,000.00

Spends 5 years monitoring elections in Zimbabwe (USAID) ................................................................. $10,000,000.00

Seeks to start a venture capital fund for bad investments (USAID) …………….…........................................... $2,000,000.00

Helps disconnected Tunisian youth not feel like a problem (USAID) ………..…................................................. $48,000,000.00

Sends Russians to American community colleges for a “gap year” (State) …………........................................ $3,250,000.00

Sets up book clubs for Pakistani and Afghan kids (State) ……………………..….…............................ $200,000.00

Subsidizes Tunisian Chambers of Commerce (State) …………..……………………...................... $700,000.00

ENVIRONMENT ENERGY & SCIENCE  

Walked lizards on a treadmill (NSF) ……….…...……................................................... $1,557,083.00 ¾ Funds The Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (FWS) ............................................. $13,545,889.40

Bought public transit buses for localities (FTA) ........................................................... $129,956,625.00

Studied how people cooperate while playing e-sport video games (NSF) ........................ $199,864.00

Hired “interns” to do busy work (NPS) .................................................................................. $57,576.75

Studied how New Yorkers abided by New York City COVID lockdowns (NSF) .......... $199,995.00

Taught students in Washington about disputed climate science (NSF) ........................... $487,528.00

Subsidizes an insect ranching company’s R&D efforts (NSF) ........................................ $1,304,454.00

Develops a wearable headset to track eating behavior (NSF) …………….…............. $2,075,074.00

Studies how food options change when a neighborhood is revitalized (NSF) ............... $260,000.00

MILITARY

Spent decades trying unsuccessfully to replace the Bradley (DOD) …................ $23,900,000,000.00

Bungled building a drone base in Niger (USAFRICOM and USAF) ........................ $110,000,000.00

Built unsafe infrastructure in Afghanistan (Army Corps of Engineers) ........................ $4,500,000.00

Repurposed COVID response funds for unrelated acquisitions (DOD) .............. $1,000,000,000.00

Lost equipment designated for Syrians fighting ISIS (DOD) ..................................... $715,800,000.00

Spent millions on STARBASE (DOD) ........................................................................... $35,000,000.00

Lost drones over Afghanistan (DOD) ........................................................................... $174,000,000.00

Built a police complex lacking power that is not used (Army Corps of Engineers) ..... $3,100,000.00

Rebuilt a taxiway for airplanes on Nantucket Island (FAA) …….…...……............... $19,999,869.00

Bought COVID test tubes but received unusable soda bottles (FEMA) .................... $10,502,997.50

Bought vehicles for State and local law enforcement agencies (USMS) ...................... $53,900,000.00

Built 3 bicycle storage facilities at D.C. Metro stations (Metro) ...................................... $5,966,180.00

Prepared bugs for you to eat (NSF and DARPA) ............................................................. $2,819,702.02

Sprayed alcoholic rats with bobcat urine (NIH and VA) ................................................. $4,575,431.00

Allowed States to take advantage of TANF rules (Congress) ................................ $16,500,000,000.00

Overspent on pre-fab housing and water pumps in Texas (FEMA) .......................... $182,000,000.00

TAXPAYER DOLLARS WASTED:

$54,746,524,505.37 AS AT DEC 2020

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