Note: Two of these examples are bogus, created by your faithful editor. Can you guess which two are fakes? See answer at bottom.
- The Social Security Administration paid Federal disability benefits to over 7,000 people who were employed by the Federal government at the same time.
9. $15 million to the Taliban for condoms.
- $13.5 million to a partnership of the Bolshoi Ballet and the Moscow Philharmonic, to produce “Springtime for Vladdy.”
- $7.9 million to Sri Lanka to combat “binary gender language.”
- $20 million to create an Iraqi version of “Sesame Street.”
- $8 million to purchase subscriptions to “Politico Pro” for Federal employees.
- A $21 million challenge grant issued to the Saudi Royal family for a “PG” rated TV pilot of “Sex and the Desert.”
- $7.1 million for a “BIPOC” (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) speaker series in Canada.
- $447,000 to Nepal to “promote an expansion of atheism.”
…and the NUMBER ONE EXAMPLE of WASTEFUL FEDERAL SPENDING, as DISCOVERED by D.O.G.E. is…
- Syrian national Mahmoud Al Hafyan diverted $9 million in U.S. humanitarian aid to terrorist groups, including the Al-Nusra Front.
Examples #4 and #8 are bogus, created by your editor.
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