Economist Michelle Lee McAdoo regales the public with revelations that government spending is often wasted beyond our wildest nightmares. Of course these outright crazy programs are merely the tip of a gigantic bloated government that is wasting our tax dollars hand over fist.
Go here to read 50 examples of government waste compiled by the Heritage Foundation.   This problem will never be solved until we have root and branch reform, not only of government spending, but also of what we expect government to do. For too long the American way has been to throw a new government program, and massive amounts of money at every problem. Those days are ending, if only because we are broke, if for no better reason.