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You are 100% right. I've worked for Uncle Sugar since 1981 as an AF officer and a contractor, and after seeing the way money gets spent, you're better off burying it in a fruit jar in your backyard than giving it to the government.

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Since when are IMLS, NEA and PBS comparable to the DoD and their $1000 wrenches and toilet seats?

So, are you advocating since there's waste on one area that we should waste it in other areas?

The military clearly has a ton of waste, but that's not a reason to waste money here - it's a reason to cut waste there too.

When one area has 100x the waste of the other and isn't nearly as easily auditable, it's a question of priorities. Going for this instead of defense procurement which is actually hard to cut is like DHS going after little old protesting ladies and patting themselves on the back.

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