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DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY •
DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY •
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Tax Dollars Wasted in 2023
$516.0B
Funds given to 491 Expired Programs
$516.0B#1 • 2024
690
$247.0B
Billions Lost in Federal Payment Errors
$247.0B#2 • 2022
273
$236.0B
Billions Lost in Federal Payment Errors
$236.0B#3 • 2023
191
$200.0B
Fraudsters Swindling from Pandemic Grants
$200.0B#4 • 2020
172
$150.7B
Supporting illegal migrants
$150.7B#5 • 2023
298
$80.0B
Maintaining outdated IT systems
$80.0B#6 • 2023
66
$1.8B
Government agencies using just 12% of their headquarters space
$1.8B#7 • 2023
98
$1.7B
Maintaining Empty Unused Federal Buildings
$1.7B#8 • 2009
110
$759.0M
Workforce Diversity and Outreach initiatives for NIH
$759.0M#9 • 2023
141
$287.6M
15 Electric Vehicle charging stations with 61 ports total
$287.6M#10 • 2024
214
$273.9M
Grants to study and counter 'misinformation'
$273.9M#11 • 2022
126
$249.8M
CUNY’s Course Registration Software
$249.8M#12 • 2015
81
$249.8M
West Virginia’s Routers for Tiny Libraries
$249.8M#13 • 2015
53
$200.0M
Grants Given to Artists like Post Molane, Lil Wayne
$200.0M#14 • 2021
98
$178.1M
Extending a Washington D.C's Streetcar path by 2 miles
$178.1M#15 • 2024
29
$168.0M
Help illegal immigrants avoid deportation
$168.0M#16 • 2022
100
$140.0M
Relief Funds Spent Towards Luxury Hotel and Spa
$140.0M#17 • 2022
95
$124.9M
Addressing 'inequities' in the public health system
$124.9M#18 • 2024
28
$122.7M
Basic Education Programs in Jordan
$122.7M#19 • 2023
136
$77.0M
Fuel loss through theft, misappropriation, and leakage
$77.0M#20 • 2020
45
$69.0M
Overpaid McKinsey on contract to improve "performance issues"
$69.0M#21 • 2019
57
$50.0M
Supporting Tunisia’s Tourism Sector
$50.0M#22 • 2022
62
$45.3M
Diversity and inclusion scholarship in Burma
$45.3M#23 • 2023
46
$38.0M
Stimulus Checks Given to Dead People
$38.0M#24 • 2020
109
$33.2M
Dr. Fauci’s Monkey Business: NIH’s Monkey Island
$33.2M#25 • 2021
93
$28.0M
Pentagon Spent on Camouflage that won't work in Afghanistan
$28.0M#26 • 2010
75
$17.0M
Empty hotel rooms for immigrants
$17.0M#27 • 2021
82
$9.0M
Making Austin, Texas Beautiful
$9.0M#28 • 2020
64
$3.8M
Studying COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media
$3.8M#29 • 2022
78
$2.5M
Super Bowl Ad for Census
$2.5M#30 • 2010
40
$1.6M
Wisconsin School Spends Relief Funds on Turf Fields Upgrade
$1.6M#31 • 2021
68
$477.0K
Dr. Fauci’s Transgender Monkey Research
$477.0K#32 • 2021
173