32 Government Money-Squanderings That’ll Give Your Dad An Aneurysm

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32 Government Money-Squanderings That’ll Give Your Dad An Aneurysm

Unless you want your next backyard barbecue taken hostage by your dad, your uncles and all their neighborhood Saturday morning lawn manicurists, maybe keep this list out of sight. Their beefed up rantings and ravings about the government mixed with all those beefed-up patties will spell disaster for ol’ dad’s heart. Trust us, it’s absolutely the best thing for daddy dearest…

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. decided to relocate South Vietnamese villagers. It was called the Strategic Hamlet Program, and the idea was to move the villagers away from the soldiers, so they wouldn't get hurt. They'd be grateful, and support our side. But we grossly underestimated the number of villagers. It turned out there were 8 million of them, and the government had no way of providing for them. The resulting discontent made them easy recruits for the communists. CRACKED.COM http://www.britannica com/event/Vietnam-War#ref809122

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In 2010, the GSA spent $800,000 on a conference in Vegas. : | E I P NO 850498142 D NO на вбе. conoscions ... 100 OTI THIS NOTTING eep ried Twinkie The General Services Administration is the eRm agency that is in charge of eliminating government waste. Expenses included a $75,000 team building exercise, various $5,600 in-room parties, $31,000 networking receptions and assorted mysterious catering bills, such as a $7,000 sushi bill. CRACKED.COM http://www.gsaig gov/?LinkServiD=90537F5B-FBF8-E39E-A4F0D09005742C28&showMeta=0

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In 1962, council members in Centralia, PA, hired firefighters to burn their trash. It's still burning. The landfill was adjacent to an underground coal mine, and the fire spread to the tunnels beneath the city. Smoke continues to billow from the fire, which is expected to burn for another 250 years. In 1984, Congress spent more than $42 million to relocate the town's residents. CRACKED.COM David DeKok, 1986 Unseen Danger; A Tragedy of People, Government, and the Centralia Mine Fire.

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The Pentagon has so far invested over $4 million on the NAV. (That's short for Nano Air Vehicle.) the NAV Not the NAV It's a robot hummingbird. It's 6 inches tall and weighs less than an ounce. And yes, it's for spying. CRACKED.COM http://www.avinc.com/nano

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The US flew nearly $12 billion in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq. THE Then they tossed it around without checking to see who was receiving it or how it was being spent. A congressional committee found that a staggering amount of the cash, which was was earmarked for Iraqi ministries and US contractors, was lost to corruption and waste. CRACKED.COM http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/0B/usa iraq1

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