Government Spending Waste

The cluster focuses on criticisms of excessive and inefficient government spending, emphasizing that fiscal issues stem from overspending rather than insufficient revenue or taxes.

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Sample Comments

commandlinefan • May 10, 2024 • View on HN

Or just "maybe the government shouldn't be spending so much anyway".

delinka • Jun 21, 2015 • View on HN

The sounds like an argument for the US Government to get a better grip on spending.

ahmeneeroe-v2 • Jun 20, 2025 • View on HN

What's your point? The question was about gov spending, not political antics.

philipallstar • Nov 6, 2025 • View on HN

The government has a spending problem, not an income problem.

satronaut • Oct 28, 2021 • View on HN

what does the government need all that money for anyways?

ethagknight • Jun 19, 2023 • View on HN

Its "big government" shutting down unnecessary public spend?

the_cat_kittles • Dec 10, 2021 • View on HN

spd total spending went up every year 2016 to 2020 i believe. doesnt that suggest the money isnt doing much?

simonbrown • Aug 13, 2012 • View on HN

Because the government is the one spending the money.

dTal • Jun 6, 2015 • View on HN

>figuring out what our government is spending our money onFTFY

pbateman • Dec 25, 2012 • View on HN

I'm not sure the government is particularly concerned about cost containment. It's the canonical example of people spending other people's money.