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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washingtonpost.com US NO i.e ARE FTFY GPS MORE CBP U.S spending government money taxes balance sheet cost spend budget sheet balance

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.