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Episode 85: D.O.G.E. - Department of Government Efficiency
The following source highlights the following examples of wasteful government spending:
* **$550,000 was spent by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on experiments on cat brains in a Russian lab**.
* **$3.7 million in funding went to an NIH study on monkeys and gambling**.
* **The State Department awarded tens of thousands of dollars for drag shows in Ecuador**.
* **The State Department awarded a grant to Ecuador to host 12 drag shows**.
* **The National Science Foundation funded a study of butterflies in Europe**.
* **An NEA grant was given to set up a display in Brooklyn for the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band**.
* **Almost $350,000 was awarded in a grant to study "smart toilets"**.
* **A grant was given to study colonial Mexican soundscapes**.
* **A study was conducted on helmets and seat belts in Ghana to determine their effectiveness in saving lives**.
* **$100,000 was spent to determine if Japanese quails are more promiscuous when given sugar**.
* **Over $200,000 was spent to make monkeys addicted to drugs**.
* **Money was spent to see if sunfish are more aggressive when given gin or tequila**.
* **$1 million was spent to determine if selfies make people happy**.
* **$1.5 million was spent to study the mating calls of country frogs to see if they are different from city frogs**.
* **The University of Mississippi spent $12 million on monkeys and meth**.
* **$620,000 was spent on armor and night vision equipment**.
* **The IRS had $50 million in unpaid taxes from its own employees**.
* **Anthony Fauci had a $15 million security detail**.
The video criticizes these spending projects as wasteful and irrelevant to the needs of most Americans. It suggests that this money could be better spent on projects that benefit a majority of Americans.
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By Jose AciertoThe following source highlights the following examples of wasteful government spending:
* **$550,000 was spent by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on experiments on cat brains in a Russian lab**.
* **$3.7 million in funding went to an NIH study on monkeys and gambling**.
* **The State Department awarded tens of thousands of dollars for drag shows in Ecuador**.
* **The State Department awarded a grant to Ecuador to host 12 drag shows**.
* **The National Science Foundation funded a study of butterflies in Europe**.
* **An NEA grant was given to set up a display in Brooklyn for the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band**.
* **Almost $350,000 was awarded in a grant to study "smart toilets"**.
* **A grant was given to study colonial Mexican soundscapes**.
* **A study was conducted on helmets and seat belts in Ghana to determine their effectiveness in saving lives**.
* **$100,000 was spent to determine if Japanese quails are more promiscuous when given sugar**.
* **Over $200,000 was spent to make monkeys addicted to drugs**.
* **Money was spent to see if sunfish are more aggressive when given gin or tequila**.
* **$1 million was spent to determine if selfies make people happy**.
* **$1.5 million was spent to study the mating calls of country frogs to see if they are different from city frogs**.
* **The University of Mississippi spent $12 million on monkeys and meth**.
* **$620,000 was spent on armor and night vision equipment**.
* **The IRS had $50 million in unpaid taxes from its own employees**.
* **Anthony Fauci had a $15 million security detail**.
The video criticizes these spending projects as wasteful and irrelevant to the needs of most Americans. It suggests that this money could be better spent on projects that benefit a majority of Americans.