Hilarious: D.C. Anti-DOGE Residents Find Out How Their Money Is Actually Being Spent

Posted • December 15, 2024: I don't think it's a surprise that folks in Washington, D.C., tend to be liberal. So it probably wouldn't be surprising to have people who might not be fans of the Department of Government Efficiency just because of its connection to the Trump administration. But when Fox interviewed folks about government spending, the exchanges were hilarious when they found out just how our money was being spent. DC Residents said they were not fans of DOGE until they learned how the government spends their tax dollars. They thought the government spent too much money, one saying, "By definition."

But then, when Fox asked about some of the crazy things that the government spent money on, they were stunned at how ridiculous the expenditures were. The Fox interviewer asked about the government spending $750,000 to determine whether it was "one small step for man" or "one small step for a man" in regard to the moon landing. What the heck? As the D.C. resident said, not just why would you do that, but how could you spend that much money on that question? Then there was $1 million to study if cocaine makes quail more promiscuous. Exactly why would you be studying that? One of the D.C. residents just laughed at how ridiculous that was -- he couldn't believe it. He also couldn't believe the next one: $100,000 to determine if tequila or gin makes sunfish more aggressive? "Sunfish? Wow!" he said, amazed at that one.

There was, of course, one resident who wanted to talk about military spending and seemed to pooh-pooh the other spending. But most of the residents at the end of the interview said yes, some of the spending should be reevaluated. (…)

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