Most of what our federal government does is fraud and waste. And this story is typical of what our useless government has been doing for a hundred years.
It has been reported that federal agencies have wasted $4.63 billion buying furniture for offices no one uses.
Seriously.
Per The Federalist:
The new expenditure check by government tracker Open the Books (OTB) shows a host of absolutely insane purchases on the taxpayer’s dime — from $182,000 on plexiglass panels for IRS offices as part of a scientifically stupid Covid mitigation plan, to $237,000 for solar-powered picnic tables with charging stations at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Remember, the CDC was the same government agency whose absurd social-distancing guidance urged Americans to stay at least six feet apart at all times. Gee, Yogi, it’s hard to social distance around a picnic table.
All of this wasteful spending was going on, as the OTB report notes, during the height of Covid and the prolonged remote-working policies for federal workers when occupancy rates at government buildings in Washington, D.C. were between approximately 2 percent and 26 percent capacity, according to a 2024 report to Congress by the Public Buildings Reform Board. The study noted the properties’ average occupancy rate in 2023 — when U.S. health agencies declared the end of Covid — was an obscene 12 percent.
Since January 20th, @USGSA has been working to right size the federal real estate portfolio, which is liable for more than $20+ billion in deferred maintenance. So far, the team has sold 13 buildings and listed an additional 68 (8.3M square feet).
As an example, @USGSA sold a… pic.twitter.com/9HK7rQNxiG
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) April 9, 2025
Let’s face it. This is nearly all government does.
Waste.
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