Is this really a surprise to anyone? Government historically has no incentive to save money, because if they do, they will get less money the next time around.

Is this really a surprise to anyone? Government historically has no incentive to save money, because if they do, they will get less money the next time around. I worked for a nonprofit organization based on government funding for almost a decade and this is exactly how the industry (anything based on funding from the government) works. We were told to buy the most expensive of everything and if we had a surplus, we had to spend (and many times waste) the rest. This is why we need to have less government involved in our economy, not more.