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Because it's taxpayer money. $4,000 for some engineers to fuck around at work might not sound much but that $4,000 came from taxing people. Believe it or not b
by rubyfan 10y ago
Because it's taxpayer money.
$4,000 for some engineers to fuck around at work might not sound much but that $4,000 came from taxing people. Believe it or not but to a lot of people $4,000 is a lot of money. That $4,000 could go to school supplies, education, WIC, Medicare, etc.
It also illustrates tax payer subsidized income inequality while a lot of people are struggling. Again some highly paid engineer making more money fucking around at work than some other taxpayer delivering real value but at lower wage.
- int_handler 10y agoWhile I agree that given the information from the Inspector General's report, 18F certainly needs to be more disciplined about how it spends its resources, do you really think that 18F is the most egregious example of a government agency fucking around and wasting money? How about the DoD's $8.5 trillion of unaccounted taxpayer money [0]? [0] http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/03/19/85-Trillion-Unaccounted-Should-Congress-Increase-Defense-Budget http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/03/19/85-Trillion-Unaccou...
- rubyfan 10y agoOf course it is not the most egregious. That someone else is wasting several orders of magnitude more money doesn't make it OK for 18F waste a smaller amount.
- zajd 10y agoWhat if some of the taxpayers feel it's warranted? Personally I have no problem with them spending time on these types of projects.