Often, especially common in politics, these sums are also "up to" caps on programs that folks can apply to with proposals. Often the bars are so high that nobod

Often, especially common in politics, these sums are also "up to" caps on programs that folks can apply to with proposals. Often the bars are so high that nobody can pass them, or applying is extremely complicated, so only a fraction is actually paid out in the end. But it makes good headlines. E.g. the German federal government subsidizing last mile internet infrastructure construction. The program runs since 2015 and contains 11 billion EUR. Of which only 570 million have been paid out. https://netzpolitik.org/2020/immer-noch-bleiben-viele-foerdermittel-liegen/ https://netzpolitik.org/2020/immer-noch-bleiben-viele-foerde...