> > we were sending USD $50 million to Gaza for condoms. > This is a patently obvious and gross mischaracterization. Looks like it hasn't been confirmed yet,

> > we were sending USD $50 million to Gaza for condoms. > This is a patently obvious and gross mischaracterization. Looks like it hasn't been confirmed yet, but let's not pretend like there aren't really odd and weird and arguably wasteful items in the US spending bills that serve no immediate purpose for US citizens. Rand Paul releases a yearly report of some of the most prominent ones that he uncovers. I assume they're all hidden in thousand-page spending bills that make it through. These are the results of people that are really un-serious and I wouldn't trust them with our money, they're just drunk on the numbers. To them, a million here a million there is peanuts and essentially bargaining chips in the little games they play in senate/congress. https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/reps/dr-paul-releases-2024-festivus-report-on-government-waste/ https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/reps/dr-paul-releases-202... I'm busy reading the report now, but the summary notes: "$4.8 million on Ukrainian influencers, $32,596 on breakdancing, $2.1 million for Paraguayan Border Security, $3 Million for ‘Girl-Centered Climate Action’ in Brazil, and much more!"