As an example of waste, I may have the year wrong but this occurred 10 to 15 years ago in the town where I was a Call Firefighter. We had excellent equipment and the last two pumpers bought were purchased in the previous 10 years. We really didn't need anything newer.
The Federal Government had a one year program that if you bought one fire truck you would get the second one paid for with Federal dollars. The Chief convinced the Selectmen that the deal was too good to pass up so we got two new trucks that we really didn't need.
There are many available examples of Government waste, both in equipment and personnel. In my opinion, more of a private industry perspective is needed in the Government. Yet, we keep electing the same career politicians, many of whom are not qualified to run a Dairy Queen.
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