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Government Finding Novel Ways to Spend Your Money?

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    FBN’s Rich Edson on a report on the wasteful spending by the government.

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So much.

So at a time in our country's deficit is more than sixteen trillion dollars should the government really be spending one and a half billion dollars of your money.

To subsidize cell phone service Brothers for -- is in Washington with.

More rich well there's also -- much less expensive talking urinal cakes ten grand spending Michigan fight drunk driving.

And offer a novel laboratory experience senator -- over just releases government waste book and features.

Federal money for a Star Wars day at a Massachusetts public library fans played -- action figures and puzzles and -- photos with their favorite characters.

The report says an audit program designed to identify overpayments and Medicaid costs more than it saves.

Purdue University used part of the 350000.

Dollar grant to study dolphin found when golfers envision a larger target they played better.

-- singles out his own state saying the government spends nearly a half million dollars to keep open and Oklahoma airport averaging one flight a month.

Then -- a study they figured out those in their thirties who drink heavily are immature.

And the winners according to our panel of judges the robo squirrel researchers in California spent part of a 300000 dollar grant on this preview little fellow.

A dead squirrel with robot parts this all to determine what happens when robo squirrel encounters a real snake.

And the runner up 50000 dollars for a festival that included the gain zombie -- -- uses yoga and visualization.

To empower the player.

Emotionally.

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Right I were stumbling through winner -- know I think that was the most what do you think rich what was the most outlandish.

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A limit on YouTube it's really creepy.

There's the stuff on that list though that had to be marginal right mean and try to be optimistic.

At all org or -- -- what is what is.

And I would always all the crazy nice -- out I tried rich -- thank you so much.