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Maybe it's the cynicism I've developed observing how government spending is seen as a piggy bank by the unprincipled among us, watching another special interest gaming the system in the hopes the spigot can be kept open is not a surprise. Recalling reports of $500 hammers sold to the Defense Dept., the corruption in the anti-poverty programs of the late 60s, and for-profit colleges taking advantage of government-guaranteed student loans, it's hard not to believe that much of government spending corruptly redirects public funds into private hands.

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