Oh, wait! I didn’t mean to type “government.” The major waste isn’t in our government. It’s in our capitalism! Per Harper’s Index of December 2024:
- Amount spent by Meta last year on Mark Zuckerberg’s personal security: $23,400,000.
Hmm. Then there’s this:
- Estimated amount stored on unused gift cards in the United States: $27,000,000,000.
No, I didn’t type in too many 000s. Billions of dollars you, and I mean you — I don’t buy gift cards — have wasted on your lousy friends and lousier relations who’ve tossed them into drawers they never open.
Is this passive aggression?
Whatever it is, I’ll bet it’s more than any government department wastes.