And yet the number of projects with similarly insignificant costs is large, and they do add up.

The argument cannot be "this money doesn't matter", it has to be "this represents good value for money" (imo)

They literally don’t add up. Just look at a pie chart of the US government budget. The administrative state is a bargain.

Departments like the EPA are so small that they have to be put in the “other” umbrella that makes up 1% of federal spending (go to the Agency tab):

	▲	pestat0m 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		sad, the spending chart doesn't load in my version of firefox, and both links in the caption also have page-load issues. very sad.

ninjagoo 17 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> "this represents good value for money" (imo)

Wouldn't you say this archive represents good value for the money?

A nation that forgets its past is a nation that repeats its mistakes.

This is so disingenuous. We all know where the money goes.