Spending tax-payers&#39; money on ridiculous projects

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Aug 23

I hadn't heard about that but that's just crazy. They waste thousands in our country too, in all sorts of ways.

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@DaddyEvil (174445)

• United States

13 Aug 23

@JudyEv The high-priced hammer happened a long time ago.

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@BarBaraPrz (51819)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

13 Aug 23

@DaddyEvil But I remember it still.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148734)

• Roseburg, Oregon

13 Aug 23

This happened in Colorado about ten years a go. A man hole was opened and a teen was walking and talking on his cell phone. He fell into the man hole. He got a broken leg from the fall.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52905)

• Mojave, California

13 Aug 23

@jstory07 That sounds like would mess up your back too, imagine if you all stiff legged and hit that hard. ouch.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52905)

• Mojave, California

13 Aug 23

@jstory07 Thats crazy took the man hole, have to get rid of evidence. Where you going with that son? I am doing road work sir.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148734)

• Roseburg, Oregon

13 Aug 23

@crossbones27 At least he was able to call 911 for help. He got in a lot of trouble from his parents. Some teens had ran off with the man hole cover and they were caught up the street .

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@BarBaraPrz (51819)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

13 Aug 23

Too bad we didn't propose this study, or any of the other useless ones that get funding. Sigh.

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@BarBaraPrz (51819)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

14 Aug 23

@JudyEv Go for it!

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

Maybe I could come up with something easy and get me some funding.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117226)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Aug 23

It's happening in our government as well, there are so many trivial research projects that it makes me wonder why they don't scrape them and focus that money on more pressing issues

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117226)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Aug 23

You're correct. It's as if our governments would rather throw money into pots for non profits with no real worth.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

They seem to base their priorities on some pretty flimsy stuff sometimes.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14785)

• Ireland

13 Aug 23

@Judyev One of these days, as I look out over the fence at the graveyard behind our house, I’ll probably notice some council employees checking headstones to ensure that the graveyard population has the correct ratio of corpses from ethnic and other minorities, and if there are not enough such representatives, some native Irish corpses will have to be exhumed and replaced with others - and the tax payer will have to foot the bill for the survey and the remedial action. However I think we might be ok because I personally have buried an Angolan and a Dutch homosexual in this graveyard.

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@BarBaraPrz (51819)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

13 Aug 23

Don't joke about it, it just may happen.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14785)

• Ireland

13 Aug 23

@JudyEv Voting for a woman just because she is a women is a bit silly - she might be very, very useless simply because she is useless, nothing to do with gender. .

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Aug 23

That would be hilariously funny but it's not beyond the bounds of possibility. People/councils are stupid enough. And trying to have equal gender numbers in government. I'm all for it but only if those elected are the best people for the jobs.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69176)

• Centralia, Washington

13 Aug 23

An Arab? A Lipanzanar? Horrid spelling there. Sorry.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69176)

• Centralia, Washington

13 Aug 23

@JudyEv I've heard that Arabs can be hot headed beasties.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

@sallypup That's very true, especially when you get them fit enough to run 50-100 miles in a day.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Aug 23

Three Arabs and an Arab/warmblood cross (lower left). Arabs predominate but more and more standardbreds are being used now as their temperaments are better for less experienced, maybe older, riders.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

13 Aug 23

Surely they can have intelligence no?

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

15 Aug 23

@JudyEv Yes it makes you wonder who thinks of these things.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

They must take the general public for fools. I wondered who gave the okay for such research.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135744)

• Marion, Ohio

13 Aug 23

They all waste money then say they need to cut useful things.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

You'd wonder if anyone in these departments has any brains.

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WorDazza

@WorDazza (15826)

• Manchester, England

13 Aug 23

I wonder if anyone has spent any time researching into whether being elected to public office immediately reduces IQ by 20 points. Or is it only stupid people who stand for election?

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WorDazza

@WorDazza (15826)

• Manchester, England

14 Aug 23

@JudyEv The great Billy Connolly once said that the desire to be a politician should bar you for life from being one. The current crop (no matter which country you are in) are definitely proving him correct.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

I sometimes think the smart people have too many brains to get involved with politics. How long is it since the world has seen a real statesman?

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emptychair

@innertalks (23740)

• Australia

13 Aug 23

Governments love to waste money, especially here in Victoria. They will spend thousands of dollars putting in a new roundabout, only then to replace it, a year, or two, later, with traffic lights. Somebody didn't plan properly there.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Aug 23

It's pretty poor really when such things happen. Surely it can't be that hard to organise things better.

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emptychair

@innertalks (23740)

• Australia

13 Aug 23

@JudyEv Yes, and it causes major disruptions to our lives too, twice as much as if it had been planned properly.

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43419)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

13 Aug 23

Some people invented ways to get money from the government. And their research companies have all sorts of arguments why their study is so important.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

I guess they must be pretty persuasive given some of the projects they research.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (18198)

• Raurkela, India

13 Aug 23

That's true. In India the government invests money in projects and leaves them half completely or projects are a failure. That's how they waste the people's taxes.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

They could do so much more worthwhile things if they wanted to.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (18198)

• Raurkela, India

14 Aug 23

@JudyEv That's right but they are busy laundering money in the name of development.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222302)

• United States

13 Aug 23

Beautiful horses! There is so much waste that goes on researching things that don't need researching. I totally understand where you're coming from. Hope you and Vince have a good day.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 23

It's crazy that they waste money on such useless projects.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15372)

• Hong Kong

13 Aug 23

Beautiful horses. Yes, that's a given. Doesn't need any research.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Aug 23

And yet they would have spent a small fortune on proving a self-evident truth.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

16 Aug 23

Nice picture! Even here there are useless Studies and even Conmittes to study Trivial stuff. Plus often the submitted reports gather dust and no Government action is taken.

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