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Humorous Insights To Wasteful Government Spending

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Humorous Insights To Wasteful Government Spending
Posted on by Michael James

Political Satirist Karl Zahan provides humorist insights into the recent release of the Festivus Report on wasteful spending. Should the government spend your money on pickleball complexes, cruel experiments on kittens, and an ice-skating show featuring drag queens?

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