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In 1983, the U.S. Army spent $20,000 — $61,650 in 2023 dollars — to prepare 30,000 fancy, multi-colored pamphlets explaining how to play the children’s’ playground game, King of the Hill.
In February 1982, The National Endowment for the Arts gave a $7,000 grant — almost $23,000 in 2023 dollars — for a sound and light show at the state capitol
In June 1982, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Commerce gave $700,000 — over $2.2 million in 2023 dollars — to a non-profit that was supposed to teach minority students
In 1981, The U.S. Army spent $6,000 — more than $20,000 in 2023 dollars — to prepare a 17-page document that tells the federal government how to buy a bottle
In 1986, the U.S. Treasury Department allowed large tax loopholes for citizens working overseas, costing Americans $1.2 billion a year — or approximately $3.3 billion in 2023 dollars — and