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Some candidates called the polling effort a frivolous waste of money at a time when control of Congress could be decided by crucial California races.
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Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
But perhaps an even bigger waste of money has been the tens of billions of taxpayer dollars that former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden threw at the electric vehicle industry.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
The comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang breezily observed on a podcast last month that donating to Crockett is a waste of money.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Too much of it is a waste of money, even if the projects do pump up the local economy and make the city look exciting to tourists.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
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Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
But perhaps an even bigger waste of money has been the tens of billions of taxpayer dollars that former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden threw at the electric vehicle industry.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
The comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang breezily observed on a podcast last month that donating to Crockett is a waste of money.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Too much of it is a waste of money, even if the projects do pump up the local economy and make the city look exciting to tourists.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Waste of money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20of%20money. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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