REPORT: Federal Gov’t Agencies Quietly Went On Giant Spending Sprees For Years, Report Finds

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From the Daily Caller: A host of federal government agencies have overseen massive spending for years while greatly expanding their workforces, according to an OpenTheBooks report.

Annual spending across multiple federal government agencies has exploded over the past several years, often outpacing growth of staff and even inflation rates, according to a report from OpenTheBooks first obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The report comes amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to crack down on wasteful spending across the federal government and reduce the federal workforce to save American taxpayers money.

The Department of Commerce (DOC)’s annual spending grew from roughly $13.1 million in 2021 — the year former President Joe Biden took office — to an estimated $20.5 million in 2024, OpenTheBooks’ report found. Meanwhile, the DOC’s workforce declined from 53,939 in 2020 to 47,650 in 2024.

“Time after time, at agency after agency, we see spending skyrocketing since 2000, even when headcounts grew modestly and stayed flat,” OpenTheBooks wrote in the report. “In this most recent batch of examples, we also saw Biden administration spending priorities reveal themselves through the outlays at key agencies”

The report notes that the Biden-Harris administration funneled massive amounts of money toward “COVID-19 relief” initiatives, as well as multiple left-wing programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and environmental justice.

While Americans were struggling to survive amid the skyrocketing inflation, the federal government ramped up their spending. Below are just some examples:

  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s employee count declined from 106,715 in 2000 to 92,072 in 2024, but the agency’s annual spending rose from $75.1 billion to $254.2 billion.
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s estimated annual spending grew from $33.2 million in 2020 to nearly $56.4 million in 2024, while the agency’s workforce grew from 7,845 employees in 2020 to 8,825 in 2024.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) workforce only slightly increased over the past four years, from 173 in 2020 to 197 in 2024, but the agency’s spending grew from $160 million in 2020 to a whopping $305 million in 2024.

 

Open The Books also reported that the Biden-Harris administration spent $127 million to study and fight ‘Covid misinformation.’

Also during the Biden administration, NASA reportedly spent $20 million on DEI projects and grants.

Open The Books also recently exposed DEI spending at some of the wealthiest universities in America…

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