[LorenDB]

Yeah, at $340,000/yr, this situation is costing individual Americans less than 1 cent per person per year. Nothing more than a rounding error.

[Saris]

That part that frustrates me is this is just one example of spending for no reason, so how many others like it are also out there?

[LorenDB]

Yes, that is true. I just felt like this article hyped this one specific case as the financial ruin of all Americans, whereas I don't particularly care if a few cents of my taxes were spent suboptimally.

[rootusrootus]

I think the point is not that Adak gets this money wasted on them, but that this is endemic across the US. Adds up to way more than 340K.