Graft, corruption, waste, fraud, abuse, favoritism, cronyism, and a host of other corrupt practices that have permeated politics for hundreds of years are well documented. The government funding of non-essential people and projects attributable to cronyism is referred to as 'pork spending' that is typically estimated to topping $1 trillion per year. Here are just a tiny portion of pork projects spent to futher leftist woke nonsense in schools:
Since its Founding, the United States of America has limited the federal government’s purview to a handful of responsibilities. The federal system was designed so that national policymaking would typically be limited and respect plenary governance of the states.REF
www.heritage.org