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Boondoggle
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Boondoggle
A large, expensive project of no particular use. It especially refers to squandering government or corporate money. The term refers to perceived wasteful recreational activities provided to the unemployed during the New Deal in the United States.
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The rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be a master stroke that averts a global financial calamity, or one of the biggest economic boondoggles in history, analysts say.
Rescue or folly? Analysts debate Fannie-Freddie takeover by AFP / AFP American Edition
The rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be a master stroke that averts a global financial calamity, or one of the biggest economic boondoggles in history, analysts say.
Rescue or folly? Analysts debate Fannie-Freddie takeover by AFP / AFP Global Edition
A: I'll put it in mathematical terms: As the program expands arithmetically, the number of boondoggles will increase geometrically.
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