If the gov't really wants to reduce spending they can start with this list below. There is no reason whatsoever to spend a single penny on some of these things.

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The total of all this is $482,276,534,907.  This is some of what our tax dollars are being used for. It's no wonder why they try to pass spending bills at the last minute when no one has time to read them.
As Nancy Pelosi famously said, "We have to pass the bill to find out what's in it."