9. Potty Waste
Another incredible waste of money that went to a nation that was NOT the United States was when the Federal Government decided the best way to ‘improve the economic competitiveness of Morocco.’ was to spend $27 million to teach some of their citizens how to create and design pottery to sell in domestic and international markets.
Let’s forget for a moment that Moroccans have been making pottery since at least the fifth century B.C. and instead focus on what a total disaster the program ended up being. Firstly, the American pottery instructor’s instructions did exactly get to the students as the ‘translator’ they had hired was barely able to speak English. An Inspector General report released in December 2011, concluded the ‘pottery training was ineffective, and women and youth were not included.’
