Congratulations to Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst for her new “Off the Rails” report, listing the most egregious cost overruns on government projects.

Leading the list is the California high speed rail project that we at Unleash Prosperity exposed as a financial fraud. Interesting that many mass transit scams made the list, including the BART transit system in San Francisco, which is supposedly one of the more efficient mass transit programs. Notice that Jerome Powell’s $3.1 billion Taj Mahal renovation of the Fed offices made the list.  Here’s the full list of taxpayer ripoffs:

In the private sector, such cost overruns aren’t tolerated and are often negotiated down. In government, they are so routine, taxpayers are just expected to eat the costs.