WHO: U.S. Department of Agriculture
WHAT: The agency is funding a three-year study at Clemson University on whether chickens are miserable when cooped up.
WHY IT’S AN OUTRAGE: The national debt now exceeds $12 trillion, and America faces an unemployment crisis. Yet taxpayers are now being tapped to fund studies that will probably end up making their eggs more expensive.
WHERE TO VENT: Call the department’s inspector general at 202-353-2975.
