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Doug Burgum: “They also had 30% in overhead, which included lobbyists…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Wow. And were they doing, like. Is that wasted money? Well, I think they were doing what they said they were doing, but They also had 30% in overhead, which included lobbyists lobbying for a bigger Grant. You know, CEOs making $600,000 to give out grants that we could have, you know, a junior federal employee doing the same thing, or we could give the grant to … (17:35–17:41)

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Asserts that some NGOs have 30% overhead costs, including lobbying expenses.

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