Monkeys Playing 'Price Is Right', Ferrets on a Bender & Beagles on Meth

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Massive Interest Payments on National Debt
- $1.2 trillion spent on interest payments in 2025 alone, making it the third-largest government expense after Social Security and Medicare.
- Highlights the unsustainable nature of U.S. borrowing and debt ($38.4 trillion total).
Animal Experimentation
- $13.8 million for beagle experiments involving tick-borne illnesses.
- $5.2 million for dosing beagles with cocaine and methamphetamines.
- $14.6 million for monkey experiments where monkeys play a Price Is Right-style video game with head posts screwed into their skulls.
- $1 million for forcing teenage ferrets to binge drink for 90 days before being killed.
Questionable Research and Projects
- $2.1 million for a four-year project collecting saliva samples at EDM festivals to test for drugs.
- $2.9 million to study whether toddlers using iPads affects development.
- $1.9 million for mobile phone interventions targeting childhood obesity in Latino families.
Media and Cultural Spending
- $40 million for COVID-19 vaccine promotion after the pandemic ended.
- $1.5 million to promote U.S. films and video games abroad.
- $244,000 for a Pakistani children’s climate cartoon.
- $3.3 million for an anti-racism campus program at Northwestern University.
Infrastructure and Immigration Costs
- $7.5 billion allocated for EV infrastructure, resulting in only 68 charging stations built.
- $22.6 billion spent on migrant benefits.
Miscellaneous
- $2.5 million to promote insect consumption.
- $1.5 million for influencer-led anti-drug TikTok campaigns.

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