The National Transportation Safety Board spent $5,340 in 1978 — $24,256 in 2022 dollars — to change its seal, winning it a Golden Fleece Award as a runner up in June 1978.
Sen. William Proxmire, a Democrat from Wisconsin, gave awards to wasteful and nonsensical spending, eventually handing out 168 Golden Fleece Awards between 1975 and 1988.
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