Up—and Down—the Flagpole

When our government pays $5,000 a day rent for a building that’s empty because people are afraid to work there, and over $1 million so federal employees won’t have to raise and lower flags by hand, it’s time to wonder what else our hard- earned tax money may be paying for.

The modern, eight-story, empty office building we are paying $5,000 a day for is in Washington’s high-crime area, and although it remains unoccupied, the government has an unbreakable 15-year lease on it.