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Dear Friend –
Should Uncle Sam sell off unused federal buildings to save taxpayer dollars?
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Washington's Zombie Apocalypse Trick or Treat For Taxpayers
It’s spooky season and old haunts are returning from beyond the grave.
There’s no reason to fear this zombie apocalypse, however, because it’s that time of the year when boarded-up businesses are coming back to life as Spirit Halloween stores.
Spirit Halloween’s successful body-snatching business model scares up a haunting idea for reviving the government’s graveyard of lifeless real estate.
Despite President Trump calling the federal employees back to work, many government offices are still ghost towns. More than half of the space inside the headquarters of nearly every agency has gone unused for years, with 7,697 government buildings completely vacant. Another 2,265 are partially empty with just a skeleton staff.
Deserted and left in a state of disrepair for years, many of these buildings have been condemned to a fate worse than death. One is described as a “roach-infested mold dungeon.” Bugs were crawling out of faucets and creeping across the floor at another. Others are literal death traps. The drinking water in many buildings is a deadly potion of toxic metals and biohazards.
 Bugs are crawling out of the faucets and creeping across the floor in the headquarters of one government agency while others are death traps.
Renovations and upgrades to make the horrifying offices habitable again would cost taxpayers— prepare yourself for a jump scare— $370 billion! Yes folks, that's “BILLION” with a B.
Let’s sell off these haunted houses that are unused and unneeded to businesses who can breathe new life into them.
That trick would be a real treat for taxpayers because it would both reduce costs and bring in billions of dollars from monstrous sales.
It’s an idea only a zombie wouldn’t like since it’s such a no-brainer.
I am giving my October 2025 Squeal Award to President Biden’s General Service Administration chief, who as the government’s landlord, spent most of her time in Missouri, far from the properties she was supposed to be managing. As the buildings decayed and crumbled, she literally ghosted taxpayers by vanishing from her own office.
My DISPOSAL Act would immediately auction off six specific government buildings and fast track the sale of many other unneeded and underutilized properties.
Congress needs to embrace the Halloween spirit by passing my DISPOSAL Act, which will breathe new life into the government’s graveyard of lifeless real estate.
Congress should embrace the Halloween spirit by passing this bill and let the unfurling of Spirit Halloween banners begin! And potential buyers should act before these deals vanish like a ghost.
Squeal Award: President Biden’s General Service Administration Chief
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