If the conservative estimate that the classification system costs $18 billion a year is taken at face value, this means the government could be overcharging taxpayers nearly $16 billion annually to hide information that doesn’t need protection.
https://freedom.press/news/new-bipartisan-senate-bill-seeks-to-reduce-overclassification/
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