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 By Winged Rodent

At a time when the world focuses on the dangers of climate change, the government appears to be going green -  by recycling its spending this Christmas.  
We could see the $200 million 'budget' allocated to fighting truancy and crime among teens as a form of "up-cycling” – a term coined to describe "the creation of a product with higher intrinsic value from a material at the end of its service life."  
In other words, it is taking an empty ice-cream container, covering it with glitter and calling it a present.