A person who engages in or promotes boondoggles; someone responsible for wasteful or pointless projects.
From 'boondoggle' plus the agent suffix '-er' (one who does), creating a term for a person involved in wasteful projects, especially in government.
Boonddogglers are often portrayed as bureaucrats disconnected from reality, but research shows that many 'wasteful' projects actually generate unexpected economic benefits—making the term more complex than its negative connotation suggests.
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