5 years later...

WASHINGTON (AP) Recent reports indicate the federal goat sacrifice program has failed to produce a meaningful improvement in the success rate of public policy over the past five years.

The program, which costs taxpayers over $1 billion annually at a minimum of $1 million per goat, has also had little impact on out of control spending in unrelated government programs, a finding that reportedly surprised the bill's original cosponsors.

Advocacy groups have condemned the practice as inhumane. Proponents, meanwhile, blame rising costs on the $300 million spent each year on therapy for all individuals involved. Critics are now questioning how much of that funding actually goes toward mental health care, and whether more attention should be paid to the care of the goat prior to slaughter.