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Training enslaved people like Sambo Andersen to do skilled labor saved the penny-wise Washington from having to hire costly outside tradesmen.

How penny-wise and plain foolish was her Medicaid policy as governor?

However, penny-wise, profit-driven developers want homes closer together on narrow streets that allow for more buildings.

Ironically, the source of this is here on Earth: Congress, which has the penny-wise but pound-foolish policy of trickling out space agency funding every year, hobbling many of NASA’s mission goals that require thinking past the usual two-year House or six-year Senate term.

Ms Devlin added the move is a "penny-wise and pound-foolish approach to workforce".