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Originally Posted by uggabugga
do i, or do i not have the choice not to buy from those corporations?
you really don't have a problem with your tax money being wasted like this, do you?
Never said that now, did I?
I don't like my tax money being wasted on defense contractor cost overruns, gifts to cesspool countries, or needless wars of choice either but I realize the government was sold to private interests a long time ago and it's not gonna change in my lifetime.
And like it or not you ARE paying whether you patronize those companies because they write those expenses off, AIG et al ring a bell?
I don't like my tax money being wasted on defense contractor cost overruns, gifts to cesspool countries, or needless wars of choice either but I realize the government was sold to private interests a long time ago and it's not gonna change in my lifetime.
So you are against Obama's actions in Libya and Egypt - good to hear. Nice comeback after that other post.
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So you are against Obama's actions in Libya and Egypt - good to hear. Nice comeback after that other post.
Yeah, if you'd read much you would've known I've expressed that opposition any number of times as well as encouraged the whiney right to proceed with the impeachment they'd threatened but were too chicken-s**t to follow through on. I'd welcome seeing the way we go to war put on trial.
BTW, nothing to comeback from. I'm not happy seeing the government buying $44 breakfasts but why are you OK with corporations being able to deduct that very same waste when tax time rolls around?
Plenty of corporations do the exact smae thing but people don't care.
After all, it's not 'gummint' $$$
Guess who pays, every time you buy a product/service?
Guess who has the right to decide whether or not to buy a product or service (unless it's an unconstitutional healthcare mandate we're talking about of course).
I don't like my tax money being wasted on defense contractor cost overruns, gifts to cesspool countries, or needless wars of choice either but I realize the government was sold to private interests a long time ago and it's not gonna change in my lifetime.
And like it or not you ARE paying whether you patronize those companies because they write those expenses off, AIG et al ring a bell?
It certainly sounds like you don't give a rats ass about your government spending this kind of money on a "conference." You hate the Iraq War....so what? Two wrongs don't make a right.
It would be real nice if we could find one liberal who will hold the government accountable by speaking against this type of fraud, waste, and abuse. Just one...that's all we ask.
The story here is that the guy was keeping his expenses for the conference in line with precedent.
The outrage is that he became the poster boy or sacrificial lamb while all the other antelope are breathing a sigh of relief as the lions made their kill and the rest of the herd can graze in peace.
Be outraged at the heredity of such numbers$$$$ the federal government has been using all along. Hey, it's just taxpayer money whose supply is infinite. Sure raise the taxes on the 'fill in the blank' so the feds can waste more money.
The illusion is that the more tax money collected, the more good the government can do. Well throw that concept out the window. How can the feds ask for more taxes when they waste what they have.
This cost cutter story is the thread we need to follow to address the genetic problem of wasted taxpayer money. Problem is columnists like Jack anderson have been writing about government waste since the 1960s with absolutely no affect.
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Originally Posted by doctrain
Isn't there a movie out there called "The Hunger Games" where the big fat cat Government People enjoy all the food and finery, while laughing at the citizen kids they send out to kill each other competing for basic food and providing entertainment for the Government Elite? This photo captures it.
Pelosi claims Obama being "The Food Stamp President" is a badge of honor.
just a couple years ago, obama said
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"Responsible families don't do their budgets the way the federal government does. Right? When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices. It's time your government did the same."
Doesn't get any clearer than this. Think I'll save it to help teach my kids the definition of hypocrisy as well as the evils of Big Government.
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Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC
It certainly sounds like you don't give a rats ass about your government spending this kind of money on a "conference." You hate the Iraq War....so what? Two wrongs don't make a right.
It would be real nice if we could find one liberal who will hold the government accountable by speaking against this type of fraud, waste, and abuse. Just one...that's all we ask.
Obviously it's not burdell.
If you'd learn to read and comprehend you'd understand when I mentioned other wastes I didn't like EITHER in the context of THIS waste you'd understand what that EITHER means. Apparently you're too dense for that, or just too tunnel visioned.
I'd like to find one conservative who isn't a damn corporate boot-licking hypocrite.
IF a $44 breakfast for example is waste when fed to a government employee, why do you so casually accept it as a legitimate, deductible business expense when fed to a private employee?
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