Other examples of government waste and a link to the "Citizens against Government Waste"
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Elected Official Supporting Wasting your Money
NASA ---------------------------- Sen Richard Shelby R. Alabama
CAGW Names Richard Shelby June Porker of the Month (http://www.cagw.org/newsroom/porker-of-the-month/2010/ - broken link)
Department of Agriculture: Projects include:
-$4,545,000 for wood utilization research in 11 states by 10 representatives, including Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska);
-$2,494,000 for climate forecasting in Florida by House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee member Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) and Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.). ;
-$1,026,000 for potato pest and disease research by House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wisc.),
-$793,000 for the Center for Innovative Food Technology in Toledo, Ohio by House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee member Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). One of the center’s publications is “The Sweet Life in Northwest Ohio,”
a guide to chocolate, candy, and coffee retailers in the region. Federal handouts make anyone’s life a lot sweeter.
-$349,000 for swine and other animal waste management research at North Carolina State University by House appropriator David Price (D-N.C.) and Reps. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.), and Brad Miller (D-N.C.).
Is this outrageous or what? All of these could easily be funded by the private sector. Taxpayers shouldn't have top pay for this!
Homeland (In)Security-------Projects include:
$43 Miilion for 66 FEMA projects where our money is so well spent considering what an outstanding job they did in New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina and now with the BP oil gusher. We taxpayers sure are getting our money's worth there aren't we?
-$6,000,000 for three projects by House DHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David Price (D-N.C.), for the University of North Carolina
State Governments are just as wasteful. Look at what Tennessee spent this year at tax payer expense:
$15,000,000 for an aquatics center in Kingsport;
$3,950,000 in excess fees collected by state professional regulatory boards;
$1,600,000 to fund insolvent state-owned golf courses;
$1,500,000 to help smokers kick the habit;
$510,000 for dog parks in Knoxville and Knox County; and
$450,481 for two art statues in downtown Nashville
Who is the KING OF PORK in Washington? He is none other than Senator Richard Byrd Democrat from W. Va . Look at the projects he has used taxpayers money on over the years that have cost them in the BILLIONS (with a B) dollars here:
Byrd Droppings (http://www.cagw.org/newsroom/byrd-droppings.html - broken link)
Evidently the federal Government spends $58 Million dollars every 10 minutes in the average time it takes to take a shower!
$8.8 Million
GET THIS: The Obama Administration has TURNED DOWN HELP OFFERED FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES OFFERING TO HELP CLEAN UP THE GULF due to a stupid law that probably is being misunderstood by the Obama administration anyway called the Jones Act that prohibits the use of foreign ships to transport passengers or cargo between United States Ports.
CAGW Urges Obama to Waive Jones Act to Aid Spill Effort
Another Dumb plan by Obama to implement yet ANOTHER so called stimulous plan that we know do NOT work to spend $50 Billion MORE taxpayer dollars to prevent laying off police, firefighters and teachers. When is Obama going to stopp getting us deeper and deeper into debt spending money we don't have and can't afford to spend? Talk about being IRRESPONIBLE!
CAGW Slams Obama
$3 Billion for an alternate engine for fighter planes that won't make them any better than the engines currently in them.
CAGW Releases Issue Brief on JSF Alternate Engine
What a great website the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste's is
Citizens Against Government Waste Homepage
I could go on and on listing many more examples they have listed. Of course one of the programs they were staunchly opposed to was Obamacare. Look at what they said about it:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who lacks the necessary votes, will attempt to pass a rule offered by House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) to establish a scheme by which the Senate-passed health care bill would be deemed as passed by the House without an actual up-or-down vote. .......
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“The so-called ‘Slaughter Solution’ is nothing more than a deceptive and dishonest procedural maneuver that will excuse members from putting their name on a monstrous piece of legislation that has been rejected by Americans nationwide. CCAGW cautions all members of Congress: a vote for the ‘Slaughter Solution’ is a vote for the Senate healthcare bill.
“Under the Senate-passed healthcare bill, Americans will be forced to shoulder the burden of new taxes, penalties and higher insurance premiums. Small businesses will be hindered by stringent regulations and taxes that will ultimately force them to slash jobs.
“Seniors will see their Medicare benefits significantly reduced, resulting in limited choices and higher costs. While Medicare will be cut, Medicaid will be expanded, despite the fact that the program is going broke and states are struggling to keep up with the expiring federal matching program. Imposing an unfunded mandate will only exacerbate Medicaid’s problems. ...... "
Doesn't all this spending of your money and of course the extremely honest and ethical manner the Obama Administration and Congress conducts themselves when pushing through their agenda just fill you with confidence in your elected officials?
Isn't it past time it STOPS??????? It is outright stealing. Why do we put up with it???