Issues
Facts That Make You Cringe – Issue 69
Since President Barack Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued 2,827 new final regulations, equaling 24,915 pages in the Federal Register, totaling approximately 24,915,000 words.
The Gutenberg Bible is only 1,282 pages and 646,128 words. Thus, the new EPA regulations issued by the Obama Administration contain 19 times as many pages as the Bible and 38 times as many words.
The Obama EPA regulations have 22 times as many words as the entire Harry Potter series, which includes seven books with 1,084,170 words. They have 5,484 times as many words as the U.S. Constitution, which has 4,543 words, including the signatures; and 17,088 times as many words as the Declaration of Independence, which has 1,458 words including signatures…
– CNS News – 6/23/14
We Want Your Opinion
Today’s Labor Participation Rate (that’s the share of the working age population that’s either working or looking for jobs) is just 62.8% – the lowest since March, 1978.
That number translates to a lot of people who’ve just given up looking for work. And a lot of very anxious American families.
We welcome your ideas on how we’ve reached this sad condition [link to respond].
Facts That Make You Cringe – Issue 67
When we go to work we have to work for whom or whatever is signing our paycheck. It’s probably the same for you. Right?
But not if you’re an “official time” worker for Uncle Sam. These employees get paid by the Feds (which means by you) up to $132,000 plus full benefits and work full time for their unions.
In 2011 we taxpayers put out $156 million for these lucky guys and gals. Nice gig, huh?
At Least Somebody Can Get Health Care
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spent almost $29 million to cover Medicare Part D prescription drugs for 4,139 individuals “unlawfully present” in the U.S. and thus ineligible to receive federal health care benefits, according to an audit by Daniel Levinson, inspector general of the Department of Health & Human Services.
– Reported in audit by Daniel Levinson, inspector general of the Department of Health & Human Services.
That’s $6 Billion With a Capital “B”
That’s $6 Billion With a Capital “B”
According to “The Fiscal Times” the State Department has lost $6 Billion of your tax dollars over the past six years.
The Inspector General thinks this “demonstrates a lack of internal control over the Department’s contract actions” Really?
Facts that Make You Cringe – Issue 60
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) reports that in 2012 the Dept. of Defense blew about $100,000 of your tax dollars on a “strategy planning workshop.” One of the sessions explored a subject on which the future of our Republic (and maybe your soul) depend – the relationship between Jesus and (are you ready?)…Klingons, the villains of Startrek TV shows.
And you thought they wasted your money! Shame on you!
In 2012, we issued a report titled “Department of Everything” that showed how the Department of Defense could make cuts in “non-defense” spending – spending in DOD that has nothing to do with our national defense, which we’ve estimated totals almost $68 billion. In the report, we highlighted surprising spending on beef jerky and a smartphone add to gauge caffeine intake. Our eyebrows were also raised by a strategy planning workshop for which nearly $100,000 was allocated. One of the sessions at the symposium explored the relationship between Jesus and Klingons, the famous alien species in the Star Trek series.
Shrimp On A Treadmill
In 2007, the National Science Foundation committed more than $500,000 to study the mobility of shrimp by conducting experiments that involved placing the crustaceans on a treadmill