Pork Report November 17, 2009: Post Office Edition
by The Pork ReportThe U.S. Postal Service lost $3.8 billion last year
Winery receives federal stimulus grant
Musicians more effective communicating in noisy environments than non-musicians, according to findings of a National Science Foundation study
Only 20 percent of Americans hold positive view of government
Research company receives millions of dollars of congressional earmarks and has nothing to show for it
Federal program touted as a model for using local law enforcement to help control U.S. borders is handing out $165 million, but with little tracking of how the money is spent, no clear objective and no benchmarks for success
The Federal Housing Administration may be next government agency to seek a taxpayer bailout
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Cripes liberals think all you have to do is throw money around and all problems will be solved. How's it working out for ya? Idiots. The stimulus needs to be STOPPED.
Post office : yet another resounding government success, why wouldn't you want them to take over health care.
Money for a winery, well the soviets figured out pretty fast that keeping people drunk was easier than keeping people prosperous, makes sense.
20 Percent? Way to high, let's revisit in 6 months
Earmarks with nothing to show for it, not true, votes were purchased I am sure of it and that's what earmarks are fore.
FHA bailouts, heck why not it's the only growth industry that can actually be honestly attributed to the government.
When unemployment hit's 12 percent next year I wonder if Obama will ponder the plight of Americans as tee's off on the 9th?
The hard core progressives don't care about consequences, power is all that matters, and if their party can buy votes with our money then all the better, if it hurts the average american that's fine with them too since in their ideology more peasants = more votes.
I don't think they have the slightest clue about the hurricane force winds of discontent that are about to blow their way and pry their fingers off the treasury.
Corrupticians need to be expunged from the system, the GOP better wake up and take notice because business as usual is about to get very unusual in 2010, they can join the party or lose it, the Dem's are digging their own political graves and they know it.
Interesting times ahead.
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Well put, but what would Michelle do without her personal 23 assistants, a queen need's attendants, have you no compassion man?
Serioulsy that's the nut to crack, and it means that you have get government back to the not for profit status it was meant to be, not this affiliation of criminals and theives that we have put into power.
It's going to take a tidal wave of change, and the progressives are doing a pretty good job of setting themselves up for it, so there is hope, but I dont think the kind Obama is looking forward to.
Wonder how many people from the current group would even be interested in being senators if the perks, payoffs and cocktail parties dried up.
It's probably going to take a constitutional convention to end some of this, the current document is sufficient if it was adhered to but so many activist judges and politicians at every level are in the tank that it will probably take something that severe to stop the bleeding.
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At the rate Obama is burning thru the bucks we will all be starting Chinese for Dummies before 2012. It will take 30 to 50 years to pay off this mountain of debt for redistribution. My question is when the gravy train really stops what the hell are the welfare state charter members going to do to feed themselves. Oh that's right., I will keep my S&W real handy.
There’s a new website dedicated to exposing White House senior adviser/Chicago consigliere/real estate mogul Valerie Jarrett.
Call her out.
Policing Obama’s culture of corruption takes eternal vigilance.
Can you share the KICK JARRRETT's butt site please?
It's OK, the gravy train is Amtrak.
And all the subways and light rails they want to seize from the cities and counties as well.
Please post link.
"Only 20 percent of Americans hold positive view of government."
Translation: 20% percent of Americans are still stupid.
But with any luck, we'll convince them of the error of their attitudes in time…..
Real simple:
Government may only grow to the extent of the GDP per fiscal year… And a COLA every two years…with government growth excluded from all calculations on every level…
It goes negative, they have to decrease their budgets by twice the rate of decline, to get ahead of the loss curve…
Make a statist lib responsible for growing the private sector to get their hands on cash….
GM could learn a few things about running a business from the Post Office.
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How many in Washington would be willing to work for the good of America without pay? To be honest, I would. I love what is left of my country and would be willing to work my backside off without pay to get us back on track. The leaders should want to lead so badly that they would give up their gold to do so, just like our Founders did.
Can we start with the light rail that Reid wants from Vegas to Disneyland? Think of the money we could save there.
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