The Truth About Who's Responsible For The Explosion In Government Spending
• businessinsider Henry BlodgetThe economy is the biggest issue in this year's election.
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Government Waste
USDA Announces Grants For Beginning Farmers
• Compiled by staff farmfutures.comExpanded grant program will provide resources for farmers in 24 states
79% of GM's sales last month were government purchased
• www.pushbacknow.comRemember how obama keeps telling us how he saved GM, and how our economy is getting better, it seems the car company he bought is being saved by Govt employees using our tax money to buy new cars.
If You're An American Taxpayer, These Are Your Most Recent Defense Purchases
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Walter HickeyNot even the Fourth of July could stop the Pentagon from an absolutely massive week of defense spending.
When Governments Spend Wealth Instead of Building It
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Bill BonnerAmerica’s historic health care overhaul, certain now to touch virtually every citizen’s life, narrowly survived an election-year battle at the Supreme Court Thursday with the improbable help of conservative Chief Justice John Roberts.
US reportedly abandons plans for Afghan consulate after already spending $80M
• http://www.foxnews.com, MAZAR-E SHARIFUS officials abandoned plans to open a consulate in northern Afghanistan over security concerns -- despite spending more than $80 million on the site, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
GAO: Medicare experiment wastes $8B
• http://www.dispatch.com, By Robert PearMedicare is wasting more than $8 billion on an experimental program that rewards providers of mediocre health care and is unlikely to produce useful results.
U.S. funding for Egyptian military to resume, senior administration officials say
• William Wan, Washington PostHillary Clinton is close to announcing plans to bypass Congressional restrictions (recent law) for fear of worsening already fraying ties with Egyptian leaders and disrupting American jobs and U.S. defense contracts that make up the bulk of the milit
Green Firms Get Fed Cash, Give Execs Bonuses, Fail
• www.abcnews.go.comPresident Obama's Department of Energy helped finance several green energy companies that later fell into bankruptcy -- but not before the firms doled out six-figure bonuses and payouts to top executives, a Center for Public Integrity and ABC News in
The Pentagon Has 6 Bomb-Zapping Ray Guns (Which May Be 6 Too Many)
• By Noah Shachtman and Spencer AckermanSince January 2006, the Pentagon has spent more than $18 billion trying to stop insurgent bombs — funding everything from radio frequency jammers to electronic dragnets that hunt bombmakers’ phone calls.
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