Now that Republicans can sniff the possibility of controlling the House they are starting to put forth their policy ideas that look, surprise, identical to how they looked when they lost the House in 2006. According to Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), one of the policy objectives that is currently on the table is [...]
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Throughout the summer and early fall of each year, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) releases its analysis of the Senate and House versions of appropriations bills. These versions offer a glimpse into what will likely be included in the final appropriation bills. Thus far CAGW has sifted through 11 of the bills, and is working [...]
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The original article by David Williams can also be seen here: Wastewatcher, August, 2010 To say that the Internet has grown over the past 15 years is an understatement. According to Internet World Stats, there were 16 million users in 1995 compared to 1.9 billion users in June, 2010, an increase of 11,775 percent. In [...]
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The article by Sean Kennedy can also be accessed here: Wastewatcher, August, 2010 In recent years, Congress has been unable to complete the appropriations process by the start of the new fiscal year (FY), which occurs on October 1. Unfortunately, this year will not be an exception. However, there is positive news to report, as [...]
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Wastewatcher, August, 2010 President Obama needs to pass a bill, but a powerful chairwoman of a Senate committee, who is in danger of not being reelected, adds a controversial and expensive provision that puts passage in jeopardy. Conventional wisdom says that the White House cuts a deal. And, unfortunately, that is exactly what happened at [...]
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Original article by David Williams can be seen here: Wastewatcher, August, 2010 Fed up with excessive government spending, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW), Americans for Prosperity, the 60 Plus Association, Concerned Women for America, and AmericaSpeakOn.org have joined forces to create a new website, www.spendingrevolt.com and go on a multi-state bus tour [...]
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Original article by Leslie Paige can be seen here: Wastewatcher, August, 2010 The new summer blockbuster “Inception” features spectacular special effect sequences of towering edifices exploding, crumbling, and otherwise disintegrating in a film that addresses the fine line between reality and a dream state. Right before the film’s protagonists emerge from medically-induced dream states, they [...]
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With a floundering stock market and persistent unemployment numbers approaching 10 percent, most of you are probably saying, “Duh!” I agree, but to confirm what seems obvious, The Hill notes that top economists are worried about a double dip recession: An economist who advised Democrats on the $787 billion stimulus has increased his prediction of the [...]
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This morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner called for the resignation of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House economic advisor Larry Summers. Considering our nation’s fiscal policies are in the gutter, it’s about time for these two ringleaders to be replaced. According to an August 24 Fox News article, Boehner said: “We’ve tried 19 [...]
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This is the question on taxpayers’ minds as the nation’s most expensive school prepares to open next month. An August 22, 2010 Associated Press article about the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools said the following: “With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation’s most expensive public school [...]
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