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Outrageous Progressive Government Spending Programs Are Ripping Off Americans

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 11 Feb 25

What the "Heck" (Hel*) is going on here! I knew the government spent taxpayer dollars on some foolish projects and grants but what has been exposed by non-mainstream media is SHOCKING and MADDENING! As Trump's...

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Will The Government Bail Out Our Schools?

Deborah L. Alten @gtargirl (5376) • United States 6 Jan 12

It's that time of year again. Our kids are filing their FAFSA papers (here in the USA). College students are protesting because tuition is going up again. In California it's first come, first serve with the Cal Grants. Why can't...

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What progroms are you willing to give up?

knoodleknight18 @knoodleknight18 (917) • United States 3 Jan 12

We're getting to the point where everyone talks about making cuts in government spending and it's going to have to happen sooner or later. The government keeps talking about cuts to social security and things that would make a...

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Australia's census cost around $450 million this year, was it worth it?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 10 Aug 11

Australia has a census every 5 years, it has about 60 questions in it. Do you think it is something worth spending this amount of money on. Do you think that that money could be used more effectively? How many people could have...

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How's your solvency? Is the reccession over for you yet?

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 30 Jun 11

I hear a lot of politicians and political pundits saying that we are beginning to rebound from the recession and that things are starting to improve. From where I sit, I fail to see any significant difference in the job market or...

financial recovery

government spending

spending

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Lower the deficit buy eliminating shoe shines paid with our tax dollars.

LaloMomma @LaloMomma (3) • United States 11 Apr 11

It's time to make cuts no matter how small. Tax dollars currently pay for Congressmen and women to get their shoes shined. I think a salary of over $175,000 covers shoe shines. Let the people on the hill show fiscal responsibility...

government spending

taxes

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Congressional Child Abuse

mattic @mattic (282) • United States 2 Apr 11

With the massive debt they continue to load upon the shoulders of future generations, is our Congress guilty of the harshest form of child abuse? They have mortgaged the hopes and dreams of our progeny simply to maintain their own...

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Cut spending just don't cut my welfare

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 16 Nov 10

Am I speak of some person who lives in government housing or buys their food with food stamps, no actually I am speaking about Senators and Congressmen who have invested interest in farms that receive farm subsidies. Is it any...

farm subsidies

government spending

welfare

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A Rand Paul position that liberal will support

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 8 Nov 10

During the campaign some of Rand's comments drew the ire of liberals and progressives but the Senator-elected is starting to show off his libertarian side. Normally when you ask people to name what spending cuts they want to cut...

government spending

military spending

rand paul

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Token cuts or real cuts?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Jun 10

A year and a half and a bazillion dollars later, the White House is calling for a 5% cut from agencies. Yep 5%. That oughta do it eh? I live in a fiscally sound county. We are still doing well. Our county still trimmed a minimum...

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The Drug War was declared by President Nixon, is it a success?

TTCCWW @TTCCWW (579) • United States 21 Apr 10

Is this Einsteins difinition of insanity, which states, insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results? According to recent studies the drug war cost us around 50 billion dollars a year and produces...

drug war

government spending

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Double Census Form

whiteheather39 @whiteheather39 (24403) • United States 4 Apr 10

We all know how important it is to complete the census form but do we really need the form to be mailed to us twice? I completed and mailed my census form the day after I received it. Now I have just received a duplicate form in...

double census

frivolous

government spending

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We hate when the government spends; except when it is on us!

thegreatdebater @thegreatdebater (7316) • United States 26 Feb 10

I was watching a business program a few days ago, and one of the guess brought up two great points. The first is that republicans are upset with government spending, but not one of them voted to cut spending on one of the most...

government spending

spending

taxes

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Government Must Have More Money Than God

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 9 Nov 09

For every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills (Psalm 50:10). God might own the cattle on a thousand hills but to some of you government must own the cattle on a million hills. Money is a great...

government debt

government spending

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How Federal Spending Hurts The Economy?

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 4 Nov 09

Keynesian economist say that the economy needs to be primed with Federal spending, yet this has never been shown to have worked. Take for instance the years from 1995 to the end of 2000, which I think we can all agree were very...

economy

government spending

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The Correct Answer Should Have Been 100% Congress's Fault

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 18 Jun 09

Some of you have seen or heard this poll done by MSNBC say that America places the blame of the spiraling deficit on George W. Bush 42%, Congress 28%, Obama 6% and the rest going to either I do not know or all the above. What this...

congress

government spending

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Free Public Viewing of the Pacquiao-Hatton Fight!

eichs1 @eichs1 (1934) • Philippines 2 May 09

You don't need to buy a ticket worth P300 (around $7) or more to watch the live broadcast of Manny Pacquiao-Rudy Hatton fight. If your are in Metro Manila, just contact your local government where they have free public viewing of...

government spending

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What You Can Get For 100 Million Dollars

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 29 Apr 09

The Obama has given his Cabinet 90 days to find $100 million in budgetary savings. I wanted to see what the Federal government could be bought or paid for with 100 million dollar and here is what I found; 4 percent of the...

government spending

obama

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What Part Of This Stuff Do I Not Understand

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 24 Feb 09

Obama just a few weeks ago pushed for a spending bill that spends more money than all the money that has gone to fight both the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet now Obama is pushing for fiscal responsibility. Obama actually said...

government spending

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Are you against the bailout for the Auto makers?

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 20 Nov 08

Here is a letter to sign to tell congress that these guys were irresponsible and need to fix their own messes. They don't need us...the taxpayers...to help them out! We pay enough taxes! The letter will go to the President,...

accountability

government spending

taxes

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