Report: $700 Million in Katrina Relief Funds Missing
How many years ago was Katrina? Seven? And they’re just finding this out now? Government agency rushes in after natural disaster and starts throwing around billions of dollars in money (that we really don’t have; we just print it) with no requirements and no controls, and $700 million can’t be accounted for. Gosh, who coulda [...]
Obamacare “Navigators”: Anyone Else See an Opportunity for Massive Waste of Taxpayer Funds?
Welcome, Maggie’s Farm and Doug Ross readers – thanks for the links, guys. This is the sort of thing that we read about, after the fact, that turned out to be a huge waste of taxpayer funds. But that’s pretty much expected with Obamacare, so bend over Mr. Taxpayer: California wants to hire 21,000 of these [...]
Not the Onion: Presidential Proclamation – National Financial Capability Month, 2013
That’s right. Wile E. Obama, President and CEO of the ACME Economic Destruction Co. and the guy who has presided over the $53,377 per household increase in the national debt, has declared April 2013 to be “National Financial Capability Month.” Read it and weep, bitches. And get you some financial capability; they’ve set up even [...]
What Sequester? Feds Gave $3.8 Million to ‘Decrease Human-Elephant Conflict’
It’s good to know, with funds stretched dangerously thin, that we’re addressing the important issues. I know – this one already happened, but there’s absolutely no reason to believe this kind of ridiculous BS isn’t going on right now. I’d be willing to bet some of your money on it. The federal government is looking [...]
So a Fallen Tree Left a Hole in Your California Property – You May or May Not Need a Permit to Fill it.
Here’s a story of government regulatory agencies grown so big the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing, and they don’t really care so long as you follow the process (and pay the costs in fees and time spent). It’s a guest post on Coyote Blog by a fellow that runs a campground [...]
The Government has Huge Amounts of Waste, But the Sequester’s 2.2% Cuts Will be a “Disaster”
Wile E. Obama, CEO of the ACME Economic Destruction Co. is busy telling anyone who will listen that the budget cuts automatically enforced by sequestration will be a disaster. Cutting 2.2 percent of our enormous federal budget will precipitate disasters on many fronts, and -of course- it’s the Republican’s fault. Charles Krauthammer examines how the [...]
Obama 2009: Stimulus Will Lift 2 Million Out of Poverty. 2013: 2.6 Million MORE in Poverty
All of Obama’s promises have an expiration date. Usually it’s almost immediately after they leave his lips. I’m sure, though, that it’s most certainly someone else’s fault. I’m sure tonight’s SOTU will contain more “promises,” along with the news that he’s achieved almost all of his deficit reduction goals. $16.5 trillion: No big deal. (from [...]
Meaningless Security Theater Officials Continues to Harass Americans Critical of Meaningless Security Theater
The TSA is a colossal government-spending boondoggle that’s not keeping us safe. Here’s another example of how they harass journalists that criticize their useless shenanigans. Traveling to New York to appear on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, Jones had already showed his ID as he approached the metal detector. Jones and colleague Rob Dew noticed that a [...]
Government Motor’s Chevy Dolt: Each One Produced = $49,000 Loss
Government Motors is losing about $49,000 for every Chevy Dolt they produce. And, the government is buying an unknown number of the ones that actually sold. Congratulations taxpayers, you’re funding another HUGE government spending boondoggle. Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid, GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on [...]
Security Theater Reaches New Lows: TSA Testing Drinks Bought After Passengers Clear Security
We’ve known for some time now that most, if not all, of the TSA’s security theater regimen was pointless and a huge waste of taxpayer dollars. Paul Joseph Watson at InfoWars reports on the TSA’s latest time- and money-wasting tactic: testing drinks that were purchased after passengers went through security screenings. The footage shows TSA [...]
When I Grow Up, I Wanna Be a Crony
If you want to get ahead, kids, you better learn how the system works. (H/T Instapundit)
Your Government at Work: Agriculture Department Spends $2 Million; Creates ONE Job
We hear stories like this from time to time, and wonder “how could this happen?” The USDA spends $2 million on an internship program, and creates exactly one job. Millions more is spent accomplishing nothing in particular. With government, it’s always somebody else’s money, and the people responsible for the failures are rarely held accountable. [...]
Good News: Taxpayers Will Recover 4.5% of Money Wasted on Solyndra
Wile E. Obama told George Stephanopolous that Solyndra was a “good bet” for the taxpayers: “Hindsight is always 20/20,” the royal presence sniffed, clearly irritated with the peasants who have been second-guessing his investment genius. “It went through the regular review process, and people felt that it was a good bet.” Bankruptcy filings last week revealed [...]
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Amtrak’s Food and Beverage Service Lost $68K Per Employee Last Year
You pay $2.00 for a Pepsi bought on the train, but each one costs the Treasury $3.40. Super. From the Washington Examiner: Taxpayers lost $833 million over the last decade on the food and beverages supplied by Amtrak, which managed to spend $1.70 for every dollar that received in revenue. “Over the last ten years, [...]
J.P. Morgan Loses $2B; Uproar – USPS Loses $3.2B; Crickets
Emily Goff writes at The Foundry about the national news coverage garnered by the $2 billion loss revealed by J.P. Morgan this week. Advocates of even more restrictive regulations on banks and investment firms argue that rules should have been in place to prevent this. It’s not necessary; firms like Morgan will learn to correct [...]
Here’s Some Irony for Ya: Government with $15.6T in Debt Running 16 “Financial Literacy Programs”
At least they’ve reduced them from the former 56 programs, but it still appears they don’t know whether they actually accomplish anything. Sounds just like government. A federal government that is $15.6 trillion in debt is currently using its “bully pulpit” to run 16 different programs to teach citizens “financial literacy,” according to the Government [...]
Senator Carper’s Plan to Save the Post Office: Use Offshore Windmills to Charge Batteries in Electric Trucks
A U.S. Senator from Delaware (I don’t need to tell you the party) thinks the way to save the rapidly deteriorating U.S. Postal Service is with windmills. I kid you not: The Postal Service has got a lot of problems, but the age of their delivery vehicles is likely not one of them. Rather, it’s [...]
A Few More Reasons to Loathe the TSA
As if you needed them – read it and weep. (H/T Dooce) Created by: OnlineCriminalJusticeDegree.com
Shovel Ready: Never Underestimate the Government’s Ability to Waste Taxpayer $$
You already knew that, but here’s a prime example. As part of a stimulus-funded highway project in California $205,075 was spent to move…wait for it- a bush. From CNS News: The government spent at least $205,075 in 2010 to “translocate” a single bush in San Francisco that stood in the path of a $1.045-billion highway-renovation [...]
Good Enough for Government Work:1 in 8 D.C. Escalators is Continually Out of Service
This little story from Reason.tv is an excellent demonstration of why the government isn’t better at doing things. The Metro decided to dump private escalator repair contractors in favor of hiring government workers to do the job. Their rationale: government workers would do a better job and at cheaper rates. That statement is laughable. The [...]
Deeming $Millions Worth of Specialized Glass “Inconsequential”, Obama-Backed Solyndra DESTROYS It.
This is amazing, but not surprising. These people don’t have any shame. Eco-bullsh*t-purveying Obama cronies don’t care whether this stuff is worth millions: they didn’t have to pay anything for it. You did. What’s worse is Wile E. Obama and his ACME Economic Destruction Co. have billions more tied up in these green-scam companies. Once [...]
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