It’s Okay, It’s Somebody Else’s Money: Pelosi Spends $100K+ for In-flight Services in Just Two Years.
Must be nice to have other people’s money at your disposal. Pelosi, who is richer than 98% of the population, obviously thinks it’s okay to use the taxpayer’s money to indulge in all kinds of fancy in-flight services while she flies all over the world with the Air Force (she’s too good for commercial air [...]
Do the Richmond Flying Squirrels Need a New Stadium? Maybe, but Not at Taxpayer Expense
The Richmond Braves Flying Squirrels need a new stadium. So says the Atlanta Braves AAA San Francisco Giants’ AA team management, and various mayors over the past decade (see what I did there? Same argument, different decade). The Diamond, built on the site of the old Parker Field on the Boulevard is 28 years old this [...]
It’s Okay: It’s Not Her Money. Michelle to Stay in Hawaii while Barack Returns to DC for Fiscal Cliff Theater
I know – all presidents and their wives take vacations. It seemed, though, that all the Republicans who “vacationed” during Christmas went to their own homes or ranches. But then, why would Obama want to go to Chicago? The weather isn’t very nice there in winter. Yes, I know, he was born in Hawaii, but [...]
Details of the Auto Bailout You Won’t Hear from Obama
This issue was mentioned at least once in last night’s debate, when Obama claimed -again- to have “saved” the auto industry. Neither Obama nor anyone else in the administration talks about the costs of that bailout to taxpayers, who still haven’t been -and probably never will be- made whole. In a September article that preceded [...]
I Can’t Think of a Single Reason Why Romney Would Say Obama Supporters Feel Entitled to Free Stuff
Not one. Can you?
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)
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, [...]
Your Tax Dollars at Work: State Dept. Purchasing Copies of (zero)bama’s Books…as Gifts?
Besides being improper use of taxpayer funds, what a crummy gift. Is Bill Ayers getting any royalties? The State Department has bought more than $70,000 worth of books authored by President Obama, sending out copies as Christmas gratuities and stocking “key libraries” around the world with “Dreams From My Father” more than a decade after its release. The U.S. Embassy in [...]
Wisconsin Granny Thumbs Her Nose at the Union Thug Bully Tactics in Wisconsin
If you’ve followed the events in Wisconsin at all, you know the state legislature passed a law that alters the long-standing rules of negotiation between unions and the state. The unions are not happy at all about it. Having lost the battle in the ballot box, they’re turning to some unscrupulous tactics to exact their [...]
Hooray! More Smart People are “Getting It” on High-Speed Rail Boondoggles
Governor Rick Scott of Florida gets it. High-speed rail projects aren’t “investments in the future,” they’re millstones placed around the necks of already-overburdened taxpayers. He has decided to reject $2.4 billion in federal funds for projects in Florida My decision to reject the project comes down to three main economic realities: ● First — capital cost [...]
Three Chefs for Mayor Bloomberg? No Problem, those Taxpayers are Picking Up the Tab
You have to admire the chutzpah of billionaire know-it-all and nanny-stater extraordinaire Michael Bloomberg. He doesn’t mind telling the lowly taxpayers of NYC whether they can, or should be able to smoke, or put salt on their food. Though he prefers to live at his upper East side townhouse (which, by the way is worth [...]
(More) What’s Wrong with California
Image via Wikipedia You don’t have to look far to find evidence for why Kahl-ee-for-nee-yah (wait, he’s not the governator anymore) is in the crapper financially. Here’s one more reason: San Francisco has a “public” radio station, KALW 91.7. I use the quotes around public, because you and I both know these stations can’t survive [...]
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