Tax dollars for drunk birds and musical monkeys
(BigGovernment.news) A blistering congressional report issued Tuesday excoriated the federal government for spending tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money on frivolous scientific studies, including why the face of Jesus Christ appears on toast and whether drunk birds slur when they sing. “Twenty Questions: Profiles in Federally Funded Science” was issued by Sen. Jeff Flake, Read More
Dear Taxpayer: The massive bailouts for bankrupt city and state pension funds are coming
(BigGovernment.news) You won’t hear much talk about publicly in Congress but after all, it is an election year so our leaders can’t be heard openly discussing the next big fleecing of the American taxpayer. But it’s coming, nonetheless, as pension funds around the country that are trillions of dollars in debt begin to fail, one after another. As Read More
Puerto Rico in the midst of an economic collapse, admits U.S. Treasury official
The pipe dream days of easy money and endless credit are coming to an end in the United States, and the first place that is becoming evident is in a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico. The Caribbean nation has been in economic dire straights for some time, but U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew recently announced in Read More
Waste not, want not: Report exposes hundreds of BILLIONS every year in duplicate govt. spending
(BigGovernment.news) There is no better entity on the face of the planet for wasting valuable taxpayer resources than the U.S. government, as a recently released report proves yet again. In fact, the government wastes hundreds of billions a year on duplicate spending, even as Congress and the president rack up trillions in debt and turn tone-deaf ears Read More
The Obamacare fail is so steep even Uncle Sam’s budget master has no idea how bad it will get
(BigGovernment.news) Just when it looks as though the epic failure of Obamacare cannot get any worse for beleaguered taxpayers who are forced to pick up the ever-growing tab, it does. Now, apparently, the cost of the law is getting so hard to estimate that the Congressional Budget Office is simply going to give up trying. As reported Read More
New refugee ‘fitness’ program costs taxpayers a bundle
(BigGovernment.news) If you think your gym membership is getting expensive, wait until you hear about the fitness program you just paid for on behalf of refugees and immigrants to the U.S. As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, the National Institutes of Health is set to spend nearly $1.7 million on an exercise program for Read More
