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What to do with coins now that Obama wants to make pennies, nickels worth less

Although the U.S. Mint located in San Francisco still makes coins, the coins created there aren't for general circulation and won't be...
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"I would HAPPILY pay more taxes if they were spent on...."

I recently asked a group of taxpayers to finish the above sentence. Most of the answers were not surprising. They would spend more money for...
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Isn’t it time for a complete house-cleaning?

In my last article I posed a question which I believe is relevant in today’s discussions about the many proposed budget cuts that we have...
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Taxpayer money funds gay porn website

  • taxpayers fund gay pornography
  • April 19, 2012
When was the last time you viewed a taxpayer-funded porno site? Not the type to frequentpornographicweb sites? Fear not, the U.S. government has...
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The problem with stories on government waste

  • GSA Las Vegas Trip
  • April 7, 2012
Over the past few days, all the top media outlets have picked up on the story of the lavish trip to Las Vegas taken by the General Services...
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LA V.I.P. yacht ‘renovated’ with stimulus money

Curse those wealthy Americans with their corporate jets and million-dollar yachts.Well, actually, it’s not just the big-business types who...
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Bureaucrats live the high life: “Wasteful and Extravagant”

We’re in the midst of an economic crisis right? Congress is deadlocked in a white knuckled knock-down-drag-out battle for the future of...
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Solyndra: Another story of Government corruption

It is now evident that the top officers of Solyndra--CEO Brian Harrison and CFO W. G. Stover--will plead the fifth when brought to a Congressional...
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Friars stop thief with prayer for diarrhea: new interventions for troubled times

Taylor Lynne Trentwood, PhDHeadlines today include “Friars pray that thief will suffer from diarrhea” and “Starbucks pays midget ...
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Department of Defense wasted billions of tax dollars standing still

A new study by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, concludes the US military has wasted billions of dollars to modernize and yet is...
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