As of this past June, over 35 million Americans are receiving food stamp assistance from the Federal Government. That amounts to 1 in 9 Americans who need help in putting food on the table for their family, which is a pretty scary statistic. And while I realize that there are some who abuse the [...]
Yesterday on Twitter I was having a conversation with someone who asked a very interesting question – “I wonder how many people who were always against the stimulus are now turning in their clunker for a $4,500 gift from the government?“. I think it’s an important question to ask, as if you are against [...]
As you probably know, I just got back from a cross-country and back road trip. I drove all the way to the east coast from New Mexico, with each way taking about 3.5 days. On the way east I took I-80 all the way to upstate New York, where I jumped on I-90, and on [...]
I just finished reading this entire article in Rolling Stone and…wow. I don’t agree with 100% of everything that is written in it, but it sure takes a hard look (from a different angle than most of us have been looking) at the banking crisis, government involvement in said crisis, and the AIG debacle. [...]
I get at least a few emails a week asking for more details about the economic stimulus package, so I figured I would go looking for a couple more examples of how it will be affecting you. I already wrote about the cash and paycheck aspects of the stimulus, but there is much more to [...]
Interesting, to say the least. It’s not the entire stimulus package, but the side from the House and Senate majority Appropriations staff:
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $311 billion in appropriations, including the following critical investments:
Investments in Infrastructure and Science – $120 billion
Investments in Health – $14.2 billion
Investments in Education and Training – $105.9 [...]
Please, make sure you vote tomorrow. Vote on your lunch break. Leave work early and vote. Stop in and vote on your way to work in the morning. This is one of the most important elections in history and every vote counts. Whether you are voting for my candidate or not, please [...]
I was reading the latest issue of Kiplinger’s and came across an article by Knight Kiplinger, Editor in Chief of the magazine, that laid out what his thoughts were on a new economic agenda. I so rarely agree with these guys on issues like this because most of them lean right and I tend to [...]
No, I am not talking about the bailout – I am talking about the spending bill that the House passed yesterday worth some $650 billion dollars that starts up October 1 to keep the government running. No one is really mentioning it because we are too focused on watching the economy collapse. While [...]
A recent article from CNN says that the Government Accountability Office has “lost track” of at least $6 Billion that we have given Pakistan to fight terror. They have no idea where the money went, except for this little gem:
“The GAO found that Pakistan received about $3.7 million each year for to operate a [...]
And the dumb idea keeps getting dumber…another stimulus package coming soon?
Seems Barack Obama has had too much of GW Bush’s Kool-Aid
Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has called for a second economic stimulus package worth $30 billion to boost the ailing US economy. The Illinois senator, speaking in New York on Thursday, also [...]
Think they don’t have it better in Congress? Although I could not stand working with most of them, what I wouldn’t give for their healthcare and financial opportunities. From the Sunlight Foundation comes “Fortune 535”, which lets citizens see how much, or how little, lawmakers’ wealth has grown in the past 11 [...]
I say yes, they sure should. Where else can anyone get decent programming, free of charge, without paying for cable TV? There are a lot of people in this country who cannot afford cable TV, and without access to the kind of programs that PBS produces, kids will be stuck watching only the garbage [...]
I have made my feelings known about the economic stimulus check and how I think it is both a waste of time and money, but if you are sitting around waiting patiently for your check, the government might have just made your day. They have announced that they will start sending them out earlier than [...]
I cannot believe it’s time again, but here it is – the charts that show where your tax dollars are being spent for 2008. The budget is around $2.93 trillion dollars this year. Yikes.
Graphs from The Washington Post
