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New ad From Citizens Against Government Waste

The ad might seem inappropriate to some. Those who look at color of a person's skin , and not the content of their character will be offended.
The point of the ad is that when one nation sinks into the debt of another, that nation becomes beholden to the nation that holds the debt, no matter their complexion.
See their website here

“I Want Your Money”

See it at one of these theaters....
* Courthouse 8
Arlington, VA
* Downtown Mall 6
Charlottesville, VA
* Fredericksburg 15
Fredericksburg, VA
* Virginia Center 20
Glen Allen, VA
* Hampton Towne Center 24
Hampton, VA
* Harrisonburg 14
Harrisonburg, VA
* River Ridge Stadium 14
Lynchburg, VA
* Westchester Commons Stadium 16
Midlothian, VA
* Kiln Creek Cinema 20
Newport News, VA
* Mac Arthur Center 18
Norfolk, VA
* Commonwealth 20 Theatres
Richmond, VA
* Valley View Grand 16
Roanoke, VA
* Countryside 20
Sterling, VA
* Harbour View Grande 16
Suffolk, VA
* Strawbridge Marketplace 12
Virginia Beach, VA

89000 mistakes ! ! !

AP is reporting that a government investigator says 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison.

The Social Security Administration's inspector general said in a report Thursday that $18 million went to 72,000 people who were dead. The report estimates that a little more than half the payments were returned.

89000 mistakes with just 1 stimulus check, and people want these same guys to run their health care?????

Fed mandate costs city $27 Million

Feds are demanding that New York City change its 250,900 street signs

from the all-caps style used for more than a century to ones that capitalize only the first letters.
Changing BROADWAY to Broadway will save lives, the Federal Highway Administration contends in its updated Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, citing improved readability.
At $110 per sign, it will also cost the state $27.6 million, city officials said.(Explain to me how many lives will be saved? Explain to me how Broadway is safer than BROADWAY?)
See more here
If there are budget deficits, shouldn't governments determine what is "Nice to have" as opposed to "Have to have"?

No $$$ for US Churches, But plenty for Foreign Ones?

The Government can't spend a penny on churches here, but can spend millions on foreign mosques.

This year, the Obama administration will spend nearly $6 million to restore 63 historic and cultural sites, including mosques and minarets, in 55 nations, according to State Department documents.
That includes $76,000 for a 16th century mosque in China, $67,000 for a mosque in Pakistan, $77,000 to restore minarets in Nigeria and Mauritania, and $50,000 for an Islamic Monument in India. See the AP story here

Why don't we save $6million and apply it to US debt?
Yeah I know it is only 2 cents per person, but we have to start somewhere. Foreign aid is a few dollars per person. Lets trim it back. Lets trim back on everything. There are things we must have, and things that are nice to have. Let's eliminate "Nice to have" until we can pay for what "we must have"

$68,308,000 Who else got a letter from Dept. of Commerce?? $68,308,000

$68,308,000

I got a letter yesterday from the government. I opened it, expecting that it might be important. it looked official. I read it and said, "WHAT THE HECK?"

The Census has sent me a letter telling me that they’re going to send me a letter.
It was so stupid, and a waste of tax money.
Lets do the rough numbers. If I was going to send out 114.8 million letters to every household in the US, I would need 114.8 sheets of paper, 114.8 envelopes, 114.8 stamps, gosh knows how many printer ink cartridges. I will assume that I can get 230 sheets per cartridge, so 1/2 million ink cartridges.
That mailing would roughly cost me ........

Paper- $785,000
Envelopes- $2,000,000
Stamps- $50,523,000
Ink- $15,000,000
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$68,308,000

Add in labor for all the people needed to prepare the letter.
Add in the cost of the machines needed to prepare the letter.

You can see a copy of the letter here
If you want a copy of the Pig Book, click here