Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Sequester vs. Government Waste

Everyone remembers the howling of pending catastrophic impacts leading up to and following enactment of sequester, an idea spawned by the Administration and endorsed by the President.  But as noted in previous items, the Administration's hype of impending harm was over-hyped and covert efforts were undertaken by the Administration to exacerbate its impacts so the public would beg for it to be undone.  These actions on the part of the Administration and its facilitators in Congress and the media are nothing short of disgusting propagandization.  The purpose of this propaganda campaign?  To get public consent permitting the Administration to do what IT wants with OUR money.  This item shares with you the basis for this charge.   

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, member of the House of Representatives and Democratic Party Chairman, is a poster child for this propaganda campaign.  According to Mike Flynn her top aide "earns around $160k a year. She pays two additional aides around $120k a year. She has five additional aides who earn between $60-100k a year".  Speaking about impacts of sequester on her staff during a "...hearing of the House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, Wasserman Schultz worried that prices of meals in House restaurants are getting so high that aides are being 'priced out' of a good meal."  See the link to learn how outrageous her comments are: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/21/wasserman-schultz-my-aides-cant-afford-good-meals  

Despite "problems" like Wasserman-Schults cites, what is really going on?  Somehow the Administration still finds ways to spend money like nobody's business.  For example, just a few days ago during his visit to the Middle East the President announced that the US Government had enough money to give $500 million to the terrorist-let Palestinian Authority.  That after already giving Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood-led government a mere $250 million.
That is, my friends, money he takes from us to give to terrorist led governments.  How does that make you feel?  Especially after the President made his appeal for all Americans to share in the sacrifices sequester has imposed.  Puts Wasserman-Schultz's "bleeding heart" into perspective, doesn't it.  She complains about the price of lunch being to high for her well paid staff while millions of Americans making much less struggle just to make ends meet.  Shows us what her priorities are, doesn't it.  Did you know that 10 of the most affluent counties in the country surround Washington, D.C..  Where do they get all that money?  From us, that's who.   

Meanwhile the government wastes hundreds of billions of dollars on all manner of ill-conceived programs both domestic and foreign.  Don't believe me?  Check out all three pages of the examples detailed at this link:  http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/category/wasteful-spending/

Do not believe one word out of the mouths of those who bemoan the damage sequester has/will cause.  Here is a fact offered by the Heritage Foundation:  "Federal spending will explode from $3.6 trillion to $6 trillion over the next 10 years, but the much-maligned sequester will cut only 2.4 percent of this spending."  http://blog.heritage.org/2013/02/24/chart-of-the-week-sequestration-cuts-2-4-percent-out-of-total-spending/ 
And, bear in mind that under this President's tenure (first four years) both the debt and deficit skyrocketed more than at any time in our history.  Check out these charts which tell the story:  http://www.heritage.org/federalbudget/debt-and-deficits

If this is not enough check out more examples provided below of out of control government spending.  All at our expense.  Think about that!!!  Is that what you expect your government to do with OUR money???  For example, do you think that $400,000 of your money studying duck genitals is money well spent?  No?  Well our government does.  See last link for details.   

George Burns

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