OUTRAGEOUS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD BE ELIMINATED

These are wasteful spending programs that the House has proposed cutting.

* Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
* Save America 's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
* International Fund for Ireland . $17 million annual savings.
* Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
* Hope VI Program.. $250 million annual savings.
* Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
* Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
* U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
* Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
* Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
* Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings
* Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
* Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
* Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
* Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
* Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
* New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
* Exchange Programs for Alaska , Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts . $9 million annual savings
* Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
* Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
* Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
* Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
* Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
* Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
* FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
* Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
* Economic Assistance to Egypt . $250 million annually.
* U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
* General Assistance to District of Columbia . $210 million annual savings.
* Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
* Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
* No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
* End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
* Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
* IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
* Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.WHAT??????????????

* Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
* Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
* Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
* Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
* Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings
* Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
* USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
* Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
* Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
* Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
* Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings..
* HUD Ph.D. Program.
* Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.

* TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years

My question is, what kind of people do we vote into office that got all this in the budget in the first place? 

I can't believe no one suggested cutting the Department of Energy!  That would be the first one I would eliminate.  It was established in the early 70's to develope ways to stop using foreign oil. We were importing less than 50% of our oil at that time. Now it is almost 90%. Doesn't look like they have been too effective, does it?? 

 

LET'S VOTE OUT THESE LIBERAL SPENDERS AND GET OUR BUDGET BACK UNDER CONTROL!

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MORE OUTRAGEOUSNESS BY THIS CONGRESS

On September 25, I posted that in the first spending bill approved for the next fiscal year by the Democratic Congress, an expenditure of $174,000 has been included for payment to Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of Ted Kennedy.

Now...and make sure you're sitting down for this one...President Obama's administration wants to make a contribution of over $400,000 of taxpayer's money to a Libyan charity run by the Qadaffi family. Would you want your tax dollars given to a charity run by the family of Libyan dictator Moammar Qadaffi? I THOUGHT NOT!

Said Qadaffi, Moammar's son and the man who organized the welcome home ceremony for the man that murdered 189 Americans aboard PanAm flight 103, would get $200,000 of that money. The whole idea is not going over big with some members of Congress on both sides of the aisle. DUH!

SO I REPEAT: Do these people know how to WASTE our tax dollars....or what? Have they no shame??? IS THIS WHAT THE STIMULUS DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT ON?

IN ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET RID OF THESE WASTEFUL SPENDERS. USE YOUR VOTE WISELY!

Is this really necessary now? They have no regard for their wasteful spending even when the economy is suffering.

For the complete story, read today's (08/05) Drudge Report.

House Orders Up Three Elite Jets

Last year, lawmakers excoriated the CEOs of the Big Three automakers for traveling to Washington, D.C., by private jet to attend a hearing about a possible bailout of their companies.

But apparently Congress is not philosophically averse to private air travel (Of course not...just for everyone but themselves, the selfish pigs): At the end of July, the House approved nearly $200 million for the Air Force to buy three elite Gulfstream jets for ferrying top government officials and Members of Congress.

The Air Force had asked for one Gulfstream 550 jet (price tag: about $65 million) as part of an ongoing upgrade of its passenger air service.

But the House Appropriations Committee, (David Obey, Dem - Wisconsin, Chair. Thanks David..that's keeping a watchful eye on wasteful gov't spending) at its own initiative, added to the 2010 Defense appropriations bill another $132 million for two more airplanes and specified that they be assigned to the D.C.-area units that carry Members of Congress, military brass and top government officials.(Nuttin' but the best for them!)

Because the Appropriations Committee viewed the additional aircraft as an expansion of an existing Defense Department program, it did not treat the money for two more planes as an earmark, and the legislation does not disclose which Member (why not?) had requested the additional money. So where's the total transparency that B.O. promised us taxpayers?

An Appropriations Committee staffer said the military was already planning to replace its passenger fleet, and the committee “looked at the request and decided they should speed up the replacement.” Sure, no better time than when the country is in a deep recession to beef up more gov't spending. WTF!

The Gulfstream G550 is a luxury business jet, which the company advertises as featuring long-range flight capacity that “easily links Washington, D.C., with Dubai, London with Singapore and Tokyo with Paris.” The company’s promotional materials say, “The cabin aboard the G550 combines productivity with exceptional comfort. It features up to four distinct living areas, three temperature zones, a choice of 12 floor plan configurations with seating for up to 18 passengers.” (I guess that's so they can bring along their families, big supporters and golfing buddies).

The version Gulfstream sells to the military is reconfigured for the government with modest accommodations, not the luxury version sold to private customers, said a source familiar with the planes. (Yeah, screw the military. They're not as important as we are anyway).

Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) had submitted a request to the Appropriations Committee for a $70 million earmark for one airplane on behalf of Georgia-based Gulfstream, and Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) lists the airplane as one of the earmarks that he was asked to request, though his office said he never made the request to the Appropriations Committee. (Earmarks? What Earmarks? Remember B.O. saying there were no earmarks in the Stimulus Bill?)