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Cost of war/U.S still paying benefits to civil war relatives

thefussion — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:26:28 +0000

Cost of war/U.S still paying benefits to civil war relatives

Chattanooga police give citations to men for attending job training

phonon — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:03:43 +0000

About 15 men attended Jobs for Life on the first day. After they started getting citations, the number dwindled, Rooks said. The class has several gang members and others who have criminal records. They want to change their lives so much that they gathered birth certificates, school transcripts and other documents needed to enroll in the class, she said.

US Debt Now $16 Trillion Dollars Of Moral, Cultural & Political Decay

snowdog2012 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:06:02 +0000

Wow! We’ll soon cross Sixteen Trillion Dollars in Federal Debt! S-i-x-t-e-e-n T-r-i-l-l-i-o-n D-o-l-l-a-r-s. That’s a lot of vote buying even for Washington. Is this ruin? Have we indentured our children into servitude? Solomon warned borrowers will be slaves to their lenders. Add $120 plus trillion in unfunded forthcoming liabilities and, well, we’re doomed.

U.S. on Verge of 50% Households Takeing Payments from Govt.

kelvin — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:58:53 +0000

The U.S. is now on the verge of a symbolic threshold: the point at which more than half of all American households receive and accept transfer benefits from the government. Within living memory, the federal government has become an entitlements machine. As a day-to-day operation, it devotes more attention and resources to the public transfer of money, goods and services to individual citizens than to any other objective, spending more than for all other ends combined.

More Than Half of Americans at Least Partially Dependent On The Govt.

kelvin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:08:07 +0000

A very large segment of the population has figured out that it can use voting as a tool to get more money and benefits from the government...the federal government has become a giant deluded "Santa Claus" that distributes goodies to the American people far beyond its actual capacity to do so. In fact, we are borrowing trillions of dollars that we do not have so that our politicians can continue to buy votes with handouts.

Switzerland: An Initiative to Establish Basic Income for All

abexman — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:03:19 +0000

An initiative to establish a new federal law known as “For an unconditional basic income” [fr] was formally introduced in Switzerland in April. The idea, which consists quite simply of giving a monthly income to all citizens that is neither means-tested nor work-related, has generated commentary throughout the Swiss blogosphere.

Taxpayers pay millions to mow lawns of foreclosed homes

libertyevolution — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:25:39 +0000

American taxpayers own close to 200,000 vacant houses, and over the next year they will spend more than $40 million just to mow lawns at these properties. Taxpayers also foot the bills to paint walls, fix cabinets, plant flowers and more -- expenses that just last year, exceeded a half a billion dollars.

Legislators want to drug test welfare recipients but not themselves

Sussex County Angel — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:59:28 +0000

"If we're going to impose standards on drug testing, then it should apply to everybody who receives government money." - Do they realize that it's not their money?