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Report Shows Where Billions Of Tax Dollars Are Going: Earmarks

[prairiefox1]

NOW YOU KNOW WHY THEY ALL WANT TO GET ELECTED! THEY CAN STEAL TAXPAYERS MONEY AND GET AWAY WITH IT!
THE OLD SAYING "LINE YOUR FRIENDS POCKETS AND THEY WILL LATER LINE YOURS"!

[lilvinnyb]

No Its not Mccains earmark, its the entire US Senate who voted to approve invading iraq.

[bm6005]

hatred for Bush and political ideology.
Posted by noclue

I admit to my hatred of Bush. Just look at his record
of no positive accomplishments in 7+ yrs. You my friend are an example of one sided political ideology. According to you Dems are bad and repubs are angels. Not so, they''re all scum sucking pigs who need to go home and stay there. In November vote out all incumbents and start over. If that doesn''t work we''re overdue for the second revolution!!!

[bm6005]

noclue

Forget your meds again? You have become increasingly delusional since last year. Whatsa matter, too many war stories at the local VFW?

[notblue]

fedupwith, the urban legend you refer to as to how the "chimp" the "moron" was able to deceive the greatest minds of congress on both sides of the isle is utter nonsense. What further negates that theory is the fact Bill Clinton, while still in office stated the same story. The entire world thought Sadam had them for a number of reasons, he had previously used WMD, and he was not transparent with inspectors or anyone else, and he had started the first gulf war. He wanted his neighboring countries to believe he had WMD as a deterent to attack among other reasons. Only after the leftwing extremists hijacked the Democratic party that these senators and congressman started losing their collective memories in regards to the build up to war. The truth is the MAJORITY of Americans, 52% as last polled want stability in Iraq before we pull troops. This majority understands that it is important to show the middle east America will finish what it started and show the extremists that do not want democracy that they will not be allowed to be successful with their barbaric agenda. If we leave before the Iraqis can maintain control themselves we will may have to return at a later date and face a far more bloody battle than we have facedto date. That''s the real;ity of this thing everyone seems to ignore out of hatred for Bush and political ideology.

[danstoned]

Biggest earmark of all: the US Military Welfare program, sponsored with 100% approval by John McCain (except of course veterans benefits, which McCain is against!)

[inventagod]

Wow - this news story has Donnie jabbering to himself.
Can''t wait till his meds kick in....

[notblue]

When the Dems are in charge of both houses, and when clearly a story like this one is written, it is great entertainment readiong how these same ingrates deflect blame just like they do for the Jihadists. The screaming child left in this country are nothing more than critisizing hipocrates, one can read it every day at these CBS posts.

[fstop100]

We need to make some changes in government. These crooks don''t care about the voters, so lets send them a message!

WOW! AND JOHN McCAIN''''''''S CRUSADE IS AGAINST THIS VERY SUBJECT--- WASTEFUL EARMARKS!
GO FIGURE... MAYBE HE KNOWS SOMETHING OBAMA BIN LADEN AND HITLER-Y DO NOT...
McCAIN 2008!!!
;)
Posted by johnny343sc


Nope! Why bother with earmarks when he can send BILLIONS to the middle east for a war no one really supports!

[fibonacci_]

I thought this was about fat people.

[danstoned]

Quote from Corproate US Media: "John McCain doesnt do earmarks."

$700 BILLION annual US defense budget!
$535 BILLION per year to service the Reagan/Bush/McCain national debt.

Corporate US media, the end of free press in the USA!

[theusa1st]

theUSA1st - interesting figures. Did you have a site on this ?

Posted by speakinup at 10:56 AM : Apr 02,2008

12. The National Policy Institute, estimates that the total cost of
mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion, or an average cost
of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/publications.php?b=deportation

13. In 2006, illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances
back to their countries of origin. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14. The dark side of illegal immigration: Nearly one million ***
crimes are committed by illegal immigrants in the United States!"
http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

The total cost is a whopping $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!!!

[theusa1st]

theUSA1st - interesting figures. Did you have a site on this ?

Posted by speakinup at 10:56 AM : Apr 02,2008

7. 30% percent of all federal prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8. $90 billion dollars are spent each year on illegal aliens for
welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 billion dollars per year in suppressed American wages are
caused by the illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that''s
two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their
children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year 2005, there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens
that crossed our southern border with as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from
terrorist countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine,
and marijuana crossed into the U.S. from the southern border.
http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

[johnny343sc]

WOW! AND JOHN McCAIN''''S CRUSADE IS AGAINST THIS VERY SUBJECT--- WASTEFUL EARMARKS!

GO FIGURE... MAYBE HE KNOWS SOMETHING OBAMA BIN LADEN AND HITLER-Y DO NOT...

McCAIN 2008!!!

;)

[theusa1st]

theUSA1st - interesting figures. Did you have a site on this ?

Posted by speakinup at 10:56 AM : Apr 02,2008

Interesting Statistics.

1. $11 billion to $22 billion dollars are spent each year on welfare
to illegal aliens. http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2. $2.2 billion dollars are spent each year on food assistance
programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal
aliens. http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3. $2.5 billion dollars are spent each year on Medicaid for illegal
aliens. http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 billion dollars are spent each year on primary and secondary
school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of
English! http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

5. $17 billion dollars are spent each year for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6. $3 Million Dollars PER DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal
aliens. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

[fuzzybear9]

Fuzzy Bear can you put this in laymens terms ?

Yes I can and will

think of it this way.

We are all involved in a big game of Monopoly
`` by Parker Brothers `` for those of the x generation.

and the Fed : has all the color groups BoardWalk, Parkplace, Marvins Garden, Illinois, New York, St Charles Place and all the Utilities and Railroads

and all we own is half the color Group of Mediteranian and one get out of Jail free Card.

and we are located on Chance with a chance of rolling a seven and landing on Boardwalk. and we only have
$10 and we are hoping to get to Go so we can collect
$200 and avoid Bankruptcy.

Now normally we would be upset but since the value of our Monopoly money is Zero which is what the U.S. dollar is fast approaching, we gleafully tip the board and say, lets start another game.

Sincerely Fuzzy Bear
Ok so you didn`t like the ending.

[fjoy11]

I agree that earmarks are a disagreeable way of getting funds for any program but....to bring the First Tee program to the forfront as a major abuser is sad. This is a program that teaches much more than golf!!! Remember "Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" This program teaches all these things on the golf course.....Live skills of commitment, self respect, honesty, integrity, courtesy etc. I''m sure our golf prosfessionals would make up the 3 million before they would see this program critisized in any way.

[speakinup]

And, it''s NOT the waste the conservastives are so worried about - it''s the statements that they are looking for CHANGE, then conducting business as usual.

[speakinup]

singingrick - enough of the political retoric - checkout what an earmark is.