Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Putting Government Spending into Perspective

Putting Government Spending into Perspective: "The United States spent $3.5 trillion in 2014, ran a deficit of $486 billion and has a national debt of almost $18 trillion. While the 2014 deficit was lower than in previous years, Romina Boccia, a federal budgetary affairs fellow at the Heritage Foundation, says the drop was largely due to sequestration spending cuts, the expiration of long-term unemployment benefits, an improving economy and tax increases, resulting only in a short-term improvement. By 2024, federal spending is expected to increase by 66 percent, and 85 percent of that projected spending growth is due to increases in entitlement spending. "



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Wow... White House Issues Sickening Statement About Obama's 17-Day Tropical Vacation

Wow... White House Issues Sickening Statement About Obama's 17-Day Tropical Vacation: "At least, I’m guessing President Barack Obama has to be on the naughty list.

Vitiating race relations in Ferguson and equivocating for rioters? The constant stonewalling on the IRS scandal and Benghazi? Jonathan Gruber?"



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