Ridiculous Govt Spending

PLEASE READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM FOR SOME INTERESTING INFO ON WHAT OUR GOVT IS PAYING FOR…

Where is our money going you wonder? Here ya go (which is why I am a Repupblican that wants the government to spend less & have less government instead of using our money and giving it away to frivolous things like the following while increasing our deficit by trillions).

One thing I do agree with Obama on is transparency, although I highly doubt, sadly, most of America would even care if they read what bills really had in them, nor do I think we will actually ever see a database that lists all the earmarks in each bill like Obama said he would do. I think we need to start educating our kids enough to care about politics as that is what our country is founded on and what makes it great. Its when no one cares that decisions start being made for those people without their say.

I really wish transparency would happen, and I really wish people knew more about government and actually cared. This is why I have told Scott he can't just be a Republican because I am, we have to go to both headquarters and learn each of their beliefs so he can make his mind up for himself. Just like I will want my kids to be given as much info. as possible, so they can make informed decisions as they get older. I just want people to be informed and let them decide where they stand.

For me I want less government ( I consider myself Republican, although sometimes I fall more Libertarian), I hate thinking we are headed more socialist than democratic by having the government take over soo much, I especially hate that soo many people aren’t seeing this or just not caring. This, and working for 2 prescription benefits companies for 2 years is why I KNOW YOU DO NOT WANT OUR GOVERNMENT TAKING OVER HEALTHCARE - BIGTIME CLUSTERFUCK!!! Don’t believe it? Go work for one involved with a government plan, other than the federal gov’ts plan that is – they have a plush plan, and you will see just how bad it will get if we have to go that route! You have no idea how horrible Med D was, nor how bad it would be to have the gov't deciding what you can and cannot have.

Right know you at least have options whether you have insurance or not, with the government you will have a set list and thats it - no appeals!! It scares me for people who have never worked on the insurance side with medicare/medic aide/Med D because you don't get too see how really screwed up it is. Just say DONUT HOLE to anyone on Med D and they will scream, actually just say Med-D to anyone on Med-D and they will scream. Thank god there are companies that have come in to provide more even coverage to those eligible for Med-D so they won’t get hit soo bad like they do on Med-D. It scares me that soon all of our choices will be limited like this. It's funny that I used to have a coworker that would actually tell people when they would bitch about their Medicaid coverage that this is why you need to make sure our government never takes over our healthcare because it will just get worse, because then no one, not just the poor, will have any say in it. Me, I like my choices because it is a free country and we should have options without government invading on that and without having to have a million dollars to afford it on my own.

So I thought you guys might like to read the following things we as a country are paying for soon:

-$3.7 million to The Texas Home Weatherization project that won’t even pay for itself for over 150 years, only weatherizing 45 homes

-$950,000 to 2 grad students from Arizona to study how ants work… that’s almost half a million dollars each

-$100,000 each to numerous states to stage puppet shows to save puppeteers jobs

-$50 million to companies that raise tropical fish/alligators for their food

-$4 million to N. Carolina Public Schools to hire 64 Literacy Coaches for Teachers

-$6 million goes to a California construction company that is under investigation for defrauding the city of San Diego during 2007 wildfires

-$13 million to a Denver developer building senior living facilities despite being sued as a slumlord in San Francisco for rodent infested apartments

-$24 million to a Kentucky contractor on trial for bribery

-$15 million to company to monitor water quality of a river that it polluted


Interesting huh??!!