Monthly Archives: February 2012

Rick Santorum and Jim Bob Duggar

February 20, 2012 – 9:03 am

The Big Talk by Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum 2012 | Reagan Democrats | P03 of 10

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Republican Presidential Candidate Senator Rick Santorum gave an amazing speech at First Baptist Church in Naples Florida. http://www.ricksantorum.com/florida Speaking to a crowd of more than a thousand people at the First Baptist Church here the morning after the State of the Union, Rick Santorum praised President Obama’s focus on manufacturing and said that it proved he was the right candidate to defeat him in November.

This speech was on January 25, 2012

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In this clip above Rick Santorum tells a funny story about Jim Bob Duggar. Below are other related posts about the Duggar family.

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World’s dumbest crook takes on Duggars

I have heard of some idiots before but this would be crook takes the cake. Duggar Family Member Speaks Out on Extortion Plot Amy Duggar from the show 19 Kids and Counting is setting the record straight after being targeted by a woman in Iowa who claimed to have compromising photos of Amy as part of an attempt to extort […]

Looks like it is a race between Santorum and Romney for Iowa, Paul down by 4%

Looks like it is three-way race tonight in Iowa. With 88 percent of the vote in it seems that Santorum leads by 58 votes and Paul is down by 4% at 21 percent. ELECTIONS – POLITICS Three in Early Dead Heat in Iowa Iowa Caucuses Too Close to Call as Three Candidates Battle for Lead […]

Duggars in Iowa to support Rick Santorum (video clip)

John David Duggar supports Rick Santorum in Iowa Uploaded by bubba2229 on Jan 2, 2012 John Duggar, 21, explains why he and his famous family are supporting Rick Santorum’s Republican presidential campaign. Recorded Jan. 2, 2012, in Boone, Iowa._____ _ Today Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times Blog commented: In some places, a Jim Bob […]

Duggars mourn miscarriage

I read  on the Arkansas Times Blog this morning this sad news about Duggar’s miscarriage. Michelle said, “I feel like my heart broke telling my children…” Below is the article from People Magazine: Michelle Duggar Miscarries By Alicia Dennis Update Thursday December 08, 2011 08:25 PM EST Originally posted Thursday December 08, 2011 04:30 PM […]

Duggars expecting another baby (related links to Duggars)

The Arkansas Times Blog reported today: EXPECTING 20th: Michelle Duggar People magazine reports that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are expecting their 20th child this spring. She’s 45 and had a rough time with her 19th, Josie, born prematurely weighing 22 ounces Link includes video to TLC, where the Duggar-based reality show airs. ______________________ Related […]

Pro-life marchers turn to prayer

What Ever Happened to the Human Race? Jason Tolbert told a  story about pro-life marchers and their tactic of prayer: OWNER TURNS SPRINKLERS ON PRO-LIFE PRAYER VIGIL In July, I wrote about a new movement springing up in Arkansas that seeks to combat abortion not with violent protest, but with peaceful prayer demonstrations.  It is called “40 […]

Duggar’s first grandson born

TLC stars Josh and Anna Duggar with their newborn son — TLC I was walking at the Another Duggar Baby! Josh & Anna Duggar Welcome Baby Boy Yahoo News reported: The Duggar family continues to grow! Josh Duggar, 23, – the eldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle – and wife Anna, 22, welcomed their […]

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By Everette Hatcher III | Posted in Current Events | Comments (0)

Obama’s budget cuts are not meaningful

February 20, 2012 – 9:02 am

If you wanted to get serious about budget cuts then why not eliminate the Dept of Education. These budget cuts mentioned below in the budget are just peanuts. We should have meaningful budget cuts that would BALANCE THE BUDGET.

Obama’s Proposed Cuts and the Scope of Government

Posted by Tad DeHaven

The president’s fiscal 2013 budget includes a 213 page document that contains 210 proposed cuts, consolidations, and other savings. That sounds like a lot until one finds out that the alleged savings would only amount to $24 billion in a $3.8 trillion budget. Not only would the cuts do little to reduce the size of government, they would do nothing to reign in the scope of government.

The following are a few examples of what I’m talking about:

  • The administration proposes to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Automotive Technology program for savings of $16 million. However, the proposed cut doesn’t reflect a sudden desire to end federal “green” subsidies to car manufacturers. Instead, the administration says “other Federal programs are better positioned to research, develop, demonstrate, and deploy a broad suite of advanced vehicle technologies.”
  • The administration proposes to cut funding for the Department of Health and Human Service’s Community Services Block Grant program from $679 million to $350 million. The administration cites reports from the HHS inspector general and the Government Accountability Office that “have documented failures in program oversight and accountability.” However, instead of proposing to completely terminate it, the administration says it’s going to fix the program and basically apologizes for having to cut it to meet discretionary spending caps.
  • The administration proposes to cut funding by $226 million for fossil fuel subsidies administered by the Department of Energy. These subsidies should be eliminated. But they should be eliminated along with all energy subsidies because the federal government should stop trying to pick winners and losers in the energy market. Unfortunately, it appears that the administration is really only interested in scoring political points with the “green” crowd.
  • The administration proposes to save a whopping $3 million by terminating the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s public broadcasting grant program. The administration correctly points out that the program is duplicative of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. However, the CPB would get another $1 million in funding for an overall budget of $445 million. In other words, the proposed cut would have practically no effect on the federal government’s subsidization of PBS and NPR.

I could go on and on with examples but there’s no point. A glass-half-full type might say, “Well, at least the administration is proposing to cut something.” Unfortunately, the glass is nowhere close to being half full – it’s empty. The administration’s relatively paltry savings would still leave the budget with a projected deficit of $901 billion for fiscal 2013. And the deficit would only be smaller than last year because the government is projected to take in more revenue – not because the government would spend less. Worse, the federal government under this budget would continue to be an intrusive, metastasizing cancer on individual liberty and the economy.

Tad DeHaven • February 14, 2012 @ 4:50 pm
Filed under: Government and Politics; Tax and Budget Policy

On Bloomberg, Sessions Discusses Astounding Gimmicks In President’s Budget

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Rick Santorum speaks at First Redeemer Baptist Church

February 20, 2012 – 8:52 am

Rick Santorum speaks at First Redeemer Church in Cumming, Ga.

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Rick Santorum in Forsyth County, Ga. megachurch First Redeemer draws about 3,000 people.

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I have heard Richard Lee the pastor of First Redeemer speak several times and he is excellent. Below is an article that discusses Rick Santorum’s recent visit there.

Santorum questions Obama’s ‘world view,’ not faith

CUMMING, Ga. — Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama’s world view that “elevates the Earth above man,” discouraging increased use of natural resources.

The GOP presidential candidate also slammed Obama’s health care overhaul for requiring insurers to pay for prenatal tests that, Santorum said, will encourage more abortions.

A day after telling an Ohio audience that Obama’s agenda is based on “some phony theology, not a theology based on the Bible,” Santorum said he wasn’t criticizing the president’s Christianity.

“I’ve repeatedly said I don’t question the president’s faith. I’ve repeatedly said that I believe the president’s Christian,” Santorum told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“I am talking about his world view, and the way he approaches problems in this country. I think they’re different than how most people do in America,” he said in the broadcast interview.

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Glenn Beck 8/27/10 Pastor Thomas Mullins, Pastor Richard Lee

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Interview. Pastor Thomas Mullins @ Chirst Fellowship Church, Pastor Richard Lee @ First Redeemer Church, David Barton @ Wallbuilders

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The former Pennsylvania senator said Obama’s environmental policies promote ideas of “radical environmentalists,” who, Santorum argues, oppose greater use of the country’s natural resources because they believe “man is here to serve the Earth.” He said that was the reference he was making Saturday in his Ohio campaign appearance when he denounced a “phony theology.”

When pressed by reporters after he made the initial remark, however, Santorum made no mention of the president’s environmental policies. Instead, he suggested that Obama practices one of the “different stripes of Christianity.”

Santorum walked back those comments on CBS Sunday morning.

But later in the day, he again criticized Obama’s “theology” — with no reference to his environmental policies — while speaking to more than 2,000 supporters gathered at a suburban Atlanta megachurch.

The president is “trampling on a constitutional right,” Santorum said of the Obama administration’s recent decision to allow employees of religious schools and hospitals to have birth control covered by their insurance policies.

“It is imposing his ideology on a group of people expressing their theology, their moral code,” Santorum told those gathered in the First Redeemer Church, a megachurch that hosted former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee four years ago.

Obama’s campaign said Santorum’s initial remarks were another attack on the president’s faith by Republican rivals in a nominating contest that has grown increasingly bitter and negative.

“It’s just time to get rid of this mindset in our politics that, if we disagree, we have to question character and faith,” said Robert Gibbs, Obama’s former press secretary, on ABC’s “This Week.”

“Those days have long passed in our politics. Our problems and our challenges are far too great,” Gibbs said.

Santorum said his claim that Obama’s health care overhaul encourages abortions stems from the requirement for insurance companies to pay for prenatal testing, which he said will result in more pregnant women having more procedures. He specified amniocentesis, a procedure that can identify physical problems in the unborn.

“The bottom line is a lot of prenatal tests are done to identify deformities in utero and the customary procedure is to encourage abortion,” he said.

A doctor recommended abortion when a sonogram discovered health problems for Santorum’s youngest daughter, who was born three years ago with a genetic condition known as Trisomy 18, which typically proves fatal. She has lived longer than most children born with the condition.

“This is typical,” Santorum said. “This is what goes on in medical rooms around the country.”

He said he’s critical of the mandate in Obama’s health care plan that insurers must pay for the tests, not of prenatal testing in general.

“There are all sorts of prenatal testing which should be provided free. I have no problem with that if the insurance companies want to. I’m not for any of these things to be forced,” Santorum said.

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TIm Tebow @ First Redeemer Church July 4th

 

By Everette Hatcher III | Posted in Current Events | Comments (2)

Who will get 4th place in SEC basketball race?

February 20, 2012 – 7:53 am

SEC Basketball race for 4th places heats up Does anyone want 4th place? It seems that everytime a team gets a few wins under their belt and it appears they are going to sew up 4th place then they lose.

Look at Tennessee. The Vols played against a Bama team that had their two leading scorers out on suspension and they still beat the Vols. The Arkansas Razorbacks were rolling and then they lost their last two games. The Vols spanked the Hogs and after starting 17-0 at Bud Walton, the Hogs lost by 30 points to Florida at Bud Walton.

Here are the standings: Kentucky 12-0 Florida 9-3 Vandy 7-4 Miss St 6-6 Tennessee 6-6 LSU 6-6 Arkansas 5-7 Ole Miss 5-7 Auburn 4-8 Georgia 3-8 South Carolina 2-10

Alabama guard Andrew Steele (22) tries to keep control of the ball while being pressured by Tennessee's Trae Golden (11) as Alabama guard Trevor Releford (12) watches during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama won 62-50. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Michelle Lepianka Carter)

Alabama guard Andrew Steele (22) tries to keep control of the ball while being pressured by Tennessee’s Trae Golden (11) as Alabama guard Trevor Releford (12) watches during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama won 62-50. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Michelle Lepianka Carter)

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Loss to Vols is bitter in contrast to sweet victory in football

Photo by Adam Brimer, copyright © 2012 Tennessee guard Trae Golden (11) shoots a layup during the first half against Arkansas at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL) ______________ I have to say that it was a sweet victory that the Hogs had over the Vols in football back in November. The […]

Vol Coach looks needs victory over Hogs on way to NCAA berth

I think that the hogs and the vols both need 10-6 conference records to get in the NCAA. I have said all year that we need two road victories to do that. I do assume that we will need to beat Florida in Fayetteville to accomplish that. Cuonzo Martin: 10-6 in SEC puts Vols ‘in […]

Vol coach “We’re getting there right now,” faces Arkansas on Wednesday

Florida’s Patric Young (4) goes to the basket as Tennessee’s Jarnell Stokes (5) tries to block the shot during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin) _____________________________ It appears the Arkansas Razorbacks will be facing a new and improved Tennessee Vols basketball team […]

When are the Razorbacks going to get road victory, maybe in Knoxville?

Arkansas must get a couple of road wins if we hope to make it to the NCAA Tournament this year. By reading the comments on Arkansas Sports 360 it appears the fans are anxious for one.  Looking at the schedule and there remains games at Tennessee, Auburn and Mississippi State. The Miss St game would […]

Vols still crying about losing two 4 star linebackers on signing day

 

Briefs on all the SEC football recruiting hauls

I am glad that Petrino got more defensive players than offensive players but time will tell if he can develop these three star players like he did in 2008 when that class later turned the hogs into a national contender in 2011. Below is an article from http://www.ajc.com Alabama (26): The national champs added to their […]

Tennessee is upset at Peters for switching to the Hogs

It is nice to be feared by the Vols. They rejoiced when it was announced that they would not have to play the Hogs in 2012. Amy Smotherman Burgess, ©KNS/2011 In the article below you can see that the player who lived in Texas that switched to Texas could be explained away and the one […]

Articles on SEC football recruiting results

 

Arkansas gets help on defense in this class

I know that many of us are disappointed that Dorial Green-Beckham did not sign with the Razorbacks but we just have to move on. I am not interested in reliving the whole thing and going through all the negative things said about the Hogs during the process. That always happens in every recruiting case and […]

Last minute pick up from Vols helps Hogs finish strong in recruiting

I was disappointed that Vandy had a better class than Arkansas but I was glad that we got a chance to get a quality linebacker to switch to the Hogs at the last moment. Otis Kirk’s Recruiting 360: Arkansas’ Peoples Key In Landing Otha Peters by Otis Kirk, Hawgs247.com 2/2/2012 at 1:06pm Arkansas struck late in […]

By Everette Hatcher III | Posted in Current Events | Comments (0)

Presidents day special: A look at past presidents and my effort to write the president

February 20, 2012 – 7:29 am

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Take a look at the three video clips by historian David Barton and his look at our early presidents.

I also wanted to point out that I  have been writing letters on a regular basis to President Obama and I am hopeful that he will take time to at least read one of them. He does take time to read 10 letters a day and to respond to them and I do respect that he is attempting to get a pulse of the people out there in the USA.

Two of the subjects that I have been writing a lot about is President Obama’s new proposed budget and his State of the Union Speech. Both of these subjects cover some of the same issues.

Along the way I have learned a lot of facts and figures. How about this from J.D.Foster of the Heritage Foundation about Obama’s proposed budget: “To add about $3 trillion more in national debt to the roughly $5.5 trillion he added in his first term.”

I was totally against the TARP bailout for the banks but Obama expanded it to cover the Automakers too. David C. John of the Heritage Foundation noted: The proposed Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee is a tax on major financial entities, pure and simple. If it were a fee, it would be assessed on those who caused the losses to the TARP program. TARP did lose an estimated $68 billion, but a check of the details shows that losses from the TARP program for the most part came from the automobile bailout, failed housing programs, and the bailout of insurance giant AIG. It is also important to remember that while the top banks all received money from TARP, the largest of them received it under duress at the insistence of former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. There is a bit of irony that certain banks were forced to take taxpayer dollars and are now taxed for taking it. If you give that type of money to a liberal like Obama he will find excuses to come up with more taxes.

I have posted many other times on the past presidents too. Take a look below at my posts on George Washington, John Quincy Adams and other famous presidential inaugurations.

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David Barton: America’s Religious Heritage as demonstrated in Presidential Inaugurations (part 3)

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George Washington at 279 (Born Feb 22, 1732) Part 11(The Wilburn Brothers, Famous Arkansans)

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George Washington at 279 (Born Feb 22, 1732) Part 10

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John Quincy Adams a founding father?

I do  not think that John Quincy Adams was a founding father in the same sense that his  father was. However, I do think he was involved in the  early days of our government working with many of the founding fathers. Michele Bachmann got into another history-related tussle on ABC’s “Good  Morning America” today, standing […]

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2012 complete football schedule for SEC schools (Part 3)

February 20, 2012 – 6:56 am

I really believe that Vandy is ready to make a leap into the top part of the SEC. However, there are ghosts of the past that they have to deal with. When General Neyland came to coach at Tennessee, all he was asked to do was win the Vandy series. Evidently Vandy had been schooling the Vols in more than one way back then.

Can Vandy get over the hump against teams like the Vols who have beat them almost every year for eternity? Last year Vandy could have won 9 or 10 games but they had so many hard luck stories. Just think about their games against Arkansas and Tennessee. Those should have been Vandy victories but the ghosts of the past came back to haunt them. Basically the “ghosts of the past” are just the mental aspect of the game that teams like Vandy need to conquer. Will it happen? I just don’t know, but I sure like Vandy’s coach and their quarterback.

Below is some info from Fox Sports South Website:

Vandy:

Aug. 30: SOUTH CAROLINA
Sept. 8: at Northwestern
Sept. 15: PRESBYTERIAN
Sept. 22: at Georgia
Oct. 6: at Missouri
Oct. 13: FLORIDA
Oct. 20: AUBURN
Oct. 27: MASSACHUSETTS
Nov. 3: at Kentucky
Nov. 10: at Ole Miss
Nov. 17: TENNESSEE
Nov. 24: at Wake Forest
(US Presswire)

Auburn:

Sept. 8: at Mississippi State
Sept. 22: LSU
Oct. 6: ARKANSAS
Oct. 13: at Ole Miss
Oct. 20: at Vanderbilt
Oct. 27: TEXAS A&M
Nov. 10: GEORGIA
Nov. 24: at Alabama
Non-conference games: Clemson, Louisiana-Monroe, New Mexico State, Alabama A&M
(US Presswire)

LSU:
 
Sept. 1: NORTH TEXAS
Sept. 8: WASHINGTON
Sept. 15: IDAHO
Sept. 22: at Auburn
Sept. 29: TOWSON
Oct. 6: at Florida
Oct. 13: SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct. 20: at Texas A&M
Nov. 3: ALABAMA
Nov. 10: MISSISSIPPI STATE
Nov. 17: OLE MISS
Nov. 24: at Arkansas
(US Presswire)
By Everette Hatcher III | Posted in Current Events | Comments (0)

An open letter to President Obama (Part 15 of my response to State of Union Speech 1-24-12)

February 20, 2012 – 6:52 am

Sen. Paul Delivers State of the Union Response – Jan. 24, 2012

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Sen. Rand Paul delivered the following Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address this evening

President Obama’s state of the union speech Jan 24, 2012

Barack Obama (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

President Obama c/o The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

I know that you receive 20,000 letters a day and that you actually read 10 of them every day. I really do respect you for trying to get a pulse on what is going on out here.

The Heritage Foundation website (www.heritage.org ) has lots of good articles and one that caught my attention was concerning your State of Union Speech on January 24, 2012 and here is a short portion of that article:

AWOL on  Nuclear Deterrence – James Carafano

Apparently, what the White House is doing on nuclear weapons—decisions that could affect the life and death on mankind—don’t rate a mention in the State of the Union. That is unbelievable considering the president is promoting the most sweeping changes in the American nuclear deterrent in the last 60 years.

Doggedly pursuing his “Road to Zero,” President Obama is vitiating the U.S. nuclear deterrent force.  If he gets his way, America will have a significantly smaller nuclear arsenal and atrophied delivery systems (air, land and sea). We will also never build a new nuclear weapon or construct missile defenses adequate to protect us from the global ballistic missile threat. The White House signaled as much the Pentagon’s “strategic guidance” which announced the president is not nearly done cutting America’s nuclear forces. Per the guidance: “It is possible that our deterrence goals can be achieved with a smaller nuclear force, which would reduce the number of nuclear weapons in our inventory, as well as their role in U.S. national security strategy.”

That the president should make such sweeping decision to gut nuclear forces at the same time he is gutting our conventional forces should have at least rated a mention in an address to the nation.

Thank you so much for your time. I know how valuable it is. I also appreciate the fine family that you have and your committment as a father and a husband.

Sincerely,

Everette Hatcher III, 13900 Cottontail Lane, Alexander, AR 72002, ph 501-920-5733, lowcostsqueegees@yahoo.com

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Senator Pryor asks for Spending Cut Suggestions! Here are a few!(Part 135)

February 20, 2012 – 5:34 am

Senator Mark Pryor wants our ideas on how to cut federal spending. Take a look at this video clip below:

Senator Pryor has asked us to send our ideas to him at cutspending@pryor.senate.gov and I have done so in the past and will continue to do so in the future.

On May 11, 2011,  I emailed to this above address and I got this email back from Senator Pryor’s office:

Please note, this is not a monitored email account. Due to the sheer volume of correspondence I receive, I ask that constituents please contact me via my website with any responses or additional concerns. If you would like a specific reply to your message, please visit http://pryor.senate.gov/contact. This system ensures that I will continue to keep Arkansas First by allowing me to better organize the thousands of emails I get from Arkansans each week and ensuring that I have all the information I need to respond to your particular communication in timely manner.  I appreciate you writing. I always welcome your input and suggestions. Please do not hesitate to contact me on any issue of concern to you in the future.

Here are a few more I just emailed to him myself:

GUIDELINE #5: Improve financial management and reform wasteful programs.
Congress must provide stronger financial management oversight for federal programs, which are losing billions of dollars every year from mismanagement. The following examples of inexcusable waste make a convincing case for reform:
  • The federal government cannot account for $24.5 billion spent in 2003.16
  • The U.S. General Accounting Office refuses to certify the federal government’s own accounting books because the bookkeeping is so poor.
  • Of the 26 departments and major agencies, 18 received the lowest possible rating for their financial management, meaning that auditors cannot even express an opinion on their financial statements.17
  • The Medicare program pays as much as eight times the cost that other federal agencies pay for the same drugs and medical supplies.18
  • The federal government made $20 billion in overpayments in 2001.
  • The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s $3.3 billion in overpayments in 2001 accounted for over 10 percent of the department’s total budget.19
  • Recently, the Department of Agriculture was unable to account for $5 billion in receipts and expenditures;
  • The Internal Revenue Service does not even know how much it collects in payroll taxes.20
  • Congressional investigators were able to receive $55,000 in federal student loan funding for a fictional college they created to test the Department of Education.21
  • The Army Corps of Engineers has been accused of illegally manipulating data to justify expensive but unnecessary public works projects.22
  • A recent audit revealed that employees of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) diverted as much as 3 percent of the USDA budget to personal purchases through their government-issued credit cards.23
  • Over one recent 18-month period, Air Force and Navy personnel used government-funded credit cards to charge at least $102,400 for admission to entertainment events, $48,250 for gambling, $69,300 for cruises, and $73,950 for exotic dance clubs and prostitutes.24

This is how bad it is getting:

Anti-Poverty Spending Is Surging

Anti-Poverty Spending Has Jumped 89 percent Since 2000

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An open letter to President Obama (Part 14 of my response to State of Union Speech 1-24-12)

February 20, 2012 – 5:00 am

Leader Cantor On CNN Responding To President Obama’s State of the Union Address

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President Obama’s state of the union speech Jan 24, 2012

Barack Obama (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

President Obama c/o The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

I know that you receive 20,000 letters a day and that you actually read 10 of them every day. I really do respect you for trying to get a pulse on what is going on out here.

The Heritage Foundation website (www.heritage.org ) has lots of good articles and one that caught my attention was concerning your State of Union Speech on January 24, 2012 and here is a short portion of that article:

Obama Education End-run Around Congress – Lindsey Burke

President Obama’s call to reward excellent teachers and raise standards sounds great, but his administration has been orchestrating and end-run around Congress, which will ultimately limit the power of states and local leaders to implement policies that will achieve these goals. The president might not like the fact that conservatives in Congress are engaging in a thoughtful process to save states from the bureaucratic nightmare that is No Child Left Behind, but his solution – granting waivers from the White House and imposing his preferred education policy from the White House – will only bind the hands of state leaders down the road by giving more power to the Department of Education.

President Obama is pushing states to adopt national standards and test, putting Washington in control of what is taught in every public school across America. By contrast, conservatives in Congress have offered several proposals, including proposals by the House Education and the Workforce Committee to provide more flexibility from No Child Left Behind to states and local leaders to determine how education dollars are spent. There are also alternatives like the A-PLUS proposal, that would allow states to completely opt-out of No Child Left Behind, and provide genuine relief.

Not Rewarding Jobs Outsourcing, But Punishing Companies for Trying to Compete – J.D. Foster

President Obama says we shouldn’t have a tax code that rewards companies for moving jobs overseas.  He’s right, and we don’t.  In fact, we have one of the most punitive tax systems in the industrialized world for taxing the income companies make abroad.

In fact, only a few years ago, about half the industrialized countries in the world had a system about as punitive as our own.  Today, almost every one of those countries have joined the ranks of competitive nations and adopted a simpler, more pro-growth, less protectionist system called Territoriality.  Increasingly, American tax policy makers have recognized the U.S. needs to follow suit and adopt a territorial system of our own for taxing U.S. companies operating abroad.  Not to reward them for moving jobs overseas, but to avoid penalizing them for trying to compete in global markets.

President Obama wants to go in the other direction.  He wants to punish U.S. companies who try to compete abroad.  When U.S. companies compete abroad, they make their entire enterprises more competitive, including their U.S. operations.  What President Obama proposes appears and sounds like a policy to advance U.S. jobs and U.S. prosperity is, in fact, just the opposite.

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You are looking for places to cut in the government and I can not think of a better place than eliminating the Dept of Education. This needs to be returned to the states.

Thank you so much for your time. I know how valuable it is. I also appreciate the fine family that you have and your committment as a father and a husband.

Sincerely,

Everette Hatcher III, 13900 Cottontail Lane, Alexander, AR 72002, ph 501-920-5733, lowcostsqueegees@yahoo.com

By Everette Hatcher III | Posted in Cato Institute, President Obama | Comments (0)

Is there any end to excessive deficits under Obama?

February 20, 2012 – 3:18 am

Senator Blunt Participates in Press Conference in Response to President Obama’s Budget 2/13/2012

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U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) participated in a press conference with GOP Senators in response to President Obama’s budget proposal on February 13, 2012.

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There is no doubt that our deficit spending will ruin us eventually. What kind of nation are we turning over to our kids and grandkids?

According to Obama’s Budget, Burden of Federal Spending Will Be $2 Trillion Higher in 10 Years

Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell

President Obama’s budget proposal was unveiled today, generating all sorts of conflicting statements from both parties.

Some of the assertions wrongly focus on red ink rather than the size of government. Others rely on dishonest Washington budget math, which means spending increases magically become budget cuts simply because outlays are growing at a slower rate than previously planned.

When you strip away all the misleading and inaccurate rhetoric, here’s the one set of numbers that really matters. If we believe the President’s forecasts (which may be a best-case scenario), the burden of federal spending will grow by $2 trillion between this year and 2022.

In all likelihood, the actual numbers will be worse than this forecast.

The President’s budget, for instance, projects that the burden of federal spending will expand by less than 1 percent next year. That sounds like good news since it would satisfy Mitchell’s Golden Rule.

But don’t believe it. If we look at the budget Obama proposed last year, federal spending was supposed to fall this year. Yet the Obama Administration now projects that outlays in 2012 will be more than 5 percent higher than they were in 2011.

The most honest assessment of the budget came from the President’s Chief of Staff, who openly stated that, “the time for austerity is not today.”

With $2 trillion of additional spending (and probably more), that’s the understatement of the century.

What makes this such a debacle is that other nations have managed to impose real restraints on government budgets. The Baltic nations have made actual cuts to spending. And governments in Canada, New Zealand, Slovakia, and Ireland generated big improvements by either freezing budgets or letting them grow very slowly.

I’ve already pointed out that the budget could be balanced in about 10 years if the Congress and the President displayed a modest bit of fiscal discipline and allowed spending to grow by no more than 2 percent annually.

But the goal shouldn’t be to balance the budget. We want faster growth, more freedom, and constitutional government. All of these goals (as well as balancing the budget) are made possible by reducing the burden of federal spending.

By Everette Hatcher III | Posted in Cato Institute, President Obama, spending out of control | Comments (0)