Waste in Federal Government
- Thread starter Tsing Tao
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Since repealing Obamacare was taken off the table, the Cons have to resort to suing the president in order to fundraise. That's it. And this will be a major Fail just like the time when they shut down the government.
I'll agree, suing the President is just the latest dumb idea from the GOP. If the Republicans were smart (and they aren't - they're just as dumb as the politicians on the other side of the aisle) they would sit back and let Obama do his thing - he's far more dangerous to himself than the GOP is to him.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/senate/2014_elections_senate_map_no_toss_ups.html
It all depends on your definitions of wasteful I suppose.
200k to conduct male sex worker studies in Peru does seem wasteful, but the money is likely going into at least someone's pocket. Maybe it will prevent HIV and save tons of money in the long run.
I always thought the prohibition of marijuana was wasteful in that pot smokers had to sit in prison at the tax payers expense. But then you talk to the cops, judges, defense lawyers, probation officers etc. and they'll tell you their economy is good because of the current laws. This is a multi-million dollar/ year industry we are talking about here, not some few hundred K's kicked over here and there for a one time shot to try something new.
If you want to talk about wasteful- not having mandatory laws in place to make sure we are recycling has cost us more than we'll ever realize
I guess I would start there or some other areas that are long over due for change, and let the little stuff wait in line for another generation to fix.
200k to conduct male sex worker studies in Peru does seem wasteful, but the money is likely going into at least someone's pocket. Maybe it will prevent HIV and save tons of money in the long run.
I always thought the prohibition of marijuana was wasteful in that pot smokers had to sit in prison at the tax payers expense. But then you talk to the cops, judges, defense lawyers, probation officers etc. and they'll tell you their economy is good because of the current laws. This is a multi-million dollar/ year industry we are talking about here, not some few hundred K's kicked over here and there for a one time shot to try something new.
If you want to talk about wasteful- not having mandatory laws in place to make sure we are recycling has cost us more than we'll ever realize
I guess I would start there or some other areas that are long over due for change, and let the little stuff wait in line for another generation to fix.
EXACTLY!
During WWII the allies finally decided to stop trying to assassinate Hitler for the same reason. He was losing the war faster than the Allies could win it.
Its like asking is garbage is garbage?99.99% of government is waste, parasites on productive labor, any task private entity will do much better, government wants to control everything without asking u if u want it or not, solution is very simple ,power to the people ,let people decide what they want by voting on every issue
The one thing the Republican mind can't show is that his executive orders were egregious in any way, hence the lawsuit is frivolous.
