Your Tax Dollars at Work!
<<< Federal highway dollars pay for Southern Oregon bus shelters that cost as much as a house >>> …Oregonlive.com – January 12, 2012… Should a simple bus shelter — basically a few benches covered by a roof — cost as much to build as a three-bedroom house? That’s a question that is provoking outrage and official embarrassment in the...
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The New, New Math!
I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the...
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Secret Bailouts!
<<< Audit of the Federal Reserve Reveals $16 Trillion in Secret Bailouts >>> The first ever GAO(Government Accountability Office) audit of the Federal Reserve was carried out in the past few months due to the Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Amendment to the Dodd-Frank bill, which passed last year. Jim DeMint, a Republican Senator, and Bernie Sanders, an independent Senator, led the...
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Public Employees Control Salem
<<< The Public Employee Unions: Going Sizemore One Better >>> by Larry Huss – Oregon Catalyst – January 4, 2012 – The Oregon Supreme Court announced that 28,000 Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) beneficiaries must repay $156 Million in overpayments from 2000 to 2004. So, you’re thinking to yourself, has the worm turned? Have Oregon’s...
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The most corrupt, power-mad president…
<<< Obama: The Mask is Off >>> — By Steve McCann – AmericanThinker.com – January 6, 2011 — The mask is fully off. Barack Obama is the most corrupt, power-mad president in this nation’s illustrious history. By his actions in bypassing Congress and making appointments that should be subject to Senate approval while the Senate is still in session and innumerable...
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What Crisis? Keep on spending.
<<< Curry County Begins Wide Ranging Health Assessment >>> The Lund Report – December 6, 2011 – By: Amanda Waldroupe The health department of Curry County, Oregon’s southern most coastal county, is undertaking a comprehensive community health assessment that will determine the health needs of its 20,000 residents and help tailor the health department’s programs and...
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Popular media on the economy…
<<< The Top 10 Economic Myths of 2011 >>> This year the media’s myth were wide-ranging: from conspiracy theories about economic sabotage, to overpopulation panic and Occupy Wall Street’s mantra ‘We are the 99 percent.’ … By Julia A. Seymour — Wednesday, December 07, 2011 … Each year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the...
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The First President to…
<<< President Obama’s List of “Firsts” >>> All presidents have accomplished “firsts” such as the first president to sign a declaration of war. It looks like President Obama is on track to set a record for major “firsts”. First President to Orchestrate the Sale of Murder Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels (Note: For the source, move your cursor over the issue.) First...
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A female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Western...
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Oregon Bailouts On The Way…
<<< Oregon taxpayers must bail out state fund that made bad loans for renewable-energy projects >>> ….The Oregonian — January 18, 2012, By Richard Read …. Taxpayers will have...
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