Small Government Proposals for Government Spending
Are you ready to scream Foul! over the inequity between government and private sector retirement funding?
Here’s a typical news headline we see whenever a government-employee pension fund drops:
“State pension fund lost 2.8% in May”
Why don’t we see news headlines like this instead:
“Social Security pension fund lost 100% in 2011″
Government Spending: the #1 Biggest, Most Urgent, Most Dangerous Threat to America’s Survival
76% of the Republicans in the House of Representatives voted FOR last month’s budget deal that authorized federal government spending of $3.7 Trillion.
These Republicans authorized a federal government deficit of $1.4 Trillion.
Their government spending raised the federal debt to over $15 Trillion.
The Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have the unilateral power and authority and votes to block this massive overspending.
But they didn’t. They voted FOR sky-high federal government spending. $3.7 Trillion.
Republican House Leaders John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Eric …
1.8% Budget Cut by House Republicans: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, NOT a Boston Tea Party
At least 60 Republican members of the House of Representatives would NOT have been elected in 2010 without strong Tea Party support, volunteers, donations, and votes.
Why did the Tea Party movement help put them in office? To swiftly and substantially reduce TOTAL federal government spending
Congress should tell Special Interests: You get just one lollipop
Mind boggling describes the findings of a new report from the Government Accounting Office which uncovers massive redundancy in federal agencies and programs.
Fifteen different agencies oversee food-safety laws. More than 20 programs “help” the homeless. Eighty programs are for “economic development.”
High salaries are a diversion from the real issue: Get the state OUT of property management
Recent Boston Globe articles and columns talk about the absurdly high salaries of the heads of some Massachusetts state bureaucracies such as Jim Rooney who oversees the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority.
But they’re asking the WRONG questions.
House Republicans Now Have Full Authority & Power to VETO All Federal Over-Spending
Third Open Letter to the 242 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives
Honorable Republican Representatives,
With your new 242-member majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, you now have the full authority and power to Veto all Federal over-spending and to quickly balance the federal budget.
$3.8 Trillion Obama budget way too high? Republican budget: $3.7 Trillion
Second Open Letter to the 242 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives:
Honorable Republican Representatives,
Last year, you campaigned against President Obama’s reckless, irresponsible, ‘socialist’ budget of $3.8 Trillion. You promised voters to roll back federal spending. We elected you to do just that.
What are you giving us? A federal budget of $3.7 TRILLION.
No Federal Bailouts for State Governments or Local Governments
An Open Letter to the 242 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives
Honorable Republican Representatives,
On behalf of roughly 45 million Americans who voted for you in the November 2nd Elections,
On behalf of the more than 10 million Tea Party Supporters and Sympathizers among them…whose votes gave you victory,
We request that all 242 Republican Members of the U.S. House of Representatives pledge to actively OPPOSE and VOTE AGAINST all federal government bailouts for state governments or local governments.