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Medicaid Expands at 50, Obama Lauds Government Support

Last update April 10, 2017Leave a Comment

Most of us hope to hold on to some measure of security and dignity if life ever bottoms out. What dignity means all depends on your situation. It is better to live in a hovel than the gutter and better to stand in line at a clinic that accepts Medicaid patients than die from pneumonia in the middle of winter.

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: government waste

Benefits Cheaters Get Government Assistance

Last update June 20, 2015Leave a Comment

There is enough theft of government assistance going on that benefits cheaters don’t need much help, but a new government report shows that some thieves aren’t cheating at all. Instead, they have fallen victim to our overgenerous government not doing its job.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: government waste

Progressive Tax Reform Will Make More Spending Affordable?

Last update November 27, 2014Leave a Comment

Does progressive tax reform mean an end to government waste, or does it mean more money to spend to make up for what our federal and state bureaucracies lose? Backers of a progressive tax fix for federal and state budgets focus on more revenue for the middle and lower classes.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: federal budget, federal deficit, government waste

The Real Business of Government is Wasting Your Money

Last update October 4, 20132 Comments

If businesses wasted money like the government there would be no private sector. No company could afford to operate. The Federal Government doesn’t have to turn a profit. It can shut itself on and off as funding comes and goes. It doesn’t worry or care about its bottom line as long as Americans are paying taxes and if we don’t pay our taxes, we go to jail.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: government waste

Is Entitlement Fraud Good PR for Affordable Health Care?

Last update December 10, 2017Leave a Comment

It’s a lucky thing that Obama’s Affordable Care Act finally gave Washington an excuse to stop losing money to health care entitlement fraud. Look for federal officials to go out of their way to prove to the public that they are delivering what the White House promised, even though they will never tell us why we need new bills and more spending to deal with old problems.

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: government waste

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