How about letting members of the Fortune 500 run America’s welfare programs?

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 07:19 AM  | 

Imagine what you could do with three quarters of a trillion dollars. You might buy a new house, maybe a new car and maybe even take a trip to Hawaii or Australia. Seriously, what can $750 billion accomplish? Well, that all depends on who’s spending the money. According to the Congressional Research Service the federal government spent $745 billion in 2011 on welfare payments. That | Read More »

The Debt Ceiling and the Democrat’s Xbox War on Poverty

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  July 25th at 07:03 AM  | 

The debt ceiling talks fell apart on Friday as President Obama insisted on $400 billion in new taxes to pay for more government spending. Imagine if he didn’t have to spend those $400 billion over the next decade. Is it possible that there is $400 billion of waste in the budget somewhere? Where might that be? How about amongst the impoverished? What do most Americans | Read More »