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Sometimes you really don’t want  what you asked for.  All year people on the Hill asked for Presidential leadership on the deficit.  Now just before the Super Committee meets on one of the most important tasks facing the nation, President Obama spread Kerosene and lit the match.  It seems like the Miranda Lambert approach to [...]

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After years of talk about a new culture in Washington, it has finally happened.  The third party on Capitol Hill, Washington’s gray-haired conservatives used to grumble, was the “Appropriators Party” — an autonomous, bipartisan bloc of obdurate spenders and shameless porkers who marched in lockstep with their committee leaders and were rewarded with the choicest [...]

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Remember when $10 million dollars meant something? Nowadays, such denominations are merely rounding errors for many of our Federal Government agencies and their myriad profligate spending programs. In today’s Wall Street Journal, reporter Damian Paletta reminds us in his ‘Billions in Bloat Uncovered in Beltway’ article of how millions quickly add up to billions. Thanks to [...]

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We, the citizens of the United States of America, call upon those seeking to represent us in public office to sign the Contract from America and by doing so commit to support each of its agenda items and advocate on behalf of individual liberty, limited government, and economic freedom. Protect the Constitution Reject Cap & [...]

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Official Statement by U.S. Navy Retirees From: Retired U.S Navy Personnel and Navy Veterans. To: The American Public Subj: Position Statement of the U.S. Economy 1. We in retirement object and take exception to everyone saying that Bernanke, Obama, Reid and Pelosi are spending like drunken sailors. 2. When we were drunken sailors, we quit [...]

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How would you like to get $500 just for being born?  That is what ASPIRE or the “America Saving for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education” act would do if enacted.  It would provide every person born in America with a $500 savings account.  Sounds great right?  How about when you stack that $500 up next [...]

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Delaware’s very own senior U.S. Senator Tom Carper admits that he has no intention of reading the actual legislative text of the upcoming Health Care Bill. Carper calls legislative language gibberish and states that he can’t comprehend this type of language. Carper also “questioned whether anybody could read the actual legislative text and credibly claim [...]

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During the heart of the recession state and local governments have added a net of 110,000 jobs while the private sector lost 6,900,000.

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Please tell me someone just miscoded this expenditure. $1,444,100 Recipient Name AFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC Recipient Address 1535 BRADY BLVD Recipient City SAN ANTONIO Recipient State TEXAS Recipient Zip Code 78237 Congressional District TEXAS-20 Description of Work/Service performed REPAIR DOOR BLDG 5112 Does anyone know where I can get a job like this?

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• From January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009, state employees received more than $76.5 million in benefits. • In fiscal year 2008, the State of Delaware spent over $3.1 billion in check payments to Delaware businesses and over $1 billion to out-of-state firms (over a quarter of the check expenditures), equating to over $3 [...]

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DelDOT has revealed what it will be doing with the stimulus funds it is receiving from the Taxpayers, China, or whoever via our federal government.  It amounts to a road improvement project in the Seaford area, and three more in and around Newark.  Work is scheduled to begin July 13th and be wrapped up by [...]

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For those who did not see the Delaware Health Security Act (SB 177 of the last GA) sponsored by Senator McDowell and Rep. Kowalko, I just want to bring its cost to your attention and ask can we afford to keep these guys now that they have an unchallenged majority? I am sure Thurmond Adams [...]

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Suddenly it’s being peddled by the Governor and the House Majority Leader that voting against the casino gambling bill somehow means a vote against state employees’ pay: “This isn’t over,” Markell said. “The bottom line is, we still need to find the funding to do all the things we need to do.” Markell said lawmakers [...]

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Governor Markell has been dealt a poor hand therefore I have made it point to give him a chance before being critical. The state has little money and huge short falls. His aggressive and expensive agenda has mostly taken a back seat to reality.  How has the governor done so far? The Governor is trying [...]

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$328,835 is the pricetag for the White House’s tragically stupid New York City photo-op according to the Air Force. Check it out: The flight by the VC-25, a modified Boeing Co. 747, and two F-16 fighter jets cost $328,835, Air Force spokeswoman Vicki Stein said. $328,835 for a picture at a time when many Americans [...]

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http://www.delawaresbadhabit.com is the link for a common sense approach for restructuring state government. Senator Colin Bonini points out that if we continued the DuPont Castle budgets the state government would have a 2.1 Billion dollar budget today and not well over 3.2 Billion dollars with a 750 million dollar short fall. We would have a [...]

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Fear Mongering And Loathing In Las Vegas Delaware Once upon a time, I worked for a wise candidate who told me that when budget cuts are on the horizon, an administration will threaten teachers’ jobs or pay to scare and anger the masses. That way, when a teacher’s 8% pay cut ends up being a [...]

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Three new casinos for Delaware? That’s our new Governor’s vision for our beloved state. Think about it…Delaware is 96 miles long…3 new casinos will give us a casino every 16 miles! Oh yeah, and apparently we might need sports betting (even though professional sports is opposed to it), and table games, too. Well, I have [...]

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Kevin Spence at The Cape Gazette is reporting that Susex County is going to get some omnibus spending money for the 3rd try at a new Indian River Inlet Bridge: Indian River Inlet Bridge $1,900,000 to design and construct a new bridge along Route 1 over the Indian River Inlet. The new structure will completely [...]

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My Nomination for best use of Delawarean’s taxpayer money in 2008 is in.  I don’t attack taxpayer funded business trips, here. They are usually useful and legitimate expenses, but once in a while some people try to game the system. According to the Dec. 17 2008 Delaware State News, Governor Minner went to the Virgin Islands for [...]

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state_cost_savings_with_attachment1.pdf In a memo sent to Office of Management and Budget Director Jennifer Davis, the state auditor’s office found tens of millions in potential savings and recommended adding sports betting to enhance revenue.  Mr. Wagner’s office gave some newer suggestions as well as renewing some familiar calls for savings not adopted from recommendations in times past. [...]

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What is true of  state government is true at the local level. Kent county is facing some tough decisions. We have a new comprehensive plan. We are looking at new library facilities. We want to build new parks. We are grappling with whether to save a new civic center proposal. Crime is showing up in [...]

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