The national debt is almost $18.4 trillion, yet we hardly hear anyone talk about it anymore, or how much money the government spends. So you probably won’t hear much about President Obama’s last weekly address when he called on Republicans…
Hey, isn’t it great that Republicans control both houses of Congress and can de-fund Planned Parenthood, which is under fire for selling baby parts and other ghoulish practices? Oh wait, never mind. Not only is Planned Parenthood still receiving taxpayer…
The government just keeps coming up with new and creative ways to waste our money. The latest example is the TSA blowing $160 million on airport scanners that fail 96% of the time. You would think they would have tested one…
Nothing like living large on the taxpayer’s dime. President Obama’s flight to Africa topped $5 million, according to the Washington Times. And that doesn’t include the other costs. President Obama’s five-day trip to Africa cost taxpayers more than $5 million…
The Democrats are at it again, threatening to shut down the government if they don’t get their way on spending. And you know if that happens they will just turn around and blame it on the Republicans and the media…
The Democrats are mad because they think the government doesn’t spend enough money, so they plan to shut down the government if they don’t get their way on the budget. Kimberly Strassel spelled it out for us in the Wall Street…
Somewhere in Washington, DC people are actually getting paid to come up with these incredibly mind-boggling ways to spend our tax dollars. Good grief, it never ends. Here’s a government grant that Jeryl Bier found - $150,000 to embed Russian…
We keep hearing liberals tell us we need to invest in places like Baltimore. I guess this is what they mean. After encouraging rioters to lay waste to Baltimore, the city’s mayor now says she’s confident she can get Uncle…
My latest post at Watchdog Arena is out: American taxpayers might come down with a case of the blues when they hear about how the State Department is spending their tax dollars. According toForeignAssistance.gov, India has requested $88,439,000 in U.S.…
Good grief. The Social Security Administration is now approving disability benefits for Puerto Ricans who don’t speak English. Puerto Ricans who live in Puerto Rico, where most people speak Spanish. And the inability to speak English is the basis for their…
Democrats really are out of their minds. They are out there promising to increase Social Security benefits at a time when the program is heading toward insolvency. Rather than proposals to make sure Social Security is solvent for those paying into…
Michelle Obama’s recent trip to Cambodia to promote her “Let Girls Learn” campaign sure was costly for US taxpayers. The cost of her hotel tab alone came to a whopping $242,500, and she only had 33 minutes of official business.…
Via The Daily Signal, the Heritage Foundation put together this little graphic to depict what it would be like if an American family spent and borrowed money like the United States government does. Calling it “unsustainable” is an understatement. You…
Good grief. Last year the federal government paid Politico a whopping $432,000 so various federal agencies could have access to Politico Pro, as if there isn’t plenty of free content on the world wide web they could access for political…
