Category: Budget

CHART Shows That $100 is Worth LESS Than $100 in Blue States, More Than $100 in Red States

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Here is another example of how bad liberalism is for us all. A new chart reveals that in nearly every blue state a $100 bill is worth less than face value because money just doesn’t go as far as it does in the red states where that $100 is generally worth more than face value. […]

 

Audit: Obama’s Dept. of Homeland Security Charged US Taxpayer $31,413 for Starbucks Visits

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama’s Department of Homeland Security is bravely securing our national security… at Starbucks. A new audit of expenses finds that DHS employees have charged over $30 thousand dollars to the taxpayers at the highend coffee house. The new audit by the DHS Inspector General found this waste earlier this month. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]

 

INFOGRAPHIC: Worst States for Property Taxes–New Jersey, Illinois, New Hampshire–Where Does YOUR State Rank?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Tax Foundation has a new chart out showing where each state is on the general property tax scale. Having the highest average property taxes, the worst states to live in are New Jersey, Illinois, and New Hampshire (in that order). The best are Hawaii, Alabama, and Louisiana. The Tax Foundation says that New Jersey […]

 

Costs For Obama’s Kenya Vacation Piling Up: Now Hotel Bill Alone Tops $1 Million

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Yesterday we reported that the cost of Obama’s vacation trip to Kenya and Ethiopia are starting to come in and it appeared that the cost of his hotels alone was upwards to $412,000. But now some more costs have come in and it looks like that hotel bill was closer to $1 million tax dollars! […]

 

California Minimum Wage Fail: $15 Wage Means $30 Pizzas!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As more and more towns in the Golden States pass local laws demanding businesses pay a $15 per hour minimum wage, small businesses are starting to feel the pinch. Businesses are dying out and losing sales in heaps. As Breitbart reported, one such pizza shop decided to raise its wage but because of that also […]

 

Just The Hotel Bill Alone for Obama’s Trip to Kenya Cost Us $412,000–Also $8K For Cell Phone Service

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

At the end of June President Obama flew off to Kenya and Ethiopia in Africa for a little well deserved vacation (yes, that last part was sarcasm). Now we are starting to get the costs of the trip. Usually the travel costs for Air Force One is at least a million dollars, but we don’t […]

 

John Kerry’s “Iran Deal Or Else” Comment Drives Glenn Beck Up The Wall

Posted on by Scott McKay

Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest statement aimed at pressuring Congress to ratify the Iranian nuclear deal hints at utter catastrophe for the American economy if it’s voted down, and an incredulous Glenn Beck is demanding a full-scale media investigation of his claim. From The Blaze… Kerry was speaking at a Reuters event when he […]

 

Now Castro Demanding the USA Pay Cuba Millions in Reparations for 50-Year Trade Embargo

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Now that Obama has foolishly “normalized” relations with the murderous Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro is naturally demanding that the USA pay him “many millions of dollars” because of the 50-year trade embargo imposed on the island nation by the US. This is the gal of a murderous Communist, folks. And you can just bet that […]

 

WARNING: ‘Overwhelming Wave of Deflation’ Poised to Strike US Economy to Suck Us Into Recession

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A well known financial advisor is now saying that a major recession is inevitable now and that it is going to severely depress the U.S. economy in a wave that will be worse than the 2008 financial mess. The folks at Business Insider have published the warning by Societe Generale strategist Albert Edwards and the […]

 

National Pro-Life Organization Slams Trump for Supporting Funding for Planned Parenthood

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Susan B. Anthony List has spoken out against the recent statement by GOP candidate for president Donald Trump in support of funding “some” parts of Planned Parenthood. The national pro-life group says that a determined believer in life cannot support any candidate who would agree to fund any part of Planned Parenthood. In a […]

 

Obama’s Secret Political Agenda to Destroy Conservative Coal Towns Across America

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A new look at Obama’s harsh, unfair, and impossible-to-meet coal regulations reveals a secret political agenda. All the towns that rely on the coal industry that Obama is decimating are in conservative states. Obama’s goal is as much an effort to destroy conservative states as it is to destroy the coal industry. Stephen Moore reveals […]

 

LIST: The Ten Best and Ten Worst States for Student Debt

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Young Americans are increasingly finding that their fist steps out into the world as an adult start are mired in tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to pay for their college education. Now a new list has been assembled to show which states have the best and worst student […]

 

FRAUD: Half of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s ‘Charitable Giving’ Was Donated to Their OWN Clinton Foundation!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Bill and Hillary have released some of their financial records this week and apparently half of what they list as “charitable” giving was donated by the Clintons to their own so-called charity, the Clinton Foundation! Is it REALLY charity if you are donating to your own pas through company that you use to enrich yourself? […]

 

New Bill in Congress Would Ban Unions Donating to Planned Parenthood Without Members’ Permission

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A new bill going through the House of Representatives would make it illegal for a union to donate its members dues money to Planned Parenthood without getting the express permission of the membership. Do you think this one should pass? Currently unions don’t need permission from their members to donate money to any cause, group, […]

 

Millennials Continue Living With Parents, Can’t Afford to Move Out in Obama Economy

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A new poll by the Pew Center finds that in this terrible Obama economy Millennials are staying at home with their parents for much longer than previous generations. Apparently they just can’t afford to move on when they enter adulthood. From the Pew Center report: “In terms of sheer numbers, there are more young adults […]

 

Here Are The US Senators Who Voted AGAINST Ending Funding for Planned Parenthood

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Last night the Senate voted to defund Planned Parenthood. Unfortunately, the GOP sponsors of the bill didn’t get the 60 votes it needed to end the federal funding of the abortion mill operator. Sadly only 53 senators properly voted to defund the baby murder outfit while 41 voted to keep wasting millions of our tax […]

 

Obama To Unveil New Environmental Regulations Monday That Will Shut Down Hundreds Of Coal Plants

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama is at it again, in his hunt to drive up all our energy costs. This time he is introducing yet another avalanche of regulations to destroy the coal industry, in an effort, he says, to save the planet from “global warming.” Many complain that the technology doesn’t even yet exist to help coal plants […]

 

Obama Cost Us All Over $5 Million Just for the Flight Alone for His Vacation to Africa

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Obama’s five-day trip to the land of his… uh, father’s birth, cost us more than $5 million just for the costs of his flight, a new report reveals. Seems like a monumental waste of money, doesn’t it? The National Taxpayers Union said Mr. Obama is spending about 29 hours of flight time on the trip […]

 

Thanks Obama: American Homeownership at Lowest Rate Since 1967

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In the era of Obama fewer Americans than ever own their own homes in yet another example of how there is no recovery in Obama’s recovery. In a sure sign that America is not doing well, the rate of homeownership has fallen as low as a time in American history when there were still large […]

 

FANTASTIC: Sen. Ted Cruz Just Directly Called GOP Maj. Leader McConnell a Liar!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Ted Cruz was fearless today after going on the floor of the Senate and in many subsequent radio and TV interviews he directly called GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a lair for misleading the Senate on deals he was making behind closed doors on the useless Export-Import Bank. McConnell had said repeatedly that he was […]

 

Planned Parenthood Deletes Corporate Donor List from Website After Donors Start to Drop Support

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

With revelations that abortion mill operator Planned Parenthood is guilty of illegally selling parts of murdered babies for profit, a number of the abortionists’ longtime donors have started cutting ties with them. In fact, so many donors dumped PP that PP deleted its corporate donor page from its website to hide the fact that so […]

 

Minnesota to Destroy Historic Fort Snelling, Building ‘Affordable Housing’ for Welfare Recipients

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The state of Minnesota has announced plans to destroy the historic buildings of Fort Snelling by re-modeling them into housing for welfare recipients at a massive cost of over $500,000 per housing unit! The state has announced that it is sinking $100 million to rehab the buildings to create 190 section 8 housing units. That […]

 

Oklahoma Official Used Civil Asset Forfeiture Cash Stolen by Police Raids to Payoff His Student Loans

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Here is another reason why our various governments need to get rid of the civil assets forfeiture laws–the laws where cops can just take everything you own on their whim. An official in Oklahoma used this money stolen from citizens to pay off his student loan debts. This guy isn’t alone in using these stolen […]

 

Seattle CEO Who Set $70,000 Minimum Wage for Employees Sued By His Own Brother Over the Policy

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

You might recall earlier this year that a CEO of a credit-card-processing company in Seattle (the West Coast, where else?) announced to great acclaim that he intended to pay every employee a base salary of $70,000 a year. But now the CEO’s brother is suing saying that his absurdly generous brother violated is shareholder’s rights […]

 

Thanks Obama: More Children Living in Poverty Now Than During Recession

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Looks like Obama’s “recovery” isn’t helping the children that every liberals says their policies are meant to help. It turns out that there are more kids living in poverty now than in the recent supposedly ended recession. More kids in poverty? But I thought Obama cared more and is fixing everything? I thought everything liberals […]

 

Montana Dumps Michelle’s School Lunch Program, Loses Federal Money, Yet Sanctuary Cities Still Get Federal Funding

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A school district in Bozeman, Montana has decided to cancel its participation in the federal school lunch program ruled by First Lady Michelle Obama. Because of this decision the district is being punished by losing about $117,000 in federal education subsidies. And yet, every city that ignores federal immigration laws still gets all the federal […]

 

Now California to Allow Illegal Immigrants to Apply for Free Obamacare At YOUR Expense, America

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Hey, America… Now Democrats in California are doing exactly what Democrats claimed would never happen if we passed Obamacare; namely to give illegals free Obamacare healthcare coverage. That’s right, Democrats in Calif. now want to allow illegals to join Obamacare and to get subsidies or even free healthcare courtesy of YOU the taxpayer. California lawmakers […]

 

Seattle Mayor Planning to Force Banks to Give Sharia Compliant Homes Loans to Local Muslims

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On the heels of yet another Muslim committing an act of terror inside the US, Seattle’s mayor Ed Murray is planning to force banks in his city to offer sharia compliant loans to its tiny number of Muslims who observe the rule of sharia. Apparently there are roughly 30,000 Muslims living in Seattle but *maybe* […]

 

Congress Raiding TSA Airport Fees to Fund Bloated, Over Budget Highway Construction

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The federal highway fund is overspent by $13 billion this year and that deficit spending is growing every year. But instead of fixing the problem, Congress is just raiding other funds to float the bloated spending in the highway fund. Now they are even stealing billions from the TSA’s airport fund to do it. The […]