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  GOVERNMENT EXPENSES

THESE INFORMATIONAL PAPERS ARE BEING WRITTEN TO HAND OUT TO RESPONSIBLE VOTERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY….PLEASE ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION…DO YOU WANT AMERICA TO CONTINUE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT IT IS GOING NOW?  IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IF YOU VOTED FOR BARACK OBAMA YOU WERE CAPTIVATED BY THE PROMISE OF "CHANGE"…THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT NOW, IF WE DO NOT GET A "CHANGE" AMERICA IS ON ITS WAY TO BANKRUPTCY..A SLAVE TO THE OTHER NATIONS THAT WE ARE INDEBTED TO; SUCH AS CHINA FOR 2 ½ TRILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS AND THIS DEBT IS BEING LOADED ONTO THE BACKS OF OUR CHILDEN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

WE ARE NOT A "FORCE" TO DESTROY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY….WE ARE A GROUP OF AMERICANS TRYING TO DO OUR PART TO TAKE AMERICA BACK TO WHERE IT USED TO BE…AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT "FLAWLESS" BY ANY MEANS, BUT THEY ARE HOLDING STRONG TO THE CLOSEST THING TO "POSITIVE CHANGE" THAT WE HAVE.  WE ARE NOT ENDORSING A "THIRD PARTY" AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THAT WILL SIMPLY PUT US INTO A POSITION TO SPLIT THE REPUBLICAN VOTE AND PUT THE DEMOCRATS BACK IN.  WE MUST WIN IN 2010!!!

"THE POWER UNDER THE CONSTITUTION WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE PEOPLE.  IT IS ENTRUSTED FOR CERTAIN DEFINED PURPOSES, AND FOR A CERTAIN LIMITED PERIOD, TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING; AND WHENEVER IT IS EXECUTED CONTRARY TO THEIR INTEREST, OR NOT AGREEABLE TO THEIR WISHES, THEIR SERVANTS CAN, AND UNDOUBTEDLY WILL, BE RECALLED"   
 - GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1787

ON MARCH 8, 2010  USA TODAY NEWS RAN A STORY TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES  ARE BEING OVERPAID.  FEDERAL SALARIES EXCEED PRIVATE SECTOR SALARIES BY 83% OF COMPARABLE OCCUPATIONS AND THE MEDIAN SALARY IS 20% HIGHER THAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE SAME OCCUPATION.  FOR EXAMPLE, A FEDERALLY PAID COOK AVERAGES $38,400.00 WHILE A PRIVATE SECTOR COOK MAKES $23,279.00

ON 12/8/2009, HOUSE MAJ. LEADER STENY HOYER (D-MD) SAID THAT IT IS CRITICAL TO BRING FEDERAL PAY BACK IN LINE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR SO THAT THEY CAN COMPETE FOR HIGHER QUALITY EMPLOYEES.

MICHELLE OBAMA'SLUNCH EXPENSE AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA WAS $447.39 FOR 2 PEOPLE..ALSO, PREVIOUS FIRST LADIES HAD ONE TAXPAYER PAID ASSISTANT; MRS.OBAMA HAS 22 TOTALING A COST OF $1,591.200.00 AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PAYMENT TO HER MAKE-UP ARTIST AND HAIRDRESSER WHO HAS ACCOMPANIED HER ON TRIPS.

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SPENT 3.9 MILLION$ REARRANGING DESKS AND OFFICES IN ITS WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS.

THE PENTAGON RECENTLY SPENT $998,798.00 SHIPPING 2 19CENTS WASHERS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO TEXAS AND $293,451.00 SENDING AN 89CENTS WASHER FROM SOUTH CAROINA TO FLORIDA.

LAST YEAR, $200,000 .00 WAS SPENT FOR A TATTOO REMOVAL PROGRAM IN MISSION HILLS, CALIFORNIA, $190,000.00 FOR THE BUFFALO BILLHISTORICAL CENTER IN CODY, WYOMING, AND $75,000.00 FOR THE TOTALLY TEEN ZONE IN ALBANY GEORGIA.

WASHINGTON SPENT 126 MILLION IN 2009 TO ENHANCE THE KENNEDY FAMILY LEGACYIN MASSACHUSETTS…SENATOR JOHN KERRY DIVERTED 20 MILLION FROM THE 2010 DEFENSE BUDGET TO SUBSIDIZE A NEW EDWARD M KENNEDY INSTITUTE.

IN 2010 CONGRESS HAS IGNORED EFFICIENCY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT COULDSAVE 9 BILLION ANNUALLY.

THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM PAYS FARMERS 2 BILLION ANNUALLY NOT TO FARM THEIR LAND.

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SPENDS 1.3 MILLION PER MONTH TO RENT A LAB THAT IT DOES NOT USE.

LAWMAKERS DIVERTED 13 MILLION FROM THE HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF SPENDING TO BUILD A MUSEUM CELEBRATING THE ARMY CORPSOF ENGINEERS..THE AGENCY PARTLY RESPONSIBLR FOR THE FAILED LEVEES THAT FLOODED NEW ORLEANS.

HOMELAND SECURITY EMPLOYEE PURCHASES INCLUDE 63 INCH PLASMA TELEVISIONS, IPODS AND BEER BREWING KITS.

TWO MATHAMATICAL ERRORS IN THE 2005 DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT RESULTED IN 2 BILLION IN TAXPAYER COSTS.

WASHINGTON SPENDS 92 BILLION ON CORPORATE WELFARE VERSUS 71 BILLION ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

SOME DETAILED SPENDING FROM THE 2009 STIMLUS PLAN

CENSUS BUREAU PROGRAMS   $1,000,000,000.00

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTERS  $650,000,000.00

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS $50,000,000.00

NATIONALOCEANIC RESEARCH  $600,000,000.00

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP   $420,000.000.00

Each American owes it to themselves, their family, and to their neighbors to carefully consider the state of our country as they make their decisions on who to vote for in 2010. Our country and the future of our children is on the brink of financial and moral travesty.  And consider a quote from a very wise man in 1792: 

 "I AM SURE THERE NEVER WAS A PEOPLE, WHO HAD MORE REASON TO ACKNOWLEDGE A DIVINE INTERVENTION IN THEIR AFFAIRS, THAN THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES; AND I SHOULD BE PAINED TO BELIEVE, THA THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT AGENCY, WHICH WAS SO OFTEN MANIFESTED DURING OUR REVOLUTION, OR THAT THEY FAILED TO CONSIDER THE OMNIPOTENCE OF THAT GOD, WHO

 IS ALONE, ABLE TO PROTECT THEM."       GEORGE WASHINGTON-1792