by Peggy
A must read by every taxpayer who is sick and tired of how OUR money is being spent. WASTEBOOK 2012 One example: “Perhaps nothing demonstrates just how out of touch Washington is more than the $300,000 USDA is spending to tell Americans to eat caviar, one of the world’s most expensive delicacies, at a time when millions of Americans are struggling just to put the basics on the family dinner table.
It echoes back to the fabled proclamation of the callous royal who, when asked about the hungry and poor shortly before the French Revolution, she replied “let them eat cake.” A number of important committees within both the House and the Senate are failing to do the important work for which they are responsible.
Perhaps the most striking disappointment is the Senate Budget Committee (see appendix for complete lists). Since the last budget was passed on April 29, 2009, Washington has spent $11.2 trillion and added more than $4.8 trillion to the national debt.13 With the national debt now over $16 trillion, never before have taxpayers needed a budget blueprint more to guide our nation away from fiscal ruin. Yet, the Senate Budget Committee has failed to produce a budget – which it is required to do by law – in over 1,200 days.14 In addition to not producing a budget resolution, the committee has also failed to hold many hearings, a key tool for Congress to conduct oversight, investigate problems, seek solutions, initiate conversation and debate, and advance an agenda.
The Senate Budget Committee held a mere 12 hearings in 2012 – fewer than all but five other congressional committees from both chambers. As you look at these examples, put your personal political persuasion aside and ask yourself: Would you agree with Washington that these represent national priorities, or would you conclude these reflect the out-of-touch and out-of-control spending threatening to bankrupt our nation’s future?” Full report: http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=b7b23f66-2d6 0-4d5a-8bc5-8522c7e1a40e.
Frankly, I am disgusted with Peggy’s callous and heartless treatment caviar industry. Clearly caviar producers need to storm congress buck naked and demand their rights.