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As Congress fights over budget, federal agencies go on shopping sprees

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“This past week, the Department of Veterans Affairs bought $562,000 worth of artwork.  In a single day, the Agriculture Department spent $144,000 on toner cartridges.  And, in a single purchase, the Coast Guard spent $178,000 on ‘Cubicle Furniture Rehab.’  Private contractors — worried that sequestration would result in a smaller spending rush this year — brought in food to keep salespeople at their desks. Federal workers quizzed harried colleagues in the hallways, asking if they had spent it all yet.  Three years’ worth of staples. Portable generators that never got used. One said the National Guard bought so much ammunition that firing it all became a chore.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-congress-fights-over-the-budget-agencies-go-on-their-use-it-or-lose-it-shopping-sprees/2013/09/28/b8eef3cc-254c-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_print.html

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Have We Reached Peak Government?

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“How can government expand 300+% while the underlying economy that supports it expanded by 75%? Answer: borrowing money, i.e. debt–lots of it. Federal debt has skyrocketed by 600% since 1990.  This is simply part of a vast, unprecedented expansion of debt in both public and private sectors since 1990.  So the question of Peak Government is ultimately a question of Peak Debt: how much money can the government borrow to sustain its current spending? Can public and private debt expand at rates four or five times that of the underlying economy? If so, for how long? If we are not yet at Peak Debt, we are getting close, and that means we are also getting close to Peak Government.”

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2013/10/have-we-reached-peak-government.html

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The Police State Programs Not Affected by a Government Shutdown

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“While a government shutdown will inevitably impact everything from Head Start, and key welfare services to national museums and IRS audits, the one area not impacted in the least will be the police/surveillance state and its various militarized agencies, spying programs and personnel. Take a look at the programs and policies that will not be affected by a government shutdown, and you’ll get a clearer sense of the government’s priorities—priorities which have little to do with serving taxpayers and everything to do with maintaining power and control, while being sold to the public under the guise of national security.”

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/from_nsa_spying_and_vipr_sweeps_to_domestic_drones_a_round_up_of_the_police

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Plan to merge Canada and the United States has many, many problems

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“Ms. Francis tallies up the trillions of dollars worth of land, irrigated crops, oil and gas reserves and gold that Canada would be bringing to merger negotiations. After crunching the numbers, she concludes that under her full-merger model, ‘every Canadian would be entitled to a lump sum payment [from the United States] of $492,529’. Also, to ensure continuity with our hallowed universal-health-care ideals, we Canadians would be provided with ‘fraud-proof health cards, valid anywhere in the 50 states, 10 provinces or three territories. Americans would not be entitled to this benefit.’ In total, the United States would pay Canada about $17-trillion in debt bonds in exchange for our agreement to merge.”

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/09/28/jonathan-kay-diane-francis-plan-to-merge-canada-and-the-united-states-has-many-many-problems/

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Beyond the Debt-Ceiling Debate

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“There is a silver lining to all this. For our country, I think it’s this: A revolution is coming and, though we will go through some very hard times, on the other side will be a far better, smaller, more efficient government. One that does not overtax you. One that puts an end to spying on you. One that gets back to the principles of our founding fathers. And one that allows the USA to rise from the ashes of a leviathan that grew too big, too inefficient and outdated, too greedy and too power-hungry.  There’s also good news for investors who know how to play this next phase of the financial crisis, the phase that will ultimately transform us back into a great nation.”

http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/beyond-the-debt-ceiling-debate-how-the-u-s-could-once-again-be-a-great-nation-55195

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Jacob Hornberger: Permanently Lay Off the Parasitic Sector

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“The problem is that as the government sector expands in a society, it creates the illusion that the parasitic sector, owing to its enormous size and reach, must be kept intact and even expanded to maintain economic prosperity.  But that’s the worse thing a society can do because it will only move society further in the wrong direction–in the direction of impoverishment and bankruptcy. The best thing people can do is permanently lay off all those parasitic workers (and bring an end to their welfare-warfare functions), thereby restoring the right of people in the private sector to keep their wealth and thereby raising everyone’s standard of living in that society.”

http://fff.org/2013/09/26/permanently-lay-off-the-parasitic-sector/

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Not Just Government; Americans Don’t Like Government Workers, Either

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“Like an abused spouse increasingly appalled by a long-time partner’s behavior, Americans are falling out of love with the federal workers who enforce an endless litany of mandates, taxes and intrusions into their lives. New data from George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration finds that, in addition to losing faith in the federal government itself, as other polls have revealed, a record number of Americans are losing faith in its loyal minions.   What could have happened in the past year to so erode respect for federal workers?”

http://reason.com/blog/2013/09/25/its-not-just-government-americans-dont-l

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Ron Paul – Tonight Show with Jay Leno 9/26/13

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x158c0q_ron-paul-tonight-show-with-jay-leno-9-26-13_news

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Annual Medicare Subsidy Per Enrolled Member, 2011: $12,000

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“Few voters know what the average Medicare beneficiary receives each year. This rises every year. It was about $11,000 in 2008. In 2011, it was $12,000.  Americans become eligible at age 65. Beginning in the year 2010, the baby boomers began to reach age 65. They were born in 1946, the year after World War II ended. The birth rate soared. It did not reverse until 1958.  There is no question what is going to happen to Medicare. It is today the #1 government expense: 23%. This percentage will be over 50% before the boomers depart, unless Medicare is abandoned by younger voters in a great default.”

http://www.garynorth.com/public/11595.cfm

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The Larger the Deficit, the Greater the Default

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“There will be a day of reckoning, of course. There always is. But a majority of voters at that time will be sure to see to it that previous lenders will suffer the losses. There will be a Great Default.  The lenders will cry: ‘But you promised.’ And the borrowers will cry: ‘That’s life in the land of Keynes. In the long run, we’re all dead. You go first.’  The big losers will be the suckers who lent Uncle Sam the money. The biggest lenders are those who trust the federal government to pay their retirement bills, including medical bills. Those who believe in the welfare state will be the biggest losers. They have believed in something for nothing. They will get left with a pile of IOUs and a note: ‘Sorry, Charlie.'”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/09/25/larger-deficit-greater-default/

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