Contributing to the ‘Great Work’ of Government

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Battle Over Air Force’s $1,300 Coffee Cups Heats Up:
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/10/22/battle-over-air-forces-1300-coffee-cups-heats-up/?fbclid=IwAR1rsnVNLSf_RNTQO0yC7J9PK3u-AItUwbfXuG6NDU0395HUyyYx7QNkEB0#.W8668smgyBU.facebook

() The Air Force, under fire for throwing down $1,280 apiece to replace in-flight reheating cups after their handles break, is pledging to use 3-D printing to get that replacement cost down to 50 cents.

But Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is still wondering why these pricey water heaters are necessary in the first place, and plans to keep pushing the Air Force to find cheaper waysto warm up their coffee.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: When tax time arrives, consider making a modest donation to the IRS. Every petro-dollar counts! The “Great Work” of our wise and noble elect never ends, and it ain’t cheap!

Taxes Are the Price We Pay for the DHS to Divert Funds from FEMA to ICE

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

“FEMA”

Dem Senator Releases Documents Appearing to Show DHS Diverted $10M from FEMA to ICE:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dem-senator-releases-documents-appearing-to-show-dhs-diverted-dollar10m-from-fema-to-ice/ar-BBNcMdW?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=ansmsnnews11

(John Bowden) Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Tuesday night released documents appearing to show the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) diverted nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The documents, first reported by MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow, detail the agency’s funding redirections for fiscal year 2018 and show that millions of dollars were diverted to ICE from several agencies.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Enjoy supporting what you hate. Taxes are the price of ICE…

Never Forget the Great Theft Exposed on September 10, 2001!

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Speak for Yourself,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary

"Never forget September 10th, 2001, when Donald Rumsfeld held a press conference to say that the Pentagon was missing more than $2.3 trillion *which was never recovered (oh yeah, something happened the next day and everybody forgot)"

“Never forget September 10th, 2001, when Donald Rumsfeld held a press conference to say that the Pentagon was missing more than $2.3 trillion *which was never recovered (oh yeah, something happened the next day and everybody forgot)”

My Commentary: Never forget.

The Government Scam Referred to as “Social Security”

The following correspondence originally took place upon my Facebook wall…

Jason R.:

"Entitlements? I PAID CASH for my Social Security insurance. Our benefits are NOT some kind of charity or handout! Congressional benefits... premium federal healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days! - Now THAT'S welfare! And they have the nerve to call my retirement an entitlement??? Repost if you are sick and tired of their crap!"

“Entitlements? I PAID CASH for my Social Security insurance. Our benefits are NOT some kind of charity or handout! Congressional benefits… premium federal healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days! – Now THAT’S welfare! And they have the nerve to call my retirement an entitlement??? Repost if you are sick and tired of their crap!”

Rayn: Indeed, Jason! Payments for SS/medicare were snatched out of every one of my paychecks without my consent since I was 15 years old! Anyone who would label such an arrangement as an “entitlement,” “charity,” or a “handout” is either sorely mistaken, or outright lying! As for Congressional benefits, I agree 100%. The so-called “public servants” who accept these outrageous “benefits” sure think very highly of themselves compared to the ones they “serve,” eh? Disgusting! And, sadly, a quick examination of the numbers, and the intricacies of the system, shows that the Social Security trust fund worked well enough, mathematically, to leave it as a major target for LOOTING by our own government, time and time again!

What Happened to the $2.6 Trillion Social Security Trust Fund:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2011/07/13/what-happened-to-the-2-6-trillion-social-security-trust-fund/

This is exactly why Social Security insurance’s biggest failure (besides not being voluntary) has been to put such a precious asset as our nation’s retirement into a single set of thieving, government hands, without our direct, daily, and individual oversight – all under the completely illogical and arrogant notion that “we the people” are unable to be trusted not to steal from ourselves, to understand the math involved in such a system, or even possibly, to have a few different versions of such a system in circulation, to meet the many different needs of the INDIVIDUALS that make up this country!

Speaking of welfare, how about CORPORATE WELFARE? According to the Cato Institute, the U.S. federal government spent $92 BILLION on corporate welfare during fiscal year 2006, alone! And, to add the the egregious nature of this virtual theft, recipients included such companies as BOEING, XEROX, IBM, MOTOROLA, DOW CHEMICAL and GENERAL ELECTRIC!!! Meanwhile, the same politicians that demand reforms for social programs largely REMAIN SILENT on this issue!!!!

The Corporate Welfare State: How the Federal Government Subsidizes U.S. Businesses:
http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/corporate-welfare-state-how-federal-government-subsidizes-us-businesses