Good Day Folks – Very glad to have you here to examine some of the mal administration that began nearly two years ago *before* the Obama Administration had even gotten settled.
It seems the people who are desirous of having smaller (less wasteful) government for our country can make a compelling case with very little difficulty. Presently we’re having the agitation about no cost of living increase for Social Security recipients – and it’s come to light the cost-of-living ‘experts’ in the Administration have several yardsticks by which they measure the changes of that important number.
The bureaucrats formerly use a ‘basket’ of goods and services and as commodities etc. increased or decreased they made adjustments. More recently they have, under the present Administration, made changes in what’s in the basket. For instance if the price of steak goes up, they substitute a lower priced piece of meat. And other similar adjustments are made to keep the basket ‘stable.’ The problem is, of course, it’s like measuring a yard of cloth but using different yardsticks in different years. This is what we pay our well- pensioned bureaucrats to do with our well-earned tax dollars paid into Social Security. [Just remember – there is no such thing as government money – it ALL comes from tax payers!]
And today we have a case of Government handing out money to subsidize some of the children in DC schools. Only because thing got tight *after* having awarded the subsidies in the form of scholarships… in 2008 …. Before the ‘citizen of the world’ was taking over the Oval Office – The Department of Education decided to take back the scholarships of the 216 low-income families to which they had already been awarded. – Shades of Scrooge!
Ah well… it is but one more indication of how very often government botches even good intentions. The closer we keep money at home… the more efficiently and effectively it can be used.
Jack Buttram
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“JUST A MINUTE”
WE NEED AN EDUCATION PREZ WHO DOES WHAT HE PROMISES
Just a Minute: -- There’s a new documentary film out called “Waiting for Superman.” Reportedly, it deals with the mess we have in ‘school choice’ in
“In the fall of 2008, 216 new low-income students were notified by the Department of Education they had been selected to receive scholarships. These kids had their winning lottery tickets in hand. … President Barack Obama was elected with the help from NEA and AFT [teacher unions]… At the behest of Obama’s union allies, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent letters to the 216 families informing them he was taking back the $7,500 in scholarship money that the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program had previously awarded them. In other words, President Barack Obama tore up their winning lottery tickets.”-- Heritage Foundation
This is exactly the kind of government causing the mounting ‘tidal wave’ of opposition to the Obama Administration. It comes as no surprise.
<> I’m Jack Buttram.
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