Congress dances to Obama’s
tune
Did you believe the
Republican landslide would effectuate policy changes in Washington, then take a
peek at the proposed federal spending bill. Obama wins this round. Voters will
be disenfranchised to know they are paying for an array of goodies not
accessible to 99% of the population. Hollywood giveaways alone may run into the
hundreds of millions from direct subsidies to major tax breaks. Race a car or
ride a horse in competition, Congress has not forgotten you. Do you remember
the Republicans admonishing Obama for his health plan. The proposed budget
fully funds its operations. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) would receive
$6.9 billion, which is an increase of approximately 40 million from the
previous year. The questions are what diseases have they controlled and where
is this huge sum spent? You may wonder why a separate allocation of $5.4
billion is being extracted from the America taxpayer for Ebola. That would be a
half billion for each Ebola patient treated in the United States so far. Egypt
is receiving over 1.3 billion in military aid and more in direct economic
grants. Is Obama arming their country for the final assault on Israel? For
security at U.S. embassies $5.4 billion would be allotted equivalent to the
cash layout for Ebola. Some good news the Environmental Protection Agency will
have its budget trimmed by $60 million down to $8.1 billion. This agency’s
funds have been steadily trimmed since 2010. EPA puts people out of work and
stifles industrial progression, nothing more. The Internal Revenue Service has
their funds reduced by $345.6 million. Billions
of cuts would have been more appropriate for an agency that wreaks havoc on the
masses. Another unimportant government agency which does little but spend money
is the Education Department. Their funding was trimmed slightly to $70.5
billion. Since they do not directly educate anyone who are the beneficiaries of
these funds? Many agencies involved with day to day dynamics of government
function were funded at levels near those requested. The budget has not been
cemented yet so these amounts may change. There is no doubt these proposed
numbers will metamorphose as the infighting begins between the parties. The
question I have is why can’t budget wrangling wait until the new Congress is
seated? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/12/09/whats-in-the-spending-bill-we-skim-it-so-you-dont-have-to/
Mark Davis MD, President
of Davis Writing Services, www.daviswritingservices.com Dr. Davis
Latest book is Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster.
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