What's $9.7 Billion compared to the Trillions that are being spent in other industries????
Obama’s Farm Subsidy Cuts Meet Stiff Resistance
Showing posts with label government waste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government waste. Show all posts
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
More on Wild Horses
My last post about "wild" horses received a lot of comments. I think that I will just post the link and leave any commentary to visitors.
A Dramatic Rescue for Doomed Wild Horses of the West
A Dramatic Rescue for Doomed Wild Horses of the West
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Higher Gasoline Taxes Coming
Washington is talking a massive tax increase through gasoline. I guess you could class this with the "sin" taxes such as on alcohol and tobacco products. Ostensibly this tax is billed as necessary to fund improvements to our transportation infrastructure. I believe it is to curb demand for fuel. Either way, it takes our money and puts it into the ineffecient hands of the Federal Government if these recommendations are made law.
Highway Panel to Seek Higher Gas Tax
By CHRISTOPHER CONKEY and DANIEL MACHALABA
January 12, 2008
WASHINGTON -- A congressionally mandated commission will recommend broad upgrades to the nation's transportation infrastructure and a hefty increase in taxes, but divisions within the panel suggest it could take years to reach a consensus on the issue.
The National Surface Transportation Policy and...(complete article here).
Highway Panel to Seek Higher Gas Tax
By CHRISTOPHER CONKEY and DANIEL MACHALABA
January 12, 2008
WASHINGTON -- A congressionally mandated commission will recommend broad upgrades to the nation's transportation infrastructure and a hefty increase in taxes, but divisions within the panel suggest it could take years to reach a consensus on the issue.
The National Surface Transportation Policy and...(complete article here).
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Our Tax Dollars at Work
Taxpayer dollars overseas...
EPA Targets $2 Million to Fight Climate Change with Projects in China, Russia, Seven Other Countries
Release date: 09/18/2007
Contact Information: Dave Ryan, (202) 564-4355 / ryan.dave@epa.gov
(Washington, D.C. - Sept. 18, 2007) China, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria and Ukraine will have projects funded under the auspices of the Methane to Markets Partnership, an international effort promoting near-term, cost-effective projects that capture and use methane as a clean-energy source.
EPA is announcing the award of $2 million for projects that will enhance the capture and use of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas twenty times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. The primary component of natural gas, methane is also a valuable and clean-burning energy resource.
"An investment in methane capture and use projects is an investment in a more environmentally sustainable future," said Bob Meyers, principal deputy assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Air & Radiation. "By financing international projects through the Methane to Markets Partnership, the U.S. government and its global partners are cutting greenhouse gases while...(complete article here).
OK, I know $2 million is nothing to the Federal Budget, but it's our taxpayer dollars. Why is it we are spending it in this list of countries?
Argentina
Brazil
China
India
Korea
Mexico
Nigeria
Russia
Ukraine
Let's see... some of them have oil, some are important trading partners, some are just big and hairy -- I mean scarey -- I guess I don't have a clue. You spread $2 million around 9 countries and none of them get much. It's like throwing pocket change to a street beggar. Except none of these countries is on the low end of the economic spectrum. A few U.S. universities will benefit from some of the money -- including my alma mater of Texas A&M -- but this really doesn't make sense to me. I guess it provides the opportunity for the administration to pay lip service to the idea that they are combating Global Warming.
EPA Targets $2 Million to Fight Climate Change with Projects in China, Russia, Seven Other Countries
Release date: 09/18/2007
Contact Information: Dave Ryan, (202) 564-4355 / ryan.dave@epa.gov
(Washington, D.C. - Sept. 18, 2007) China, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria and Ukraine will have projects funded under the auspices of the Methane to Markets Partnership, an international effort promoting near-term, cost-effective projects that capture and use methane as a clean-energy source.
EPA is announcing the award of $2 million for projects that will enhance the capture and use of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas twenty times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. The primary component of natural gas, methane is also a valuable and clean-burning energy resource.
"An investment in methane capture and use projects is an investment in a more environmentally sustainable future," said Bob Meyers, principal deputy assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Air & Radiation. "By financing international projects through the Methane to Markets Partnership, the U.S. government and its global partners are cutting greenhouse gases while...(complete article here).
OK, I know $2 million is nothing to the Federal Budget, but it's our taxpayer dollars. Why is it we are spending it in this list of countries?
Argentina
Brazil
China
India
Korea
Mexico
Nigeria
Russia
Ukraine
Let's see... some of them have oil, some are important trading partners, some are just big and hairy -- I mean scarey -- I guess I don't have a clue. You spread $2 million around 9 countries and none of them get much. It's like throwing pocket change to a street beggar. Except none of these countries is on the low end of the economic spectrum. A few U.S. universities will benefit from some of the money -- including my alma mater of Texas A&M -- but this really doesn't make sense to me. I guess it provides the opportunity for the administration to pay lip service to the idea that they are combating Global Warming.
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