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via Food Stamp program up from 35 to $80 billion on Obama’s Watch Nearly 47 million people – one in seven Americans – rely on food stamps for some or all of their daily sustenance, according to the Department of Agriculture, a number that has grown nearly 70 percent since the financial collapse of 2008. [...]

via Doctor Attacks Political Correctness, National Debt in Front of Obama Dr. Benjamin Carson delivered a noteworthy National Prayer Breakfast keynote speech in President Barack Obama’s presence Carson attacked political correctness as a “dangerous” threat to free speech and encouraged Americans to boldly share their views The pediatric neurosurgeon also provided his theories about the [...]

(CNSNews.com) – Seventy-three percent of the new civilian jobs created in the United States over the last five months are in government, according to official data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In June, a total of 142,415,000 people were employed in the U.S, according to the BLS, including 19,938,000 who were employed by [...]

United States Department of Agriculture USDA officials spent $2 million on an internship program that had one intern, as it failed to use properly $63 million in federal funding provided for USDA to protect itself from hackers. The USDA inspector general discovered that the Office of Chief Information Officer OCIO “funded an intern program for [...]

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, doesnt get his way very often in Congress. But the House overwhelmingly adopted his longstanding proposal to audit the Federal Reserve Wednesday, in a 327-98 vote. In fact, Paul had joked with fellow lawmakers about being invited to a leadership meeting earlier in the week to discuss his bill. Paul noted [...]

WASHINGTON AP — President Barack Obama is creating a new office to bolster education of African-American students. The White House says the office will coordinate the work of communities and federal agencies to ensure that African-American youngsters are better prepared for high school, college and career. Obama is announcing his election-year initiative Wednesday night in [...]

CNSNews.com – Citing pending cuts in the military budget and threats abroad, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told veterans Tuesday that President Barack Obama is not projecting American strength in the world and sought to paint the choice for voters in stark terms. “It’s very simple. If you don’t want America to be the strongest [...]

Last night, radio host Mark Levin interviewed Sen. Jeff Sessions R-AL about the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture agreement with the government of Mexico to “help educate eligible Mexican nationals living in the United States about available nutrition assistance,” which includes the US food stamp program. Sen. Sessions explained that the funding for this program [...]

  Another federally subsidized green project bites the dust. The Amonix solar facility in Las Vegas, according to former employees, has been out of operation since May of this year. The solar facility was backed by $21.5 million in federal grants and tax breaks. Naturally, Harry Reid was an early and vocal supporter of this undertaking. [...]

The Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee will later today release the following chart, detailing the rising projected cost of President Obamas signature legislation, Obamacare: The latest estimate, as the chart details, is that Obamacare will cost $2.6 trillion dollars in its first real decade. The bill does not fully go into effect until [...]

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