Setting the record straight

BTW, you do realize that our debt has gone OVER the $18 Trillion mark, don't you? It happened on the 15th, but that's another post.WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies set a new record for improper payments last year, shelling out $125 billion in questionable benefits after years of declines. The payments included tax credits for families that didn't qualify, Medicare payments for treatments that might not have been necessary, and unemployment benefits for people who were act ...

My answers were buried so I'll direct you to those posts instead of rewriting everything in them. They would be too long otherwise. One is on the Constitution and one is on Jonathan Turley. http://general.mtstars.com/386135.html http://general.mtstars.com/386115.html ...

A poster below had an entire page rant about sales tax on tampons, complaining that men don't have to pay tax on Viagra. This is "inequality." Besides the fact that Viagra is an Rx medication and tampons are sold sans Rx, OTC in drug stores, grocery stores, etc., it occurred to me: If the biggest "beef" that women in America have is paying the sales tax on a $2.79 box of tampons, then obviously they have it VERY GOOD in this country! ...

I've lurked for awhile and read so much erroneous thinking about economics, economic policies, etc. that it's clear that some education is in order. I'll start with the nonsense about Bush and the crash of 2008. Like the crash of 1929, the crash of 2008 was brewing for years before it occurred - in fact, back to the Clinton era when people like Barney Frank and Charles Schumer set out to make mortgages available to people who couldn't afford them. These people us ...

I don't have a problem with gay people. But tell me, why did Neil Patrick Harris have to come out onstage at the Oscars in his underwear? ...

I need a phone just to connect to the internet on my home wifi. Straight Talk has phones you can get for free that are activated when you purchase a 30-day service plan. I really don't need to be able to talk, text, or use their data. Is anyone familiar with these phones? What happens when you do not purchase another 30-day plan? Would the phone still be able to be connected to my wifi or would it somehow be deactivated? I understand I would not be able to make phone calls, text, ...

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1916280150001/judge-jeanine-asks-white-house-how-do-you-sleep-at-night/ ...

Doctor says, "She donated a husband to her kidney..." Now THAT'S a transposition I can get behind!!! ...

Hi I am thinking about becoming a MT but unfortunatly I do have a criminal record. I had gotten into some trouble back in 2008 so now I have a misdemenor assault. It has been hard finding a job, mostly working directly with people but if I do become a MT I would want to work from home to be with my son. Also I was thinking of going though Penn Foster. Will I be able to find a job with the assault? What do you think about Penn Foster?? Thanks! ...

over 92 million Americans remain without unemployed. This hope and change thing isn't working out too well. See CBS-DC ...

Nope, that's racism During his explanation, Alday said he comes "from a town where all the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call 'welfare crazy checks.' They don't work." Alday also told the newspaper about a time he visited an emergency room. “I liked to died. I laid in there for hours because they (black people) were in there being treated for gunshots," Alday was quoted as saying. "I am definitely not a racist, at all," Alday told Mississippi New ...

(Complete with video) Kentucky Governor To Mitch McConnell: Get Your Facts Straight On Obamacare Posted: 12/05/2013 12:11 pm EST | Updated: 12/05/2013 3:25 pm EST WASHINGTON -- It was just Wednesday night that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) railed against the Affordable Care Act, calling it a "catastrophic failure" for people everywhere. "This is beyond fixing. It needs to be pulled out root and branch and we need to st ...

My first instinct is to go for the cheapest and on the straight talk website they have a free Samsung T528G when you purchase a plan. I have a cheapy prepaid phone now that I hate! It is supposedly touchscreen, but I cannot get it calibrated right and half the time I have no service which I don't know is the phone or the cell service. I also see Samsung Centura or Discover for $50 to $70. So what would you guys suggest I get? ...

Okay, here is my problem. I have been trying to find a copy of a death record/death certificate/obituary online. We have a friend that we have known for over 20 years who we lost contact with about 8 years ago or so. He actually lived with us for over 6 months at one point. He eventually moved back to the area where his family is from and we lost touch. He was one of those friends that you can not see for a long time and then when you do see them again, you pick up ...

On CNN: A visibly annoyed Stephanie Cutter took issue when a CNN anchor described her job as "spin". Cutter responded, "My job may be to 'spin'... but it's also to put the facts out there." ...

I might be the only one, but this leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The amount of money spent campaigning in this country is ridiculous. And for what? Do those ads even do anything? Do they change peoples' minds? I don't think they do. All they ever seem to me is a childish tit-for-tat that makes us all look stupid. It just feels like both sides are trying to create the ultimate Hollywood film, and whoever's movie is better wins the prize. I'm aw ...

• 31 straight months of private sector job growth • Largest one-year drop in unemployment rate since February 1995 • Highest private sector employment since 2008 • Best manufacturing job gains since the mid-1990s • Highest manufacturing output in four years • Consumer confidence at highest level in five years • Lowest foreclosure rate in five years • Home prices seeing strongest growth since late 2006 • Household net worth at highest since 2008 ...

Also, did you guys see the pictures of Beijing? Whether or not you believe global warming is man-made, this cannot go on. "Researchers from Nasa said it was the ninth warmest year while experts from another American agency said it was the tenth. Both teams said that temperatures would have been higher if it hadn't been for the the La Nina weather pattern that brought cooling to some regions. The scientists were equally certain that carbon dioxide was the principal drive ...

Greta hits it spot on! ...

You liberal women have had your fun dissing males and particularly white male, but it's all going to come home to roost in November. My DH and many other men I know are sick of you. ...

MARTINSVILLE, Ohio — With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children. It has grown so rapidly in places so diverse that it is becoming nearly as ordinary as the groceries it buys. More than 36 million people use inconspicuous plastic cards for staples like milk, bread and cheese, swiping them at counters in blighted cities and in suburbs pocked with foreclosure si ...

Of all of the various government healthcare schemes that are or have been in existence, there is only one that has not blown through its estimated costs by at least a factor of 10. The Medicare prescription drug program is the only scheme that has come in at or below estimated costs. It is also the only scheme that is based on private competitive market forces. Capiche? ...

They pollute the waters and ship the oil to China. What is going on? ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/food-stamps-making-food-companies-fat/story?id=17166643 ...

Now if only I had some stocks to sell! I guess now is not the time to "stock up," is it?! ...

By 2 hundredths of 1 degree centigrade. And NASA scientists are only 38% sure of this. The sky is falling! The sky is falling!! LOL ...

i.e. not politicized back-pedaling. In 2003, Sanders was among 32 co-sponsors of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, a measure to “establish a zero-tolerance standard” for sexual violence in prison. (The measure passed unanimously, but enforcement has been weak in the last decade.) In 2011, Sanders co-sponsored a measure to address the rape kit backlog. Here’s how Sen. Dianne Feinstein, another of the bill’s co-sponsors, explained the measure: ”Thousands of rape kits sit untested in ...

Setting the record straight

That's true - RC

I think the OP's point is - SK

He cares enough - RC

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