The Invisible Enemy
Our elected officials are the biggest “Invisible Enemy” we
have in this nation. They are more dangerous than any disease or terrorist
group because most, not all, are only after more power, destroying the
Constitution, and your money. They are allowed to lie to Congress while for we
the common folk, it would be a felony. They are allowed to “Inside Trade” where
we the common folk, it would be a felony. Our elected officials derelict duty
and oath. They never reading bills before voting, they just vote for what their
party says. They ignore the facts because the facts are inconvenient to them,
instead of doing what they know to be right. The
Coronavirus Bill documents our elected officials wasteful “Pork Spending”.
Let us take a look.
Amount For Related
$55,000,000 FDA Yes
$45,000,000 Agriculture
Marketing Services No
$33,000,000 Food
Safety and Inspection Service Yes
$3,000,000 Farm
Services Agency No
$20,500,000 Rural
Business Program Account No
$25,000,000 Distance
Learning, Tele, and Broadband Program’ No
$450,000,000 Commodity
Assistance Program’ No
$4,000,000 Foreign
Agricultural Service No
$80,000,000 Department
of Health and Human Services Yes
$32,615,098,000 Child
Nutrition Programs’ No
$2,000,000,000 Department
of Commerce No
$33,200,000 National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration No
$100,000,000 Federal
Prison System No
$100,000,000 National
Aeronautics and Space Administration No
$100,000,000 National
Science Foundation No
$100,000,000 Legal
Services Corporation No
$3,783,108,000 Department
of Defense Maybe
$12,500,000 Department
of Interior No
$99,500,000 Department
of Energy No
$3,300,000 Nuclear
Regulatory Agencies No
$100,000,000 Department
of Treasury No
$236,000,000 IRS No
$500,000 Department
of Justice No
$6,000,000 Judicial
Services No
$11,000,000 DC
Fed. Payment for Emergency Planning/Security No
$5,000,000 Election
Assistance Commissions No
$4,000,000,000 Election
Administration Grants No
$200,000,000 Federal
Communication Commission No
$2,000,000,000 Workers
and Families Act, Wi-Fi hotspots/ devices No
$275,000,000 Federal
Buildings Fund No
$3,000,000,000 Technology
Modernization Fund No
$12,100,000 Office
of Personnel Management No
$100,000,000,000 Economic
Injury Grant Yes
$25,739,000,000 Disaster
Loans Program Account’ Yes
$16,800,000,000 Small
Business Debt Relief Yes
$304,407,000,000 Business
Loan Program No
$265,000,000 Entrepreneurial
Development Programs No
$25,000,000,000 Postal
Service Fund No
$178,000,000 Department
of Homeland Security Maybe
$100,000,000 Transportation
and Security Administration No
$453,000,000 Operation
of Indian Programs’ No
$10,820,000 Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) No
$70,600,000 Department
of Agriculture No
$1,032,000,000 Indian
Health Services No
$12,500,000 Toxic
Substances/Environmental Public Health Yes
$78,000 Institute of
American Indian/Alaska Native Culture No
$7,500,000 Smithsonian
Institute No
$35,000,000 JFK
Center for the Performing Arts No
$300,000,000 National
Foundation of the Arts No
$300,000,000 National
Endowment for Humanities No
$960,000,000 Department
of Labor, Health, and Human Services No
$1,300,000,000 Department
of Health and Human Services No
$3,500,000,000 CDC Yes
$2,000,000,000 CDC No
$103,400,000 National
Institute of Health Yes
$474,000,000 National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Maybe
$76,000,000 National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases No
$435,000,000 Substance
Abuse and Mental Health No
$550,000,000 Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services No
$1,400,000,000 Low
Income Home Energy Assistance No
$6,000,000,000 Child
Care and Development No
$6,077,000,000 Public
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund No
$5,000,000,000 Public
Health 10Emergency Fund Maybe
$50,000,000,000 Department
of Education No
$9,500,000,000 Higher
Education No
$250,000,000 Corporation
for National and Community Service No
$300,000,000 Corporation
for Public Broadcasting No
$500,000,000 Institute
of Museum and Library Services No
$510,000,000 Social
Security Administration No
$1,000,000 Sergeant
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate No
$9,000,000 Miscellaneous
Items No
$25,000,000 House
of Representatives Salaries and Expenses No
$25,000,000 Capital
Construction and Operations No
$700,000 Library
of Congress No
$50,000,000 Government
Accountability Office No
$13,000,000 Gen.
Op. Expenses, Veterans Benefits Admin. No
$14,432,000,000 Veterans
Health Administration No
$315,000,000 Diplomatic
Programs No
$95,000,000 International
Development No
$300,000,000 International
Disaster Assistance Maybe
$300,000,000 Migration
and Refugee Assistance No
$90,000,000 Peace
Corps No
$110,000,000 Department
of State, Foreign Operations, No
This is just out of the first 150 pages of a 1,404 page
bill. Out of the first 150 pages, $146,154,900,000 was Coronavirus related, $9,735,108,000
may be Coronavirus related, but a staggering $472,861,396,000 had nothing to do
with the Coronavirus. Some of the programs were good programs like helping out
the VA, but others like funding National Foundation of the Arts, Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (National Public Radio NPR), Obama Phones, Plan
Parenthood, and many others are hot political issues needing debate. I am a
veteran but none that I have mentioned above, including the VA, should be in
this bill, but that is what our politicians do, they highjack bills to get pork
spending.
Everyplace they have this pork spending in this bill, there
is a phrase inserted, “respond to coronavirus”. I have to ask, what does the National
Foundation of the Arts or NPR has anything to do with the “respond to
coronavirus?” It doesn’t, I only covered $628,919,404,000 of a purposed
$2,000,000,000,000 bill that was a lot less and agreed on by both sides until
Nancy Pelosi arrived. I believe all bill should be what is known as “Clean
Bills”, with no pork spending attached, just supporting bills dealing with the
original bill. The first bill to congress for the “respond to coronavirus” was
around $500 billion, but after Liberal Nancy Pelosi got involved, it is now $2
trillion. This is why we are in financial debt as a country and this is why we
need a true “Balance Budget Act.”
This act could say something to the effect of, “If the US
Debt does not drop by at least 10% in 6 years, no sitting Congress Person with
10 years or more in Congress can run for office.” Pass a law where the DOD is
automatically funded at a percentage instead of bouncing it around. Democrats
usually fund it at 17% of GDP while Republicans usually fund it at 23% of GDP.
Why not permanently fund it at 20% GDP. This will kill three birds with one
stone. First, the military will be much more stable and they could save money
for future programs without worrying if the budget will disappear. Second,
there will be no more “Pork Spending” attached to the DOD budget. Last budget
had nearly half of the bill going to “Pork Spending.” Third, they will never
destroy our military’s morale again, like they did the late 1990s, when under
the Bill Clinton administration, many military people, my sister being one,
where handed pink slips. Planned careers and lives were destroyed but the money
was not saved, it went to raising entitlements for lazy people who refuse to
work. Thank you Liberals, one more time. If the military only gets 17% to 23%
of the GDP, shouldn’t people receiving entitlements only get 17% to 23% of the
GDP, instead of the 49% they receive currently (I’m not talking about Social
Security).
Our elected officials in congress are our Invisible Enemy
and greatest threat. We need to elect people to congress who care about America
more than their own power and wealth. We need to stop electing the same parties
who have run our major cities into the ground. If you look at the top 15 large
cities in the US with the most crime, financial instability, poverty, high unemployment,
and drop-out rate, you find the following.
New Orleans, 148 years Liberal
Democrat, Atlanta, 141 years Liberal
Democrat, Boston, 90
years Liberal Democrat, Chicago, 89 year Liberal Democrat,
Houston, 87
years Liberal Democrat, St. Louis, 71 years Liberal
Democrat, Philadelphia, 68 years Liberal
Democrat, Milwaukee, 60 years Liberal
Democrat, Detroit, 58 years Liberal
Democrat, Denver, 57 years Liberal
Democrat, San Francisco, 56 years Liberal
Democrat, Baltimore, 53 years Liberal
Democrat, San Jose, 53 years Liberal
Democrat, Sacramento, 45
years Liberal Democrat, and District of Columbia (which began mayors 45
years ago), 45 years
Liberal Democrat.
These towns have been run by Liberal Democrats for on
average, 75 years. So what have they given you? They have given you the most
crime, financial instability, poverty, high unemployment, and drop-out rate in
the country. Do you see any connection? Do you want a change? If you live in
one of these towns, want a better life for you and your kids, want to be safer,
have better opportunities, then you might want to think about a change in your
leadership. If you want to keep watching your kids die and go to jail, vote the
same way. The choice is yours, you can keep voting for the “Invisible Enemy”
which is Liberalism and Socialism, or you can have a better life.
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