Federal Taxpayers Get Billed for $1 Million Bus Stop

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Is a luxurious bus stop worth $ 1 million? Commuters boarding buses at the newly constructed stop in Arlington County, Virginia, don’t seem to think so, as CNN reported. According to one rider, “This is cute, but cute ain’t warm. Cute ain’t dry.” While $ 1 million can buy the stainless steel and heated pavement… Read more »

BOOMTOWN 2: Taxpayers Have Spent $15 Trillion on ‘War on Poverty’

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Since President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared “war on poverty,” U.S. taxpayers have spent $ 15 trillion on so-called anti-poverty programs—a figure slightly less than the national debt.    Sean Hannity, Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer, and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon explored the explosive growth of the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)… Read more »

Should taxpayers pay for ‘gender reassignment’ surgery?

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On Friday morning, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would be collecting public comments as it considers whether it should use taxpayer dollars to pay for sex-change procedures: The center states that it “considers all public comments, and is particularly interested in clinical studies and other scientific information relevant to the… Read more »