October - 2014

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Senator Tom Coburn Releases His Annual Government Wastebook--Be Afraid!

Since its inception in 2010, Senator Coburn's annual Wastebook has become a favorite to see where government is wasting our tax dollars. This year's entries include: * Watching grass grow $10,000 * Swedish massages for rabbits $387,000 * Pentagon to destroy $16 billion in unused ammunition $1 billion OCWF's favorite...teaching mountain lions to use treadmills $856,000. Read the full report here...but be careful! It's scaaarrrryyyyy!

Centers For Disease Control Give Out Big Bonuses Yet Claim Budget Cuts for Ebola Outbreak

Centers For Disease Control Give Out Big Bonuses Yet Claim Budget Cuts for Ebola Outbreak

Taxpayers gave $25 million in bonuses to an elite corps of health care specialists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2007. From 2010 to 2013, all federal wages were frozen because of budgetary constraints. This story is the impetus for the Washington Times to give the CDC their Golden Hammer award for waste.

College Lessons In Free Speech

College Lessons In Free Speech

Apparently, free speech can only be exercised on college campuses in after students completing the necessary steps to do so. That includes meeting officials, filling out paperwork, and being limited to a specific area on campus. A group of four students at SOU handed out copies of the Constitution on Southern Oregon University's campus Tuesday while collecting signatures to end the university’s restrictive speech policies, which limit free speech to an area that totals less t

Personnel Costs Are Up Despite Staff Reductions In Lake Oswego...wait...what?

Personnel Costs Are Up Despite Staff Reductions In Lake Oswego...wait...what?

Lake Oswego Citizens Action League (LOCAL) is reporting the number of people employed by the City of Lake Oswego increased rapidly during prior administrations (from 2004 to 2012). The increase was faster than the population grew. When Mayor Studebaker and the new City Council took office in January 2013, they had a City staff that totaled almost 362 employees. However, with a focus on fiscal responsibility, employees have declined to 350 for the current year. The Budget Com

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