Winslow Wheeler: Graphics Lie — and Tell the Truth — Actual Pentagon Budget Part II

“If Congress goes along [by approving President Obama’s 2014 DOD budget request], Pentagon spending levels will exceed any previous high by any other president in any year in peace or in war since the death of President Roosevelt in 1945, except for President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2008.” “…current military spending is lapping …

Search: directory of online budget simulators / games

Important search.  Something OMB should have created decades ago.  A priority item within the Open Source Agency (OSA) concept of service to Whole of Government and unscrewing the DoD acquisition process which is corrupt to the bone (front-loading, false assumptions, etcetera).  Warning notice: the big money is focused on reducing the deficit as a financial …

Chuck Spinney: Federal Reserve Screwing the Public — Again…

My good good buddy Dr. Newk Mindshaftgap has written a juicy little report, attached below, in which he politely exposes the emptiness of the fact-free fiscal debate that is now electrifying the synapses of the pols, pundits, and courtiers in Versailles on the Potomac.  To be sure, our nation has a debt problem, but, as …

Mini-Me: 40 Million in USA Employed by Federal, State, Local Governments?

Huh? Tax Burden: 40 Million Government Workers Gary North drawing on Iaian Murray How many people work for governments in the United States. Let’s look at the numbers. The usual estimate of the number of employees of the U.S. government is 2.8 million. The estimate is fake. This does not count military personnel. But most important, …