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This Week's Pulse:October 1, 2008

 
 
Obama pledges to fire managers, cut redundant programs 
Politicians and out of control spending:  How are they wasting YOUR money now?
It is a good idea to know how your tax money is spent by the government.  After all, those thousands of dollars you give them each year, taken in the form of income tax, property tax, utility service taxes and surcharges, sales tax, luxery tax, sin tax, social security, medicare, and even the hidden gas tax is money out of your pocket during difficult times.  The Average American's wallet is nothing less than gang-raped by the government, from local cities all the way up to D.C..  So take a look  below to see how the money you could use to make your house payment, put gas in your car or give your children adequate healthcare is being spent, since politicians seem to think they can spend it better than you...
 

Officials: Government's finances still are not in order, despite progress

Subcommittee backs $27.9 billion Interior spending bill

Air Force concedes mistakes in tanker cost estimates

Appropriators add $2.3 billion to to DHS spending bill

Senate loads war funding bill with domestic programs 

GAO: Post-government employment of Defense contracting officials could pose conflict of interest

Senate gives FDA $265 million in Defense supplemental '08 funding 

Audit Finds Lavish Credit Card Expenses on Government Dime 

Congress still pigging out on pork-barrel projects: watchdog group    

Report: Defense Department cannot fully account for $7.8B spent in Iraq

Senate OKs war supplemental bill with veterans' benefits

Administration official calls House defense earmark provision 'veto bait'

From Nextgov.com: Cost of cybersecurity initiative is triple its first estimate, panel reports

Agencies invest more money in student loan repayments in 2007

 

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Want to get out from under student loans? -  try working for the Feds
The Federal Government is using a Student Loan repayment program to persuade professionals into considering a governmental career... and last year, more than $42 million taxpayer dollars went into the program.  That figure is expected to rise as more federal employees retire and new recruits are hired.  read more
 
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JOBS: 
Special Pulse report.  No single article could convey the magnitude of job loss across the country better than a simple listing of headlines. Each headline is linked to it's story.  While this is far from reporting every job loss in the United States, it weaves a gripping tale of the desperation and fear sweeping across the nation.   

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