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Obama To Launch Website For Tracking Tax Expenditures
internationalflights tips news that Barack Obama, in his first weekly address as President, has mentioned plans to set up a website for tracking "how and where we spend taxpayer dollars." Details about the website, Recovery.gov, are available within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF). The website "shall provide data on relevant economic, financial, grant, and contract information in user-friendly visual presentations to enhance public awareness of the use funds made available in this Act," and will also "provide a means for the public to give feedback on the performance of contracts awarded for purposes of carrying out this Act." The site itself currently contains a placeholder until the passage of the Act.
What a fucking piece of garbage you are.
Get the fuck out of our country.
It also helps to know that only the absolute minimum is spent on non-productive stuff like defence.
Sadly true . . . why would you waste money on defense if you knew that the USA, Europe's favorite whipping boy, would bail you out of any real military mess that came along?
Hahaha, as a European I find it amusing
Hahaha, as an American, I find it amusing that Europeans aren't scared absolutely shitless when they realize that the United States will eventually be unable to provide for their defense. There are a lot of would-be Hitlers in the world who are just waiting until that day comes, and frankly I don't see you taking any steps to deal with that inevitability.
... you aren't as superior as you think you are.
You're one smug bastard. You do realize, don't you, that the trillions of U.S. dollars that have gone into Europe's economy, paid for Europe's defense, etc. etc. etc. are an example of the "safety net" that the United States has provided since the end of World War II? Honestly, if we'd just let you guys stew in your own juices, hadn't gone toe-to-toe with the old Soviet Union, and had used some of those resources to help shape our own future we'd be a lot better off right now. We didn't, and it's cost us.
So grow up, smell the coffee, and realize that every nation has different priorities, has both good and bad aspects to their political and economic systems, and that at the end of the day
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Well, the comment you responded to shows that the political parrots haven't gone away yet. The idiots that voted McCain because "omgz obamaz is a tarrorist!! hes osamas cusin and has muslem tendencaies!!!". Same shit here.
Sensational news headline that gets repeated day in and day out. "omgz obamas cant kep his own r00l!! hez bad liek palin" goes up on forums, intelligent people capable of doing some research facepalm in response, rinse and repeat. I don't understand why this cycle even has to happen.
He's being transparent and giving exact reasons why he does what he does. You will notice there is no political doublespeak out of him. It's very concise language and very informative. What's the problem?