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  • New York City spends $387 per migrant per day to provide shelter and food

    03/14/2024 7:20:35 AM PDT · by george76 · 45 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | March 13, 2024 | Annabella Rosciglione
    New York City is spending about $387 per day per migrant to provide food and shelter to the 64,800 migrants in the city, according to data from NYC City Hall. February’s number is down $5 from an October count when the city was housing 65,400 migrants. That number peaked in November, hitting $391 per day per migrant. These numbers do not reflect the cost of other services like medical care and education. “In the last two months, Mayor Adams has laid out plans to save billions of taxpayer dollars as New York City manages a national humanitarian crisis, and the...
  • NY mulls bill to give inmates $2.6K in taxpayer-funded pocket money when they leave state prison

    03/06/2024 5:54:08 AM PST · by AbolishCSEU · 33 replies
    nypost.com ^ | 3/5/24 | Vaughn Golden Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
    New York state prison inmates would get nearly $2,600 in taxpayer-funded pocket money to make ends meet after serving just six months in the slammer in a new bill making the rounds in Albany. The proposal from two Big Apple Democrats in the state legislature would up the amount of “gate money” given to ex-cons from the current $40 — with the money used to pay for housing, transportation and other expenses, according to the Center for Employment Opportunities, which is backing the bill. “Every year, thousands of individuals return to our communities, often with little more than the clothes...
  • Maine’s public schools purchased taxpayer-subsidized electric buses but say they are defective

    02/23/2024 9:05:34 AM PST · by george76 · 39 replies
    Just the News ^ | February 23, 2024 | Kevin Killough
    Maine’s Department of Education is reportedly urging school districts to stop using taxpayer-subsidized electric school buses that were purchased within the last year. The districts reported problems with the new buses, which were supplied by Canada-based Lion Electric Co., last fall ... The windshields on the buses would leak whenever it rained, as the glass didn’t appear to be securely in place. concerns about mixing electricity and water from the leaking windshields led them to stop driving some of the buses. The buses, which cost about $345,000 each, were also sold with misaligned or incorrect lettering on the sides, and...
  • Mom given $10,800 in taxpayer-funded program for poor families spent most of it on luxury Miami trip: ‘I wanted to blow it’

    02/23/2024 6:16:44 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 36 replies
    NY Post ^ | 02/23/2024 | Melissa Koenig
    A mom of three given nearly $11,000 in a taxpayer-funded program for impoverished families has admitted blowing most of it on a luxurious five-day trip to Miami — even getting a $180 glow-up to not look like a “working” mom while there. Canethia Miller, 27, was one of 132 mothers in Washington, DC accepted last year into the “Strong Families, Stronger Futures” pilot program designed to help those living around the poverty line, according to the Washington Post. She chose to take a no-strings-attached $10,800 lump sum, rather than $900 monthly payments — and immediately spent more than $6,000 on...
  • Biden’s USDA uses taxpayer funds to research garbage-fed crickets as ‘sustainable protein source’

    02/21/2024 8:01:00 AM PST · by Twotone · 12 replies
    The Blaze ^ | February 20, 2024 | Candace Hathaway
    The Biden administration’s Department of Agriculture awarded a $131,500 grant last year to a firm that makes cricket protein powder made for human consumption, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. In July 2023, the grant was awarded to Mighty Cricket to fund a St. Louis-based cricket farm, where the insects would be fed landfill “food waste.” According to the grant’s summary, the research would address “the need for more cost-efficient production of crickets as a sustainable protein source.” It notes that the cost of cricket protein is more than twice the amount of other protein alternatives, citing a “lack of...
  • Phil Murphy’s office using taxpayer resources to shamelessly promote wife Tammy’s US Senate bid

    01/29/2024 8:00:02 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 8 replies
    NY Post ^ | 01/29/2024 | Carl Campanile
    New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has been using taxpayer resources to promote his wife as she campaigns to become the Garden State’s latest US Senator, according to records and critics. Gov. Murphy’s press office has pumped out a slew of fawning press releases — which appear on the governor’s website — about First Lady Tammy Murphy after she announced her Senate run on Nov. 15. The releases include: Jan. 16, 2024: “First Lady Tammy Murphy Celebrates Signing of Doula Access Bill” Jan. 23, 2024: “First Lady Tammy Murphy today hosted a roundtable discussion to celebrate Maternal Health Awareness Day” Jan....
  • Biden’s Energy Loan Czar Was a Major Investor in a Near-Bankrupt Energy Company. That Company Is Set To Receive $1.5 Billion From His Office

    01/05/2024 9:51:46 PM PST · by george76 · 8 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | January 5, 2024 | Alana Goodman
    Biden energy loan czar Jigar Shah was a major investor in a struggling green energy company that is in advanced talks to receive a $1.5 billion loan from his office. The Department of Energy’s loan office, where Shah serves as director, is working to fast-track the funding to Plug Power, a hydrogen fuel company on the brink of bankruptcy. But the ties between Plug Power and Shah could add to concerns from lawmakers about conflicts of interest in the federal loan program. Securities and Exchange Commission records detail a long-standing financial relationship between Plug Power and Generate Capital, an investment...
  • tah Offering Taxpayer-Funded Health Insurance to Illegal Alien Children

    01/04/2024 2:06:57 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 12 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/04/2024 | JOHN BINDER
    The state of Utah is now offering taxpayer-funded health insurance to children who arrived illegally in the United States thanks to a plan approved last year by Democrat and Republican legislators. Under an amended version of Utah’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), children in the U.S. illegally are eligible to receive taxpayer-funded medical benefits. Open enrollment for the amended program started on January 1. For Utah taxpayers, the annual bill is about $4.5 million and about 2,000 illegal alien children are expected to enroll in the amended program. According to the latest estimates, nearly 150,000 illegal aliens reside in Utah...
  • Majority of Non-Citizen Households - Illegals, Green Card Holders - On Taxpayer-Funded Welfare: Study

    12/26/2023 12:49:59 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    msn ^ | 12/26/2023 | Richard Moorhead
    If you're a taxpaying American citizen, the stream of illegal aliens entering the country are living at your expense. A new study indicates more than half of households headed by a non-citizen are receiving welfare benefits. The Center for Immigration Studies analyzed the 2022 Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation to find the data. "Analysis of this data shows both immigrants and the U.S.-born make extensive use of means-tested anti-poverty programs, with immigrant households significantly more likely to receive benefits," the study, authored by Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler, concluded.
  • Zelensky Meets with Defense Contractors in D.C. During Bid for U.S. Taxpayer Money

    12/12/2023 6:35:32 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 9 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/12/2023 | Kristina Wong
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with defense contractors during his visit to Washington, DC, this week, amid a bid for $61 billion in U.S. taxpayer support for Ukraine, according to a video he posted on social media. Zelensky said Ukraine was prepared to produce more ammunition and military vehicles, but it required support. He posted on X: I met with leaders of US defense companies and expressed my gratitude to every American worker who manufactures weapons that help us safeguard our people and defend our land.
  • Bombshell report reveals all Biden federal offices are less than 50% occupied - and HUD is only at 7% - after abuse of telework policies results in BILLIONS of taxpayer dollar waste

    12/07/2023 1:30:26 AM PST · by Libloather · 53 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 12/06/23 | Kelly Laco
    resident Biden is facing criticism after a bombshell report revealed that all federal agencies are less than 50 percent occupied - wasting billions in taxpayer dollars - over a year after he declared the COVID-19 pandemic over. According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) memo to Sen. Joni Ernst, obtained by DailyMail.com, not a single federal agency has over half of its workforce in the office. That's a staggering statistic since federal agencies spend about $2 billion taxpayer dollars per year to operate and maintain federal office buildings - and over $5 billion annually in leases. The shocking findings comes...
  • Who’s Funding the Pro-Hamas Rallies? Taxpayers. We are literally funding the Muslim Brotherhood.

    11/05/2023 7:43:36 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 18 replies
    Front Page Magazine ^ | 5 Nov, 2023 | Daniel Greenfield
    In the last 15 years, Islamic political interests have dug deep into New York City politics. What does that mean? Beyond the obvious, political power, money. That’s what the currency of power comes down to anyway. And that means government contracts going to so-called community groups. More Muslims living in NYC meant more money was going into Islamist organizations. And much like funding Hamas, that adds up to pro-Hamas rallies. Big Apple taxpayers have shelled out nearly $9 million since 2010 — including $3.3 million the past two years — to four nonprofits that helped spearhead anti-Israel protests where demonstrators...
  • Report: NJ Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy Spent Taxpayer Money at Taylor Swift Concert, Other Events

    10/31/2023 12:53:00 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 33 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/31/2023 | AMY FURR
    New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) reportedly spent taxpayer funds at stadium events that included a Taylor Swift concert. Public records Politico obtained apparently show he dipped into his taxpayer-funded expense account to buy approximately $12,000 worth of food and beverages during the outings, the outlet reported Monday. His office claims it has requested the state Democrat Party reimburse taxpayers, the outlet continued: Murphy’s office said the Democratic State Committee was initially expected to cover the stadium costs but didn’t. The state was left with the bill, which was paid via Murphy’s $95,000-a-year expense account — a longstanding line item...
  • Report: McConnell to Appear with Ukrainian Ambassador in ‘All Out’ Push for $61.4 Billion Taxpayer Aid

    10/30/2023 10:57:06 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 90 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/30/2023 | KRISTINA WONG
    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is reportedly planning to appear with Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. at a Monday event in Kentucky as part of his push to reportedly go “all out” on securing $61.4 billion of American taxpayer aid for Ukraine. Politico’s Burgess Everett reported that McConnell will appear with Ambassador Oksana Markarova at the University of Louisville to “again publicly commit the United States to Kyiv’s defense against Russia,” as part of his push. McConnell’s support for Ukraine pits him against some in his own caucus, as well as House Republicans who are refusing to send another...
  • Ballot Initiative Would Weaken Nation's Strongest Tax Limitation Law

    10/16/2023 2:31:22 PM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    Forbes ^ | Oct 13, 2023 | Patrick Gleason
    In addition to the off-year elections to be decided this November in Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi, a number of ballot initiatives will be voted on in other states. Perhaps the most consequential measure appearing on the November 2023 ballot, at least when it comes to fiscal policy, is found in Colorado, where voters will be asked whether they want to weaken the nation’s strongest tax and expenditure limit in exchange for property tax relief. Proposition HH, which was referred to the November ballot by Colorado lawmakers with the support of Governor Jared Polis (D), would weaken the state’s Taxpayer’s...
  • Blinken: ‘No U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Were Involved’ in Iran Support of Hamas Terror Attack

    10/08/2023 7:06:18 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 109 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/08/2023 | Pam Key
    Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that none of the $6 billion released by the U.S. for humanitarian aid in Iran was used to help fund Hamas’ attack against Israel on Saturday, which resulted in hundreds of deaths. Anchor Dana Bash said, “While we’re talking about Iran, I have to ask you to, if you want to respond to what we’re hearing from Republicans who are over and over since this happened using word appeasement when it comes to Iran and they criticized the decision to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds. I...
  • GUEST COLUMN: Thanks to TABOR, Colorado works for everyone

    08/28/2023 5:06:04 AM PDT · by george76 · 7 replies
    Denver Gazette ^ | Aug 27, 2023 | Jesse Mallory
    Legislative Democrats have been scheming to kill Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, since before it was added to the state Constitution in 1992. Hardly a year goes by without a bill, proposal, “listening tour,” or lawsuit hatched to enable state legislators to spend money TABOR denies them. Now, they’re at it again. This time, they’ve proposed a Rube-Goldberg ballot initiative called Proposition HH. Some of its superficial details might seem novel — like lipstick on the proverbial pig — but it’s only the latest gambit in a political long-con that has gotten very, very old. That’s why the...
  • Taxpayers should fund $300,000 UTERUS transplants to help transgender women get pregnant, suggests American Medical Association

    08/18/2023 8:42:47 AM PDT · by algore · 38 replies
    The American Medical Association (AMA) has suggested that taxpayers should subsidize uterus transplants worth up to $300,000 to help transgender women get pregnant. Arguments were made to reduce the cost of the surgery in its Journal of Ethics issue in June titled Patient-Centered Transgender Surgical Care. But the AMA has been criticized for floating the idea and has been accused of holding an 'activist position'. It argued that trans women's inability to bear children may cause them to experience 'psychological dissonance' which undermines their health and well-being. The AMA says trans women who want to give birth can 'plausibly justify'...
  • US govt is funding invasion camps in Central America - exclusive interview with Michael Yon

    06/22/2023 9:15:07 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 18 replies
    Brighteon ^ | 23/6/23
    The United States government is secretly funding the migrant invasion camps in Panama, where hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals -- mostly military-aged men -- have been staged, processed and transported to the United States to take their positions across the country. This invasion of America is not being reported by the CIA-controlled mainstream media. Nor is it admitted by the Biden regime that's helping carry it out. But this is an actual invasion and occupation of the continental United States of America by enemy forces that mean to topple the USA, seize its territory, kill its citizens and claim...
  • Congressional bills target ESG, DEI investing

    06/18/2023 9:31:55 AM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    Just the News. ^ | June 18, 2023 | Bethany Blankley
    Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House have filed legislation to ban federal employee retirement money from being invested in funds requiring compliance with ESG and DEI policies. The Stop TSP ESG Act was filed in the Senate by U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri. A coalition of Republicans in the House led by Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colorado, filed a companion bill on May 17. If the bills were to pass, it’s unlikely the president would sign them as his administration is advancing ESG and DEI policies, including a Department of Labor rule change over which 25...