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Hey, remember those 87,000 new IRS agents who are going to target the rich?

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56 minutes ago, SnowRider said:

List the cuts :thumbsup:

Swedish massages for rabbits: $387,000

The National Institutes of Health paid this six figure sum to the NationalCenter for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine in order to discern whether Swedish massages would be helpful in recovering from an illness.

“A group of rabbits received daily rub downs from a 'mechanical device that simulates the long, flowing strokes used in Swedish massages.'”

Teaching Mountain Lions to Ride a Treadmill: $856,000

The National Science Foundation shelled out nearly a million taxpayer dollars to determine if captive mountain lions could be trained to ride a treadmill. The University of California-Santa Cruz researcher even boasted about receiving the grant saying, “People just didn’t believe you could get a mountain lion on a treadmill, and it took me three years to find a facility that was willing to try.” If anyone was wondering, it took the lions all of eight months to learn.

Studying how many times “hangry” people stab a voodoo doll: $331,000

After teaching mountain lions about treadmills, the National Science Foundation also funded a study to come up with the self evident conclusion that hungry people tend to be more angry and aggressive. They tested this theory by allowing spouses to poke pins into voodoo dolls as their “hanger” grew.

“Over the course of twenty-one consecutive evenings, 107 couples were given a chance to stick up to 51 pins into a voodoo doll representing their spouse. The pin-pushing happened in secret, away from the other partner. Participants then recorded the number of pins they poked into the dolls. Those tests revealed what may already be obvious to many couples: a spouse with low blood sugar was an angrier one, and stuck more pins in the doll.”

Studying the gambling habits of monkeys: $171,000

Another NSF grant funded the study of gambling monkeys. Under the guise of studying the “hot-hand bias” in human gamblers, the University of Rochester devised a computer game, taught monkeys to play it, and studied how they responded to winning and losing. A doctoral candidate who worked on the study seemed pleased to learn, “Luckily, monkeys love to gamble.” Taxpayers, on the other hand, will not be pleased to find out this study is set to continue through May of 2018

Producing the children’s musical: Zombie in Love: $10,000

The National Endowment for the Arts funded the production of a musical to die for. Aimed at children four and up, the musical tells the story of Mortimer the teenage zombie and his quest to find love and happiness. The NEA officials justified this use of tax money by saying that Mortimer “exemplifies anyone who has felt like an outsider.”

Funding a “Stoner Symphony”: $15,000

 

The location of this performance shouldn’t shock anyone. What is sure to shock taxpayers is the amount of their money that was provided to the Colorado Symphony Orchestra to host “Classically Cannabis: The High Note Series.” Not only was the program pot-related, the people were encouraged to inhale (and chow down) while watching.

“One of the three concerts, called Summer Monsoon, advertised on its website this way, ‘Smoke up and fill your belly with Manna’s spiced pork, Sesame Seed Teriyaki Chicken, & Filipino Empanadas.’”

Subsidizing Alpaca Poop: $50,000

In addition to this project making the cut for Sen. Coburn, this little gem was also covered by CNSNews.com last month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture shelled out a hefty sum to help develop and market Alpaca “Poop Packs” for use as fertilizer. This is government waste, literally.

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59 minutes ago, SnowRider said:

List the cuts :thumbsup:

$140 Million in COVID Relief Funds to Construct an 11,000 Square Foot Spa. Broward County, Florida used $140 million in COVID relief funds to "to construct an 800-room luxury hotel overlooking the Atlantic Ocean that includes 30,000 square feet of pool decks, a rooftop bar, and even a 11,000-square-foot spa and fitness center."

$31.5 Million in COVID Relief Funds to Purchase Luxury Cars.Since the pandemic started, the U.S. government has spent more than $4.55 trillion on relief aid. More than $100 billion was stolen from those funds. "In fact, four people managed to use over $31.5 million in COVID-19 relief funds to purchase luxury cars," reported Sen. Paul.  "You’ve got that right: you helped four people – one of whom isn’t even a U.S. citizen – purchase luxury cars."

"I’m talking really expensive vehicles, here: Porsches, Ferraris and even Lamborghinis," said Paul. "One managed to purchase a whole 'fleet' of luxury cars using $17 million (yes, you read that right) taxpayer dollars,18 which included a Corvette Stingray, a Porsche Macan and a Bentley Convertible. Of that, the Federal government has only recouped $7.2 million."

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List the cuts :thumbsup:

$1.6 Million in COVID Relief Money to Upgrade Turf Fields. COVID relief funds were used to "help" schools recover from the pandemic but there were few restrictions on how the schools spent the money -- 20% had to be sued to help students "recover from learning loss."

For instance, the Whitewater Unified School District in Wisconsin "received roughly $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds, and only used the minimum 20% on students," reads the report. "$1.6 million was left to use on other projects, and they decided to use it all on upgrading the school athletic fields. Now we know where the school district’s priorities are -- and it’s not helping students recover from months of remote learning!"

$168 Million to Help Illegal Immigrants Avoid Deportation. As the Festivus Report states, "In 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement provided the Vera Institute of Justice $168 million with a one-year contract to provide free legal services to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation."

From those funds, a "vast majority" are "subcontracted to lawyers who provide legal representation in HHS facilities and immigration courts," reads the report. "In fact, the government has provided the organization with over $1.1 billion of your taxpayer dollars since 2008.... What border crisis?"

 

$3 Million to Construct a Gandhi Museum. In the fiscal year 2022 omnibus spending bill there were $9 billion in earmarks, including $3 million for a Mahatma Gandhi museum. The website for the museum describes its purpose as "establishing 'a cultural and educational place-based initiative to inspire visitors to embrace these timeless values in their own lives.'"

$3 Million to Watch Hamsters Fight on Steroids. Since "1996, the National Institutes of Health has annually awarded Northeastern University over $3 million dollars to watch steroid-injected hamsters fight to study whether "current drugs for aggressive youth suppress steroid-induced aggression," reads the report. 

Instead of using more drugs to counter steroid abuse, asks the report, maybe it would be better "to stop abusing steroids altogether. ... But this entire study raises an obvious question: should we be injecting steroids in rodents in the first place?"

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8 hours ago, Cat45 said:

It's about time all those American Oligarchs start paying their fair share!

Oligarchs, Oligarchs, Oligarchs. 

The fucking stupidity of some on here is one thing, but think of the other dipshits who actually believe this shit.

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7 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

racer says that the high paid accountants and money managers in the private sector are gonna take a big pay cut to come work for the feds. 

I do?  Are you making up more lies?  Typical liberal.

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