12 Days of Christmas: Government Spending Edition

From Bankrupting America...

In the midst of the season of giving, it’s a good time to recognize just how generous the government has been.  As it turns out, it has been much too generous.  We have a serious spending problem that requires serious spending reform.  To provide a glance at just how severe the problem is, check out our take on the classic holiday song, The Twelve Days of Christmas.

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Last week from Bankrupting America...

• A Christmas Letter from Congress to Taxpayers

• Santa Makes A Wishlist For Washington

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[DailyBail]

Fannie and Freddie’s Regulator Opposes Reducing Mortgages for Struggling Homeowners

http://www.propublica.org/article/fannie-and-freddies-govt-regulator-opposes-reducing-mortgages-for-strugglin

[DailyBail]

System Was Insolvent In 2008 (And Still Is)

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=175337

[DailyBail]

http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2010/12/10/festivus-for-the-rest-of-us-o-c-jail-style/70112/

Festivus may only come around once a year – more often if you watch Seinfeld reruns – but longtime county inmate Malcolm Alarmo King was able to celebrate it three times a day while locked up at the Theo Lacy jail in Orange.
King’s quest for a healthier eating option while behind bars ended with a county lawyer forced to research the origin of Festivus and its traditions and a Superior Court judge recognizing the holiday – which lodged its place in pop culture on an episode of Seinfeld – as a legitimate religion.

[DailyBail]

Bill Maher’s Christmas Message: Oprah, Tell Your Audience “Stop Losing Your Sh*t Over Material Stuff”

http://www.mediaite.com/online/bill-mahers-christmas-message-oprah-tell-your-audience-stop-losing-your-sht-over-material-stuff/

[john]

Merry Christmas everyone!

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