It's pretty easy...Big Oil is angry at Washington, so they get revenge by taking it to the taxpayers.  The trend for the last 5 yrs has been CUT OIL TAX SUBSIDIES, and give those to NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY.  It's not a bad thing, it's the right thing, but how many people honestly trust an oil baron who gets a dollar taken...more

Actually msreynolds, as a civilian employee, they've had our wages on a annual pay freeze since 2009.  Wanna guess what "true" consumer inflation has been since then?  I make less than 4 years ago... The large cuts are government wide, not just defense.  But yes education should NEVER get cut.  They're too ignorant t...more

What the hell is going on here?

The hardest thing to do in a federal job is GET FIRED.  We had a No P*rn policy, and still a guy spent government time and property surfing for hours looking at the stuff, did he get fired?? NOOOO!  In my vicinity of 10 cubicles, 2 people could get fired TODAY and we would NEVER see a difference.  And I have enough ...more

Cut Welfare first!  It will free up billions to re-invest in the Do-ers of the nation, and not waste $$ on those living on handouts.

MISSISSIPPI:  Coastally, several branches of the military employ thousands, probably close to 10,000 civilians.  There's really nothing else holding up the area's economy but casinos, and they do little to re-invest.  The economy from Slidell, Louisiana, west to Alabama (I-10 corridor) will belly flop.  The trickle-up,...more

Our Fed creates the platform for speculation.  Speculators create the platform that is nonsensical market pricing.  Nonsense pricing puts us back to where we were in 2007 & 2008. Is the Fed's "policy" to fan out the bad assets and use smoke and mirrors to fool the investor?  Can't they see that they are just recyclin...more

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