Government spending gone wild.
It amazes me that our Federal Government thinks itself so important that, even in times of utter failure, they issue statements ”reassuring the public” , “addressing the problem swiftly” and espousing their belief in the wonderment and majesty of themselves and their Leviathan.
The foiled terrorist attack of a Northwest flight from Lagos to Detroit has brought out the PR machine of the Obama Administration and the “we are doing everything we can to keep the American people safe” quotes. While the bomber was not screened on American soil, the story got me thinking about what our government is not spending money on.
While, we, the taxpayers are supporting such wonderful, “job creating” programs as building garages in Portland, Oregon for personal bicycles, additional money is not being spent on security here at home. It seems the Obama administration walks the same line as left wing lunatics that believe Al Qaeda and terrorists are not a real threat (hell, according to some they are simply helping to tear down the evil capitalists and their damn liberty).
I digress. Let’s take a look at what we are spending money on and what we are not spending money on.
We are:
Spending $11 million to build a bridge in Redmond, Washington to connect two adjacent Microsoft buildings to each other.
We are not:
Increasing funding of any sort to customs and border patrol.
We are:
Spending $2 million on Swine odor research in Iowa.
We are not:
Increasing training or funding to the Transportation Safety Administration.
We are:
Spending $1.15 million to install guard rails around a lake that no longer exists .
We are not:
Spending money on new technology that could better detect terrorists, bombs and incendiary devices remotely.
We are:
Leaving future generations to deal with our debt while not enduring that there will be any future generations around to worry about the debt.
Our government needs to wake up. Oner of these days a bomb will go off, in an airplane, a building, a stadium, times square, and our government will continue to spend money on lobbyist dreams and politicians reelection campaigns, all the while ignoring our security here at home.
