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December 4, 2008

the pork report -- how Washington politicians, bureaucrats, and lobbyists are spending your tax dollars


National Science Foundation examines when people send e-mails; “During the day, you send e-mails, but then you go home, or go away for the weekend, and you don’t send e-mails,” researcher concludes click here to read more

California’s Walnut Commission, Apple Commission, Grape and Tree Fruit League, Fig Advisory Board, Pistachio Commission, and Blue Diamond Growers all receive federal funding click here to read more

Senator “strong armed” Missile Defense commanders to steer $18 million to the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation for a rocket launch site click here to read more

$165,510 federal grant aims to create a pool of skilled upholstering and sewing workers and improve the image of high-end upholstered furniture manufacturing as a career click here to read more

Federal Title V grant will pay to send about two dozen teens on a trip to China click here to read more

FEMA is spending $28 million annually to store unused travel trailers and mobile homes that maybe scrapped click here to read more

While the government supports the ethanol industry through tax breaks, tariff protections and a production mandate, ethanol producers lobbying Congress for more federal assistance click here to read more

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development had money left over at the end of the year so its giving it away, despite ongoing mortgage crisis click here to read more

National Endowment of the Arts releases $23 million for dance, workshops, performances, exhibitions, publications, festivals, and other arts programs click here to read more






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National Debt title
$9,703,055,194,880.00
$31,684.73 Per Citizen