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Like I’ve been saying… Federal grants represent one-third of state revenue

By Steve McGough / November 6, 2012 /

This is the disease. As you head for the polls this morning, I want you to think about the state of our union. Over the past five-plus decades we have allowed our freedom and liberty to be taken away from us in favor of central planning. For some reason, state after state, and voter after…

Symptom of the Disease: $600 million in benefits paid to the dead

By Steve McGough / September 23, 2011 /

Six hundred million in the past five years. The AP story claims the federal government and the Obama administration are working to clamp down on the unearned payments, but there is no mention of prosecutions or attempts to recover the cash.

Symptom of the Disease: Governors begging for cash from the feds

By Steve McGough / February 25, 2011 /

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (D) headed to Washington, DC with many other governors not to check out the National Mall or Lincoln Memorial, rather they headed into town to beg for cash and schmooze with those who hold the purse strings hoping they can pick up $100 million here, or $50 million there, to help…

Congress to bypass normal process to pass health care legislation

By Steve McGough / January 4, 2010 /

I’m not certain if Republicans have ever taken this approach when trying to ram through hot-topic legislation and I really don’t care. Democrats will soon bypass normal conference procedures to pass health care legislation since normal procedures are too damn hard.

Economic stimulus – $50k for tennis courts in Montana

By Steve McGough / December 29, 2009 /

Another symptom of the disease. The Montana Reinvestment Act – funded directly by federal stimulus dollars – has provided almost $50,000 towards a project in Bozeman, Mont. to install new tennis courts in a city park.