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The federal government is too BIG – hands out $1 BILLION to dead people

By Steve McGough / October 29, 2010 /

They don’t just see dead people, they give them cash, and lots of cash. During the last decade, about $1 billion has been handed out by the federal government to the dead. Subsidies, prescription drugs, wheelchairs, and payments for heating bills are just the start. Medicare even paid $92 million for treatments prescribed by dead physicians.

More Congressional Black Caucus scholarship nepotism

By Steve McGough / September 10, 2010 /

Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) provided thousands of dollars of Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) scholarship funds to his stepdaughter and niece. The funds are not derived from federal tax dollars, rather private donations filtered through the CBC.

Symptom of the Disease – DOJ closes investigation on W. Va. Democrat

By Steve McGough / January 26, 2010 /

The most ethical Congress EVAH. After a four year investigation looking into Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) using his position to secure more than $250 million in federal funding for close friends running non-profits, the Department of Justice just closed the investigation with no action.

Red Invades Blue – Scott Brown collects more than $525k today

By Steve McGough / January 11, 2010 /

I’m not at all convinced that Scott Brown – Republican candidate for the state’s special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat – will be successful, but this election proves to me the management of state-wide elections to national office has totally been turned on it’s head.

The Spending Clause – Article I, Section 8 – and the general welfare

By Steve McGough / October 29, 2009 /

With the Sound Off Sister providing legal commentary on the General Welfare clause, I thought I’d toss in my opinion since the subject is closely tied to my Symptom of the Disease series. With no doubt, the interpretation of the Spending Clause is the root of many problems we have right now. Let’s take a…

Compare ‘promote’ and ‘provide’ in your dictionary and get back to me

By Steve McGough / August 17, 2009 /

I have not been blogging as much as I would like lately and there is no one good reason. It’s summer and I’d rather be out riding my bike, I’ve been busy at work, have a couple of other projects in the works and, well, it’s summer. That said, sometimes I feel like a broken…

Symptom of the Disease: Federal funding of abortion (5)

By Steve McGough / July 13, 2009 /

Back in April during budget votes, Senate Democrats and a few Republicans got together to block an amendment to the main budget bill to ensure health care providers would not be forced to abort babies and violate their moral and religious convictions. What do you think about taxpayer funded abortion in upcoming health care legislation?

Symptom of the Disease: Stimulus funds directed to Obama counties (4)

By Steve McGough / July 9, 2009 / Comments Off on Symptom of the Disease: Stimulus funds directed to Obama counties (4)

There are plenty of ways writers can spin recent details on how stimulus dollars – at a more than two to one ratio – are being directed to counties who voted for Obama/Biden as compared to McCain/Palin. It’s another sexy story, but just another symptom of the disease.

Symptom of the disease: AmeriCorps (Example 1)

By Steve McGough / June 15, 2009 /

I’m starting a new themed series for future posts called Symptom of the disease, in which I will always refer back to this post. The current AmeriCorps story is example one, where it seems Gerald Walpin, the inspector general of AmeriCorps got fired for doing his job a bit too well and stepping on the…

FEMA Grants – Another symptom of the disease

By Steve McGough / November 21, 2013 /

Although the city of Bristol, Conn. will need to use $85,000 of “its own money” towards the purchase of a new generator for the police department and courts complex, FEMA – the federal government – will provide them with a $255,000 grant to cover the rest of the purchase and installation.