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Lockheed’s F-35 Stealth Fighter: A $1.5 Trillion Waste of Tax Dollars

October 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

With a projected eye-popping price tag of up to $344.8 million each, the F-35 is almost 8 years behind schedule, billions over budget and not yet combat-ready. And it’s bleeding the Treasury.

Fiscal Deal Delays Big Cuts in Food Stamps For Florida’s Poor, and Farm Reform

January 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The nine-month extension would ignore comprehensive packages by the agriculture committees of both chambers, including provisions for dairy industry reform, disaster relief and cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.

Enough Nickel and Diming: How to Cut $1.5 Trillion From the Budget Without Really Trying

March 6, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 16 Comments

nickels and dimes us budget deficit

Voodoo economics is back, this time with Obama sprinkling the wrong salts. His plan to reduce the deficit is irresponsible. Here’s one way to do it now, with everyone contributing. The alternative is French status in 10 years.

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