Mary W. Walsh in The New York Times in October 2010 reported that the municipalities of New York face $200 billion in health care benefits to retirees. The health benefits are separate from the pensions. “Governments have reported their pension obligations for years, but their retiree medical obligations have been building up unseen, because governments […Full Article]
Stephen Moore in National Review in February 2004 mentioned a couple of statistics on the size and growth of government. Though the article is from 2004, the statistics and information still provide a current picture of the federal government: “In 1940 there were 4 million Americans working for government and 11 million working in manufacturing. […Full Article]
Table 1. Federal Government executive branch civilian employment, except U.S. Postal Service, January 2007 (Employment in thousands) United States Washington, DC area Total 1,774 284 Executive departments 1,593 234 Defense, total 623 65 Army 223 19 Navy 168 24 Air Force 152 6 Other 80 16 Veterans Affairs 239 7 Homeland Security 149 20 Treasury […Full Article]
Public direct expenditures for education as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), by country: 2003 NOTE: Includes all government expenditures for education institutions, plus public subsidies to households for living costs that are not spent at education institutions. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2006. For additional […Full Article]
According to Citizens Against Government Waste, a “‘pork’ project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that designates tax dollars for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures.” US Legal defines pork spending, or pork-barrel legislation, as “appropriations of public funds by Congress or other legislative bodies for pet projects that serve the […Full Article]
Truthfulpolitics.com reviewed the U.S. Department of Defense Base Structure Report of 2008: The Department of Defense has 545,700 facilities located on more than 5,400 sites on 30 million acres At least 1 base in all 50 states 761 bases in 39 foreign countries, including 268 bases in Germany, 124 in Japan, and 87 in South […Full Article]
The Congressional Research Service in October of 2008 provided a report for congress on the expenditures on the War on Terror: “Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) covering Afghanistan and other Global War on Terror (GWOT) operations ranging from the Philippines to Djibouti that began immediately after the 9/11 attacks and continues” Enhanced Security is for “Operation […Full Article]
The numbers in parentheses next to country names indicates the amount of those respective countries’ military spending in billions of U.S. dollars. For example, The Netherlands (16) means The Netherlands spends $16 billions dollars in military spending. The chart on the left is from the War Resisters League website. Additional information can be accessed on […Full Article]
In article 1, section 8 of the Constitution, it reads that the Congress shall have power: To declare War To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years To read the entire Constitution, click on The Constitution of the United States: A […Full Article]
WorkforAll had the following illustration with U.S. federal government spending compared to other countries. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product and is a measure of the economy as it measures the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year. E.U. stands for European Union which is […Full Article]