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[El Kabong]

Well since the pork barrel spending thing has come up how about we name names in the senate, we could do well to write a letter to them and tell them to stop.

2008 Pork Barrel (by McCain's definition) spending.

1. Thad Cochran (R-MS) $892.2 Million
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi

2. Stevens (R-AK) $469.4 Million (No longer serving)

3. Richard Shelby (R-AL) $464.5 Million
.: United States Senator Richard Shelby :: Contact Senator Shelby :.

4. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) $458.5 Million
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) | Contact Me

5. Robert Byrd (D-WV) $386 Million
Robert C. Byrd

6. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) $385.5 Million
Send your comments to Senator Daniel K. Inouye

7. Patty Murray (D-WA) $327.8 Million
E-Mail Senator Murray - U.S. Senator Patty Murray - Washington State

8. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) $321.4 Million
Contact Grassley

9. Chris Bond (R-MO) $309.8 Million
.: United States Senator Kit Bond :: Contact :.

10. Tom Harkin (D-IA) $302.8 Million
Contact Senator Harkin's Office

The following Senators spent zero:

John McCain (R-AZ)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Russell Feingold (D-WI)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)


Source: Citizens Against Government Waste: Homepage

Holy shit the guy ran for President and told us all the truth about HIS Pork Barrel spending....but I guess we couldn't "afford" another 4 years of the "same old party"...even thought McCain is a moderate republican and is really nothing like Bush.

[killersheep]

Well since the pork barrel spending thing has come up how about we name names in the senate, we could do well to write a letter to them and tell them to stop.

2008 Pork Barrel (by McCain's definition) spending.

1. Thad Cochran (R-MS) $892.2 Million
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi

2. Stevens (R-AK) $469.4 Million (No longer serving)

3. Richard Shelby (R-AL) $464.5 Million
.: United States Senator Richard Shelby :: Contact Senator Shelby :.

4. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) $458.5 Million
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) | Contact Me

5. Robert Byrd (D-WV) $386 Million
Robert C. Byrd

6. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) $385.5 Million
Send your comments to Senator Daniel K. Inouye

7. Patty Murray (D-WA) $327.8 Million
E-Mail Senator Murray - U.S. Senator Patty Murray - Washington State

8. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) $321.4 Million
Contact Grassley

9. Chris Bond (R-MO) $309.8 Million
.: United States Senator Kit Bond :: Contact :.

10. Tom Harkin (D-IA) $302.8 Million
Contact Senator Harkin's Office

The following Senators spent zero:

John McCain (R-AZ)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Russell Feingold (D-WI)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)


Source: Citizens Against Government Waste: Homepage

Holy shit the guy ran for President and told us all the truth about HIS Pork Barrel spending....but I guess we couldn't "afford" another 4 years of the "same old party"...even thought McCain is a moderate republican and is really nothing like Bush.

Get over it.

[killersheep]

3/26/09

USA - GDP

Actual-6.30%|Forecast-6.60%|Previous-6.20%

The gross domestic product measures the total market value of all final goods, thus serving as an indicator for national income and output.

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New Zealand - GDP

Actual-0.90%|Forecast-1.10%|Previous-0.40%

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3/27/09

UK - GDP

Actual-1.60%|Forecast-1.50%|Previous-1.50%

[Kirkland Laing]

3/26/09

USA - GDP

Actual-6.30%|Forecast-6.60%|Previous-6.20%

The gross domestic product measures the total market value of all final goods, thus serving as an indicator for national income and output.

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New Zealand - GDP

Actual-0.90%|Forecast-1.10%|Previous-0.40%

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3/27/09

UK - GDP

Actual-1.60%|Forecast-1.50%|Previous-1.50%

Not good. Consumer spending fell 3% too when you ignore the adjustments. These monthly numbers don't really tell the full story though. The best clue you can get from them is to look for is the direction of the revisions they make to them a month or three after they post these original numbers. Eventually these numbers all get revised when more accurate data can be produced. If they're revised down, as they have been for over a year, then that's a bad sign. When the direction of the revisions is positive and the year-over-year numbers are starting to stabilize, then we will know things are starting to turn around. Look at the year-on-year numbers too.

[killersheep]

3/26/09

USA - GDP

Actual-6.30%|Forecast-6.60%|Previous-6.20%

The gross domestic product measures the total market value of all final goods, thus serving as an indicator for national income and output.

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New Zealand - GDP

Actual-0.90%|Forecast-1.10%|Previous-0.40%

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3/27/09

UK - GDP

Actual-1.60%|Forecast-1.50%|Previous-1.50%

Not good. Consumer spending fell 3% too when you ignore the adjustments. These monthly numbers don't really tell the full story though. The best clue you can get from them is to look for is the direction of the revisions they make to them a month or three after they post these original numbers. Eventually these numbers all get revised when more accurate data can be produced. If they're revised down, as they have been for over a year, then that's a bad sign. When the direction of the revisions is positive and the year-over-year numbers are starting to stabilize, then we will know things are starting to turn around. Look at the year-on-year numbers too.

Can you provide that data, or give me a good source for it?

[Kirkland Laing]

3/26/09

USA - GDP

Actual-6.30%|Forecast-6.60%|Previous-6.20%

The gross domestic product measures the total market value of all final goods, thus serving as an indicator for national income and output.

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New Zealand - GDP

Actual-0.90%|Forecast-1.10%|Previous-0.40%

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3/27/09

UK - GDP

Actual-1.60%|Forecast-1.50%|Previous-1.50%

Not good. Consumer spending fell 3% too when you ignore the adjustments. These monthly numbers don't really tell the full story though. The best clue you can get from them is to look for is the direction of the revisions they make to them a month or three after they post these original numbers. Eventually these numbers all get revised when more accurate data can be produced. If they're revised down, as they have been for over a year, then that's a bad sign. When the direction of the revisions is positive and the year-over-year numbers are starting to stabilize, then we will know things are starting to turn around. Look at the year-on-year numbers too.

Can you provide that data, or give me a good source for it?

Go to the website of whoever produced the numbers, (BLS, Census Bureau etc.) and look up their previous numbers.

[Kirkland Laing]

Do healthcare like social security. There's one single insurance scheme with one payer. Everybody is covered, everybody gets the same coverage they had before and the whole thing works out 30% cheaper. Because you're cutting out so much of the profit for the system healthcare costs remain easily manageable for the government over the next few decades. Remove profit from Medicare too so everybody gets their meds for $10 a scrip instead of two or three hundred a month for some drugs. The Medicare bill that got pased in 2006 had over one billion dollars change hands just in lobying fees. Those fees allowed healthcare corporations to physically write the legislation, guaranteeing them massive increasing ongoing profits. Tear it up and let a single payer buy all meds, then everybody only pays a few dollars a scrip.

So that's the economy, healthcare, pensions, radical Islam and terrorism all solved.