Opinion Forum

Rabid Rats Attack, President Obama Grants Demands and Will Apologize

September 12th, 2012

By Dan Miller Grievously oppressed rabid rats who had sought our brotherhood and compassion were today forced to resort to a workplace disruption. CHICAGO, Ill. September 12, 2012. NEWS FLASH In a previously unreported event this morning, hundreds of rabid rats attacked the American Ambassador to the Nation of Rabid Rats and her colleagues. The […]

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Tags: appeasement, diplomacy, foreign aid, rabid rats, satire, violence
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What’s Foreign Aid? Why Does the U.S. Provide It?

March 14th, 2011

By Dan Miller It’s time to reassess the good, the bad, and the ugly. According to this article, a recent poll revealed that “respondents thought the foreign aid part of the federal budget was an average of 27 percent. The real amount is about one percent.” That suggests either that the amount of foreign aid […]

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Tags: Afghanistan, amounts, Egypt, federal budget, foreign aid, Jordan, Pakistan
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Public Ignorance about the Federal Budget

March 3rd, 2011

By Tom Carter It’s no secret that Americans in general are ignorant about the details of the federal budget. All you have to do is listen to people talk, read blogs, and suffer through the supremely stupid chain e-mails that clog all our in-boxes. Just how ignorant many people are is depressing. “The Fact Checker” […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: budget, Congress, CR, federal, foreign aid, ignorance, revenue, spending
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