{"id":2374,"date":"2010-10-29T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T12:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2010-10-29T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T12:46:18","slug":"cutting_spending_by_not_paying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2374","title":{"rendered":"Cutting Spending By Not Paying Dead People"},"content":{"rendered":"

BigGovernment.com<\/a> posted an article about Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)’s report titled, “Federal Programs to Die for: American Tax Dollars Send Six Feet Under<\/font><\/a>” which shows that stopping checks to the dead is a means to save one billion of your tax dollars.  <\/p>\n

According to the article:<\/p>\n

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“Delaware Republican candidate for Senate Christine O’Donnell was stopped from citing “waste, fraud and abuse” as a means to lower the estimated <\/em>$13.6 trillion<\/em><\/font><\/a> national debt during a debate aired on CNN.  According to a <\/em>Daily News transcript<\/em><\/font><\/a> published on October 14, 2010:<\/em><\/p>\n

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“Arguably the toughest moment for O’Donnell came when she was asked to outline what programs she would cut to slash government spending and reduce the national deficit, two major themes of the Tea Party platform.  Before she responded, Blitzer told her she could not simply say cut waste, fraud and abuse because “everybody says that.””<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The way Christine O’Donnell has been treated by the media is a disgrace anyway, but that is for another story.  <\/p>\n

The article details specific instances of government waste cited by Senator Coburn:<\/p>\n