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In an effort to combat climate change and reduce excess waste, coffee shop mega-chain Starbucks has announced it will eliminate its paper cups effective immediately and begin pouring coffee directly down the throats of its customers.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 2:23 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Last year, when Democrats passed their so-called coronavirus relief bill, they (wrongly) claimed the trillions in wasteful spending was necessary to help schools reopen safely for in-person learning.
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 10:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The year ended with a record-breaking $3.1 trillion deficit and, as usual, the U.S. government managed to blow tens of billions on a myriad of wasteful projects that should provoke outrage among tax-paying Americans.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 @ 4:16 am
By: Judicial Watch
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Among the pagan-inspired customs of the Christmas season, there has come to be the ritualistic burning of the straw man.
Published: Sunday, December 27th, 2020 @ 10:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) met with award-winning cat advocate and Animal Planet expert "The Kitten Lady" Hannah Shaw-a former North Carolina resident-and representatives from the White Coat Waste Project, a nonpartisan watchdog group working to end wasteful spending...
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2018 @ 11:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones, a longtime deficit hawk, continued efforts to reign in our nation’s runaway debt, and cosponsored H.R. 5572, the One Percent Spending Reduction Act, also known as the “Penny Plan.”
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2018 @ 7:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This month, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3), a long-time warrior against wasteful spending, continued to speak out against the potential of Congress bringing back pork barrel spending projects, often know as earmarks
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2018 @ 4:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday evening, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3), a long-time deficit hawk and a warrior against wasteful spending, voted once again for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution (H.J.Res. 2)
Published: Saturday, April 14th, 2018 @ 12:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) continued his long fight against wasteful government spending and the runaway federal debt by voting against final passage of H. Con. Res. 71, legislation establishing the congressional budget for fiscal year 2018
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) continued his fight against wasteful government spending and voted against H. Con. Res. 71, legislation establishing the congressional budget for fiscal year 2018
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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College officials should be praised when they curtail wasteful spending, but when they cut the budget by eliminating core educational programs, they deserve public scorn
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 11:31 am
By: John William Pope Center
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As medieval Europeans placed their hope for salvation in the church and donated vast sums for the construction of splendidly ornate cathedrals, many modern Americans place their hope for a future better world in higher education and give accordingly
Published: Sunday, February 14th, 2016 @ 12:09 am
By: Christopher Maye
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An academic institution cannot be all things to all people; it is a particular institution that fills particular needs and has particular limitations. Too expansive a mission can easily be turned toward wasteful means and political ends.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2015 @ 11:06 am
By: John William Pope Center
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About to retire, Oklahoma senator Tom Coburn, M.D., has just released his 107-page 2014 Wastebook, a tabloid-type listing of over a hundred wasteful government-funded projects. Coburn continues the tradition of the late William Proxmire, the Wisconsin senator who, more modestly, chose just...
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The North Carolina state auditor's office has not shied away from telling state agencies when they fall short of meeting accepted standards for handling taxpayers' money. Auditor Beth Wood, an elected Democrat, discussed her office's priorities during a presentation earlier this year for the...
Published: Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's Customized Training Program, run by the state's community colleges, has come under fire lately. Some prominent critics contend that it is -- at least in part -- a wasteful way to promote economic development in the state.
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2013 @ 9:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state of North Carolina's Customized Training Program (CTP), run by the state's community colleges, has come under fire lately, and with good reason. The program is--at least in part--a wasteful way to promote economic development in the...
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 @ 5:07 am
By: Duke Cheston
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Deatherage was the only commissioner to vote against the resolution on the grounds that spending $250,000 to scientifically prove the obvious would be wasteful.
Published: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 @ 9:57 pm
By: BCN
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