Archive for AmeriCorps
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Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Wall Street Journal: Food Stamps for Millionaires
9:15 pm | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bush | Obama | Uncategorized | Comments: 19
Wall Street Journal June 23, 2011
The Food-Stamp Crime Wave
By JAMES BOVARD
Millionaires are now legally entitled to collect food stamps as long as they have little or no monthly income. Thirty-five states have abolished asset tests for most food-stamp recipients. These and similar “paperwork reduction” reforms advocated by the United States Department of [...]
Thursday 14th April 2011
Your Tax Dollars at Work and Play
8:14 pm | Afghanistan | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Congress | Democracy | IRS | Obama | Transportation Security Admin. | wool | Comments: 8
Washington Times, April 15, 2011
Uncle Sam’s big plans for your hard-earned tax dollars
by James Bovard
Congratulations - your tax payment is probably your biggest purchase of the year. The federal tax burden now amounts to more than $20,000 per household, according to Internal Revenue Service data. Your contribution to the Treasury coffers will permit Uncle [...]
Monday 24th August 2009
Glenn Beck Transcript; Suggestions on Getting Video?
4:35 pm | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 9
Following is the transcript of the interview on AmeriCorps with Glenn Beck late last month.
I have not been able to track down a video of the interview. (Fox didn’t come through…) Is there someplace where it is possible to order a DVD/video of a Beck interview?
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SHOW: GLENN [...]
Friday 8th May 2009
AmeriCorps Vindicated in Baltimore Sun
9:49 am | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | Comments: 8
From today’s Baltimore Sun:
In his recent Op-Ed criticizing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (”AmeriCorps boondoggle grows, April 28), James Bovard missed the boat on the essence of AmeriCorps and its engagement of professional volunteers to implement sustainable social change in America.
By allocating increased funds to AmeriCorps, the federal government places resources [...]
Tuesday 28th April 2009
Saluting AmeriCorps in IBD
9:08 pm | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Obama | Comments: 6
Good ol’ AmeriCorps just can’t get as many salutes as it deserves. This is the first time I have seen the phrase “bogus idealism” in a headline.
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Rife With Bogus Idealism, Waste, AmeriCorps Doesn’t Need To Exist
By JAMES BOVARD
President Obama signed legislation Tuesday to triple the number of AmeriCorps members from [...]