Takes Two To Tango
Perhaps one of the saddest statistics that can be pinned to George Bush’s second term and hyper-inflated by the Obama Administration is the fact that as of August 2011 more than 45 million people were receiving food stamp benefits. So approximately 14 percent of Americans need government to survive. Since half of the recipients are children their parents are obviously unable to properly care for them. These “safety net” programs have morphed into the natural order of things for many families; relying on the government dole to exist.
“When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
This posting is a quiz based on recent news stories and will test your ability to discern the correct answers to the questions. Good Luck!
Around television ratings weeks investigative reporters pull out their eye-raising stories that are typically about government waste and abuse. They often use “gotcha” tactics to surprise government workers who are not really working. A favorite is the story about some item that you or I could buy at the local Home Depot for under ten dollars, but our government has paid hundreds or even thousands for. I, like many have asked why the government pays so much for stuff and even more for any work that it wants performed. 
Brief 1: The first story is about a 