Monday, May 23, 2016

"When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line?" - Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, responding to questions about how long veterans must wait to receive care at VA facilities. An angry House Speaker Paul Ryan shot back: "Veterans have died waiting in those lines."

What would Groucho Marx say? Cigar lovers will take a big hit under new Food and Drug Administration regulations that will put heavy demands on the cigar industry to get their products in line with the 2009 Tobacco Control Act. This will be ruinously expensive and will put a large number of producers out of business.

How Your Tax Money Is Spent
The federal agency that collects income taxes is one of the worst at wasting your money. The Internal Revenue Service erroneously paid out an estimated $15.6 billion in Earned Income Tax Credit payments in fiscal year 2015, according to a U.S. Treasury Inspector General's investigation.

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