MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, the man who called American taxpayers stupid, received $2.2 million from them for helping Democrats impose Obamacare on them.  He apologized in a congressional committee hearing ... but he didn't give the money back.

A complicated and unwieldy tax code results in the loss of an estimated $500 billion annually -- "more than enough to balance the federal budget," according to Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. That's a good case for tax reform.


It has been almost six years since Congress passed President Obama's economic stimulus package and taxpayer dollars are still finding their way into "shovel-ready" projects. The Bureau of Land Management has contracted to pay $58,650 to remove wild horse manure off of public lands in Oregon.