Without cutting national security, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or food stamps and other nutrition programs-almost.
Dollar amounts are in billions.
Some amounts are only very rough estimates due to data collected from the net, a lack of uniform definitions (corporate welfare for example) and budget figures from several years.
Somewhat tongue-in-check:
$0.03 2009 spent to promote racism
Minority Business Development Agency
$0.034 2009 spent telling the president how to use a cell phone
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
$.111 2010 spent telling us how high the cost of energy is
Energy Information Administration
$0.168 2010 spent spreading liberal propaganda
National Endowment for the Humanities
$0.258 2009 wasted on subsidies for state and local governments to promote economic development
Economic Development Administration
$0.335 2011 spent to insure there’s plenty of sex and violence on TV
Federal Communication Commission
$0.155 2009 spent to provide sex and violence for people that don’t watch TV
National Endowment for the Arts
$0.42 2009 spent trying to promote U.S. exports when NAFTA and GATT have ruined our manufacturing economy so we don’t have exports
International Trade Administration
$0.422 2010 spent on Sesame Street
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
$0.82 2009 spent showing us how to use a ruler and measuring cup
National Institute of Standards and Technology
$5.42 2010 spent to operate Congress
The U.S. Congress
$1.1 2010 spent to encourage Americans to do what should come natural to them: be responsible Americans
Corporation for National and Community Service
$2.6 annually spent to subsidize AMTRAK
Separate from the U.S. Department of Transportation
$5.82 2012 estimated cost of letting illegal aliens violate our national sovereignty
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
$17 2008 wasted looking for little green men from Mars- but hey Obama’s going to need all the votes he can get come 2012
NASA
$20 annually spent to raise the cost of living
farm subsidies for specific crops
$23 2009 wasted on welfare
TANF, successor to AFDC
$26 2009 wasted on foreign aid to countries that will never be our friends
Money sent to nations other than the UK and Israel
$43 2010 spent to create and subsidize urban slums
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$56 2010 to make sure Johnny can’t read
U.S. Department of Education
$79 2011 spent to create traffic jams and unsafe roadways
U.S. Department of Transportation
$92 annually spent on corporate welfare
Subsidies for big business
$126 2009 spent interfering with the labor market
U.S. Department of Labor
$381 2009 spent on interest for the federal debt
$.079 2008 spent to tell farmers that they are in a risky business
Risk Management Agency
$0.97 2010 spent to tell us the economy is a mess
Economics and Statistics Administration
$8.8 2008 spent telling us how to wash our hands properly
Centers for Disease Control
$8.1 2012 estimated amount spent for federal strip searches
Transportation Safety Administration
$0.373 2010 spent letting the next terrorist cell roam the country at will
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
$2.4 2008 spent keeping the Indians dependent on the government
Bureau of Indian Affairs
$0.96 2010 spent helping big business exploit public lands
Bureau of Land Management
$0.344 2009 spent encouraging reverse discrimination
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
$6.87 2010 spent on R&D that private business and industry should be doing while spreading hysteria over things like global warming
National Science Foundation
$0.231 annually spent to manage federal bureaucrats that cannot be fired
United States Office of Personnel Management
$0.569 2009 spent trying to make amends for spending so much on corporate welfare
Small Business Administration
$11.26 2009 spent to put Wendell Wilkie on the 1940 GOP ticket
Tennessee Valley Authority
$0.35 2007 spent to give lawyers to criminal defendants who are likely guilty as hell
Legal Services Corporation
$5.8 2008 spent to make natural disaster victims dependent on taxpayers in perpetuity
Federal Emergency Management Agency
$0.35 annual average cost of telling president how he should do his job
Executive Office of the President
$0.3 2004 spent to facilitate strip-mining
Office of Surface Mining
$0.247 2007 spent to subsidize local public libraries because the DoEd can only spend so much
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$0.076 2010 spent to keep Appalachia dependent on the federal taxpayer
Appalachian Regional Commission
$0.17 2010 spent so farmers can spend their time on the net instead of on the tractor
Community Connect Program
$0.39 2005 spent to study and explain the effects of 50 years of welfare and no-fault divorce, i.e., what happens when too many Americans have no morals
Office of Population Affairs
$0.17 2005 spent to encourage FDIC banks to make risky loans and give away their profits
Bank Enterprises Award Program
$0.49 2005 spent to study and explain how 50 years of welfare and no-fault divorce lead to stray children
Basic Center Grant
$1.69 2005 spent to study and treat junkies- when executing them would be cheaper in the long run
Block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse
$4.3 2005 spent to collect child support because the states won’t enforce their own court rulings
Child Suport Enforcement
$5.9 2005 spent to subsidize farmers who don’t realize they are in a risky business
Crop insurance
$0.55 2005 spent to subsidize the state of Alaska
Denali Commission Program
$1.7 2005 spent to subsidize state welfare programs
Social Services Block Grants
$0.07 2008 spent making all the other waste possible
Office of Management and Budget
Dollar amounts are in billions.
Some amounts are only very rough estimates due to data collected from the net, a lack of uniform definitions (corporate welfare for example) and budget figures from several years.
Somewhat tongue-in-check:
$0.03 2009 spent to promote racism
Minority Business Development Agency
$0.034 2009 spent telling the president how to use a cell phone
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
$.111 2010 spent telling us how high the cost of energy is
Energy Information Administration
$0.168 2010 spent spreading liberal propaganda
National Endowment for the Humanities
$0.258 2009 wasted on subsidies for state and local governments to promote economic development
Economic Development Administration
$0.335 2011 spent to insure there’s plenty of sex and violence on TV
Federal Communication Commission
$0.155 2009 spent to provide sex and violence for people that don’t watch TV
National Endowment for the Arts
$0.42 2009 spent trying to promote U.S. exports when NAFTA and GATT have ruined our manufacturing economy so we don’t have exports
International Trade Administration
$0.422 2010 spent on Sesame Street
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
$0.82 2009 spent showing us how to use a ruler and measuring cup
National Institute of Standards and Technology
$5.42 2010 spent to operate Congress
The U.S. Congress
$1.1 2010 spent to encourage Americans to do what should come natural to them: be responsible Americans
Corporation for National and Community Service
$2.6 annually spent to subsidize AMTRAK
Separate from the U.S. Department of Transportation
$5.82 2012 estimated cost of letting illegal aliens violate our national sovereignty
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
$17 2008 wasted looking for little green men from Mars- but hey Obama’s going to need all the votes he can get come 2012
NASA
$20 annually spent to raise the cost of living
farm subsidies for specific crops
$23 2009 wasted on welfare
TANF, successor to AFDC
$26 2009 wasted on foreign aid to countries that will never be our friends
Money sent to nations other than the UK and Israel
$43 2010 spent to create and subsidize urban slums
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$56 2010 to make sure Johnny can’t read
U.S. Department of Education
$79 2011 spent to create traffic jams and unsafe roadways
U.S. Department of Transportation
$92 annually spent on corporate welfare
Subsidies for big business
$126 2009 spent interfering with the labor market
U.S. Department of Labor
$381 2009 spent on interest for the federal debt
$.079 2008 spent to tell farmers that they are in a risky business
Risk Management Agency
$0.97 2010 spent to tell us the economy is a mess
Economics and Statistics Administration
$8.8 2008 spent telling us how to wash our hands properly
Centers for Disease Control
$8.1 2012 estimated amount spent for federal strip searches
Transportation Safety Administration
$0.373 2010 spent letting the next terrorist cell roam the country at will
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
$2.4 2008 spent keeping the Indians dependent on the government
Bureau of Indian Affairs
$0.96 2010 spent helping big business exploit public lands
Bureau of Land Management
$0.344 2009 spent encouraging reverse discrimination
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
$6.87 2010 spent on R&D that private business and industry should be doing while spreading hysteria over things like global warming
National Science Foundation
$0.231 annually spent to manage federal bureaucrats that cannot be fired
United States Office of Personnel Management
$0.569 2009 spent trying to make amends for spending so much on corporate welfare
Small Business Administration
$11.26 2009 spent to put Wendell Wilkie on the 1940 GOP ticket
Tennessee Valley Authority
$0.35 2007 spent to give lawyers to criminal defendants who are likely guilty as hell
Legal Services Corporation
$5.8 2008 spent to make natural disaster victims dependent on taxpayers in perpetuity
Federal Emergency Management Agency
$0.35 annual average cost of telling president how he should do his job
Executive Office of the President
$0.3 2004 spent to facilitate strip-mining
Office of Surface Mining
$0.247 2007 spent to subsidize local public libraries because the DoEd can only spend so much
Institute of Museum and Library Services
$0.076 2010 spent to keep Appalachia dependent on the federal taxpayer
Appalachian Regional Commission
$0.17 2010 spent so farmers can spend their time on the net instead of on the tractor
Community Connect Program
$0.39 2005 spent to study and explain the effects of 50 years of welfare and no-fault divorce, i.e., what happens when too many Americans have no morals
Office of Population Affairs
$0.17 2005 spent to encourage FDIC banks to make risky loans and give away their profits
Bank Enterprises Award Program
$0.49 2005 spent to study and explain how 50 years of welfare and no-fault divorce lead to stray children
Basic Center Grant
$1.69 2005 spent to study and treat junkies- when executing them would be cheaper in the long run
Block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse
$4.3 2005 spent to collect child support because the states won’t enforce their own court rulings
Child Suport Enforcement
$5.9 2005 spent to subsidize farmers who don’t realize they are in a risky business
Crop insurance
$0.55 2005 spent to subsidize the state of Alaska
Denali Commission Program
$1.7 2005 spent to subsidize state welfare programs
Social Services Block Grants
$0.07 2008 spent making all the other waste possible
Office of Management and Budget
