Reading the Washington Report sent to constituents of John J. Duncan, Jr. I admire the man and his opinions, but I think they should send a disclaimer with the material, in case someone is already despondent. I'll bet a lot of people don't even read it due to the not-so-great news. He states that when Medicare was instituted, it was supposed to cost $12 billion after 25 years and instead it cost 10 times as much. Medicaid did much worse. The TVA Spill coal ash spill is another localized disaster, but it still makes me sick. On an interesting note, he shares that according to Washington Post, "After years in the doldrums, the consumer demand for vegetable seeds has abruptly climed at a rate even industry veterans have never seen." Supposedly the reasoning is not the high cost of food, but that people are afraid the US will mess up so badly the "food delivery and public utility systems" will cease operations. WOW Basically, it highlights the gross government waste, stimulus money going to agencies that don't need it and average people going under. Our local water utility got $6 million in free money and another $20 million or so in very low-interest loans. They did not need any of this money. We have had double-digit increases each year for several years and all pertinent projects have been completed. WE also do not have any environmental violations to take care of. I'm sure the rate payers will not see any refund but the people running the company will get big fat bonuses. Ugghhh......
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