n-rd » Politics http://blog.n-rd.com Everyone has an inner n-rd. Tue, 10 May 2011 15:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Check Your “Tax Receipt” To See Where Your Money Is Going http://blog.n-rd.com/2011/04/15/check-your-tax-receipt-to-see-where-your-money-is-going/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2011/04/15/check-your-tax-receipt-to-see-where-your-money-is-going/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:37:01 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=317 Check Your “Tax Receipt” To See Where Your Money Is Going: “

Finally you can see a break down of where all your tax dollars are going.  Now if only I could edit this and put that money spent on defense to being spent on NASA.

What do you think about the disbursement of your tax dollars? Tell us in the comments.

(Via Consumerist.)

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POBEDITELI %u2014 Soldiers of the Great War

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This women makes several good points. The sad part about this is the first feed to send me this video was a comedy aggregation site.

certified bullshit technician., robhuebel: (not meant to be funny) This woman…

As a side note, the bill was not passed.

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Visualizing the decline of empires – Boing Boing

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]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2008/02/11/expectmoregov/feed/ 0 Just when you thought it was only for President. http://blog.n-rd.com/2008/02/08/just-when-you-thought-it-was-only-for-president/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2008/02/08/just-when-you-thought-it-was-only-for-president/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:14:07 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/2008/02/08/just-when-you-thought-it-was-only-for-president/ Many have a love or hate relationship with the Ron Paul movement. His vocal supporters, and strict constitutional policy seem to excite some and turn others off. However, what a president like Ron Paul could accomplish would be questionable given the resistence he would probably get from Congress. Seems to not be such a problem anymore, Expanding the Ron Paul movement to the U.S. House and Senate. « TeaParty07.com is from TeaParty, they’re trying to take the Senate back by promoting Ron Paul endorsed candidates. Personally I like this. I’m glad to see so many people involved in politics and not baseball or desperate housewives. It’s important that people take back this country from corporate interest. Whether you support Ron Paul or not, you have to tip your hat to the dedication of his supporters.

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