red states rule
07-23-2011, 09:38 AM
Perfect timing for this story too show the libs taxes do NOT have to be raised - there is more then enough crap that can be cut from the budget
But as usual, libs will ignore this so they can expand the size and cost of government and attack the cheap taxpayers for not accepting the fact they must work for the government and not themselves
The headlines question whether Congress and the President can make an agreement on raising the debt ceiling or will America stop paying military servicemen and social security (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#) recipients. I have a solution to the dilemma . . . .
On July 12, 2011, the Justice Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced “an historic agreement” which will require the American taxpayers to pay $206,098,920 to just process the paperwork deciding whether to include over 1000 plants, bugs, worms, and other assorted creatures on the Endangered Species list. None of this money goes to on-the-ground conservation; this taxpayer funding is just to process petitions filed by only two, out of dozens, of radical environmental groups who think newts and moths are more important than the elderly or our children. The average social security <NOBR>beneficiary (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#)</NOBR> makes $21,600 a year and a basic military recruit makes a little over $15,000 per year. Our elected officials are contemplating not paying these Americans while the Justice Department is readily agreeing to spend an average of $100,690 per individual species listing and $345,000 per individual proposed critical habitat designation for over 1053 creatures. And to add insult to injury, the Justice Department has agreed that these two groups “prevailed” in the litigation and will pay their attorney fees in an amount that has not been disclosed. Has America lost its collective mind?
These two settlement agreements are the culmination of what is known as the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) multi-district litigation. This case was formed in 2010 by combining 13 federal court cases filed by either the WildEarth Guardians (“WEG”) or the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) regarding 113 species. On May 10, 2011, the FWS announced its settlement agreement with the WEG with the promise that the agreement would help the FWS “prioritize its workload.” That settlement agreement was opposed by the CBD who wanted other species added to the list. The Justice Department obliged the requests of the CBD and on July 12, 2011 filed the second agreement, now pending before the District of Columbia Federal District Court, that would require the FWS to make 1201 decisions on proposed listing and critical habitat designations for 1053 species. The reason that these two number are different is because for some of the species, the FWS is committed to make more than one decision. The total cost (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#) to the American public for the FWS completing all this paperwork is $206,098,920, all by FY 2016.
http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/07/22/endangered-species-paperwork-to-cost-206098920/
But as usual, libs will ignore this so they can expand the size and cost of government and attack the cheap taxpayers for not accepting the fact they must work for the government and not themselves
The headlines question whether Congress and the President can make an agreement on raising the debt ceiling or will America stop paying military servicemen and social security (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#) recipients. I have a solution to the dilemma . . . .
On July 12, 2011, the Justice Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced “an historic agreement” which will require the American taxpayers to pay $206,098,920 to just process the paperwork deciding whether to include over 1000 plants, bugs, worms, and other assorted creatures on the Endangered Species list. None of this money goes to on-the-ground conservation; this taxpayer funding is just to process petitions filed by only two, out of dozens, of radical environmental groups who think newts and moths are more important than the elderly or our children. The average social security <NOBR>beneficiary (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#)</NOBR> makes $21,600 a year and a basic military recruit makes a little over $15,000 per year. Our elected officials are contemplating not paying these Americans while the Justice Department is readily agreeing to spend an average of $100,690 per individual species listing and $345,000 per individual proposed critical habitat designation for over 1053 creatures. And to add insult to injury, the Justice Department has agreed that these two groups “prevailed” in the litigation and will pay their attorney fees in an amount that has not been disclosed. Has America lost its collective mind?
These two settlement agreements are the culmination of what is known as the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) multi-district litigation. This case was formed in 2010 by combining 13 federal court cases filed by either the WildEarth Guardians (“WEG”) or the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) regarding 113 species. On May 10, 2011, the FWS announced its settlement agreement with the WEG with the promise that the agreement would help the FWS “prioritize its workload.” That settlement agreement was opposed by the CBD who wanted other species added to the list. The Justice Department obliged the requests of the CBD and on July 12, 2011 filed the second agreement, now pending before the District of Columbia Federal District Court, that would require the FWS to make 1201 decisions on proposed listing and critical habitat designations for 1053 species. The reason that these two number are different is because for some of the species, the FWS is committed to make more than one decision. The total cost (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#) to the American public for the FWS completing all this paperwork is $206,098,920, all by FY 2016.
http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/07/22/endangered-species-paperwork-to-cost-206098920/