Omnibus 2009: Federal greed and skewed foreign policy

by Roger King

H.R. 1105, better known as the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, contains a total of 9 appropriations bills with a price tag of $410 billion. Investor's Business Daily said this amounts to an increase of 8% over last year, making it the largest discretionary spending increase since Jimmy Carter. The Democrats waited nearly 5 months to finish writing this bill, knowing that President Bush would refuse to sign it with the provisions they wanted.

This bill passed the House, 245 to 178, and by a 62 to 35 vote in the Senate on a mostly partisan vote. Spending as a percentage of the GDP has increased dramatically this year. Few Americans are aware of the level of spending the bill contained; even fewer are aware of what is on the budget for the future.

Chart from ‘A New Era of Responsibility’ aka the 'Obese Federal Budget' containing even more dollars for one of the biggest money pits in American history—the US Dept.of Education. You could zero out that department and you would not see a single loss in educational quality in public schools. Legislators and the president are clueless on public schools—their kids usually go to private schools.Click the photo to read the budget at the US government website.

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While you were sleeping: Democrats open door for UN to tax Americans

Updated on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 12:36PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Updated on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 1:12PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Adding insult to injury, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon, in a private meeting with lawmakers in Washington, says we’re ‘deadbeats.’

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) speaks at a ceremony at Tinker Air Force base in Okalahoma City. Inhofe tried to prevent the UN from pursuing taxes on U.S. citizens. Democrats refused to support his efforts.(Washington, D.C.)—While media obsessed about Rush Limbaugh and Congress obsessed about how much pork could be stuffed down the throats of U.S. taxpayers, Democrats in Congress paved the way for the United Nations to use U.S. funds from appropriations bills to pursue global tax schemes. GOP stalwart Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) seemed astonished when a preventive amendment he introduced to the Omnibus Appropriations bill failed by a 43-51 vote. This wasn’t an unusual amendment.

Inhofe’s announcement said, “This provision has appeared in every annual appropriations bill since 1996, and this year marks the first time an annual appropriations bill will not contain this policy.” Will taxpayers soon see a new line item whereby we owe the UN on top of the new administration's planned tax increases?

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