Gov't Incompetence Archives - The Libertarian Republic

Gillibrand: I Never Meant Abolish ICE When I Said ‘Abolish ICE’0
- Gov't Incompetence
- September 13, 2018
Molly Prince Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York stated Wednesday that her calls to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were misconstrued, claiming that despite saying “we need to abolish ICE,” she believes America still needs an agency that will fulfill the goals that ICE was created to achieve. Claiming that the agency has
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VA Wasted $10 Million In Unwarranted Medical Exams, Reports VA Watchdog 0
- Gov't Incompetence
- July 20, 2018
Hanna Bogorowski A Department of Veterans Affairs watchdog has revealed the agency performed nearly 20,000 unnecessary medical exams for disabled veterans in 2017, costing over $10 million. The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) required thousands of veterans to go through “re-examinations” to verify if their disabilities or conditions were still present or had gotten worse, according
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Sex Education for Prostitutes Highlights $583 Billion in Pork the Feds Doled Out in 2016 0
- Gov't Incompetence
- May 11, 2018
A new report by Open the Books details the 560,771 grants the federal government doled out in fiscal year 2016. The results are not pretty. The report shows earmarks (aka “pork”) are a bipartisan problem that cost taxpayers $583 billion in FY 2016. A breakdown of the 10 congressional districts receiving the most pork shows
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Navy Vet Told To Leave Hospital Over ‘Cocaine’ …Actually Needed Emergency Surgery 0
- Abuse of Authority, Gov't Incompetence, Headline News, The War on Drugs
- January 15, 2018
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Jonah Bennett U.S. Navy veteran Eric Walker was told to go home and take care of his cocaine addiction when he went to the emergency room at the Dorn Veterans Hospital in South Carolina over serious stomach pains. It turns out 47-year-old Walker, who served in the Navy during the
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US Military Apologizes After Dropping Helicopter Parts On Elementary School In Japan 0
- Foreign Policy, Gov't Incompetence, Headline News
- December 14, 2017
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ryan Pickrell The U.S. military issued an apology Wednesday after part of a military helicopter fell on an elementary school in Japan, injuring a little boy. The metal-framed window of the largest and heaviest helicopter in the U.S. military, a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion transport aircraft, fell on a playground
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Waste Management in the City that Never Sleeps 0
- Gov't Incompetence
- November 16, 2017
As one of the most populated cities in both the East and West Coast, it is a huge wonder how New York City is able to keep its waste materials at bay. In the previous year, the city has reportedly produced more than 14 million tons of trash on average, and that estimate alarmingly outnumbers
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