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Old 07-11-2012, 08:16 PM
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You may have missed this important announcement of a Senate hearing to be conducted tomorrow at the Capitol.
The Senate Commerce Committee, chaired by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D.-W.Va., will have a hearing 2:30 p.m. Thursday on "Medication and Performance Enhancing Drugs in Horse Racing" in Washington.
Let's see, there's the staff time to select the witnesses, prepare for the hearing, the time spent by the Senators, more staff time to document the hearing, and the expenses to bring the chosen witnesses to Washington. Yes, witness travel expenses are paid by...you got it...you and me!

So the Senate Commerce Committee apparently thinks the health and well-being of race horses is a more important issue than...oh maybe designing some much-needed improvements to ObamaCare...or beginning to discuss changes to entitlement programs...or how about what to do about the expiring Bush tax cuts or damaging spending cuts at year-end.

Y'know, if this happened in a profit-challenged private company, when told about something like this, the boss could reasonably be expected to say, "...wasting time and money on a hearing on WHAT? Who called the hearing? Give me his name." We all know what might happen next.

Ridiculous!
Perhaps as our government just spends and spends and spends...they may be making announcements like this..



"The Spanish government unveiled €65bn worth of tax increases and public spending cuts as part of a deal to secure European aid to rescue its banking system as thousands of miners marched on the centre of Madrid to protest against austerity measures.

Facing heckles from opposition politicians Mariano Rajoy, prime minister, issued stark warnings about the risk to Spain’s future as he announced a rolling back of unemployment benefits, an increase in value added tax would rise from 18 to 21 per cent, and cuts to local government to achieve the savings over two and a half years.

“I know that the measures that I have announced are not pleasant but they are necessary,” Mr Rajoy said when announcing what is his government’s fourth set of austerity measures in the seven months it has held power."
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Spain steps up austerity amid protests - FT.com