2aguy
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The democrats are trying to prop up their insatiable need for your money, taxes, by blaming anyone who wants to reduce the size of government by lowering taxes and spending for ebola...so...I am not going to let the next big democrat lie get off the ground before it is addressed....here is a column by Rep. Governor Bobby Jindal on how the CDC has been wasting money....just like every other government agency...and then when they screw up...they demand more money to fix their screw up...
The Facts About Ebola Funding - Gov. Bobby Jindal - POLITICO Magazine
So, as the democrats ramp up their lie factory to lie about ebola...the truth is the CDC is wasting money, using money on programs not directly involved with their mission, undercutting their mission by spending money on these other items, and then claiming they don't have enough resources...
In a private business the heads of all these departments at the CDC would be fired...
The Facts About Ebola Funding - Gov. Bobby Jindal - POLITICO Magazine
Her argument, like those made by others, misses the point. In recent years, the CDC has received significant amounts of funding. Unfortunately, however, many of those funds have been diverted away from programs that can fight infectious diseases, and toward programs far afield from the CDC’s original purpose.
Consider the Prevention and Public Health Fund, a new series of annual mandatory appropriations created by Obamacare. Over the past five years, the CDC has received just under $3 billion in transfers from the fund. Yet only 6 percent—$180 million—of that $3 billion went toward building epidemiology and laboratory capacity. Especially given the agency’s postwar roots as the Communicable Disease Center, one would think that “detecting and responding to infectious diseases and other public health threats” warrants a larger funding commitment.
Instead, the Obama administration has focused the CDC on other priorities. While protecting Americans from infectious diseases received only $180 million from the Prevention Fund, the community transformation grant program received nearly three times as much money—$517.3 million over the same five-year period.
The CDC’s website makes clear the objectives of community transformation grants. The program funds neighborhood interventions like “increasing access to healthy foods by supporting local farmers and developing neighborhood grocery stores,” or “promoting improvements in sidewalks and street lighting to make it safe and easy for people to walk and ride bikes.” Bike lanes and farmer’s markets may indeed help a community—but they would do little to combat dangerous diseases like Ebola, SARS or anthrax.
So, as the democrats ramp up their lie factory to lie about ebola...the truth is the CDC is wasting money, using money on programs not directly involved with their mission, undercutting their mission by spending money on these other items, and then claiming they don't have enough resources...
In a private business the heads of all these departments at the CDC would be fired...