2. Taxpayer-subsidized union activities. $600 million
Some federal employees are spending 100% of their taxpayer funded time working for their union. According to Cantor, federal employee unions are doing just fine collecting their revenue and lobbying. In fact, all unions are doing fine. And when they aren’t, Obama simply bails them out. Big kiss to UAW.

That could go.

3. HUD doctoral dissertation stipend. $1 million
In case you didn’t know it, you pay $25,000 stipends to people who want to write their dissertation on government policies. And they aren’t all your children.

Not necessary.

4. New non-reform Welfare Program. $2.5 billion
The new program encourages states to increase their welfare numbers without requiring able-bodied adults to work, get job training or prepare to move off taxpayer assistance. It incentivized a permanent welfare state. Cantor explains, “Reforming the welfare program was one of the great achievements of the Republican Congress in the mid 1990s, saving taxpayers billions of dollars and ending the cycle of dependency on welfare. This new program ushered in by Democrats is merely a backdoor way to undo those reforms.”

Definitely out.

5. Eliminate wealthier communities from CDBG. $2.6 billion
It’s suppose to help low-income communities. But like all government programs, it leaks like a sieve. Money is also being given to communities with no income need. For example, Cantor says, the community of Newton, Massachusetts with a per capita income over twice the national average receives $28 per person in CDBG money. “At the same time, other communities with income 25% below the national average were receiving $10 per person,” Cantor said.

Government. Can’t live with it. Can’t…hmmm.

By Tara Lynn Thompson