Weekly Recap: Tantrum‏

Hi there,

Before you head out to enjoy your Sunday morning, here's our recap of last week's events.

1) Flying the furloughed skies. In response to sequester cutbacks, the FAA furloughed 47,000 employees causing massive delays in air travel. But by Friday, Republicans and Democrats in Congress had passed legislation giving the FAA the flexibility to stop the furloughs.

2) Washington's tantrum. The White House has thrown its sequester fit trying to make sequester cuts hurt - and it failed. See why the predictable antics of big-spending politicians are just more of the same.

3) Voters agree: Cut spending, lower taxes, balanced the budget. According to poll results released by Public Notice, “two-thirds of Americans (66 percent) believe the federal government should cut spending and 62 percent believe taxes should also be lowered to create jobs and grow the economy. A significant majority (70 percent) also believes that a balanced budget would help the nation’s economy."

4) Three big examples of big, dumb spending. Electric car manufacturer Fisker Automotive sacks most of its workforce after selling cars for one-sixth their production cost. The kicker? Washington gambled your tax dollars on Fisker being a big "winner."

The feds spent $890,000 on... nothing - all while furloughing essential employees like FAA air traffic controllers and complaining about budget cuts.

The Army burned through $5 million by not burning anything. A military base in Afghanistan continues burning garbage in a crater after spending a cool five million dollars on incinerators that were never put to use.

5) No one likes a crying baby while stuck at the airport. Check out our sister organization's latest cartoon showing a very accurate depiction of the FAA's attitude over the past few days.