1. The Friends Committee on National Legislation says:
FCNL’s budget team calculates that 41 cents out of every dollar that you pay in 2006 federal income taxes before April 17 goes to the military – to pay for both current and past military activities. That figure is the clearest reflection of how the federal government spends your tax dollars. Of every dollar you pay in taxes:
* 1 cent goes to diplomacy and development;
* 5 cents goes to education, job training, and social services
* 12 cents goes to respond to poverty in the United States
* 41 cents goes to war
This budget is out of balance. And it will get more out of balance in the next year. Congress will vote next week to pay another $100 billion for the war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
If you visit their page, you will find ways to take action.
2. The Baton Rouge Advocate has this to say about the headhunter Bill Funk, of Dallas, who has been hired to find a replacement for outgoing system president William Jenkins. There have been problems with Funk’s methodologies in searches at West Virginia University, Texas Tech, and the University of Delaware – so far.
4. The Azgoddess has led us to a very interesting article about corporate libertarians and Adam Smith.
5. I am in a terrible mood today, and I am curing it by fantasizing about the Faroe Islands. The weather has been beautiful, though, and the really good news is, Lisa is unharmed.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 