It is no surprise that Americans are angry this year about reckless government spending. Through TARP, the economic stimulus, Obamacare and many other government initiatives, more than $2 trillion has been used to bail out banks, automakers, automotive unions, drug-makers, large insurance companies, well-connected investment firms, insurance giants, homeowners, construction companies, artists, actors, state governments and agricultural corporations, to name just a few. But guess what — President Obama is also using tax dollars to bombard Americans with propaganda for his policies, most of which they clearly oppose.
A new congressional report made public Monday points to the president’s extensive use of tax dollars to pay for propaganda. The most obvious examples highlighted by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are the expensive, legally mandated road signs that trumpet Obama’s failed economic stimulus program. There are many others as well. Recovery.gov, for example, is a tax-paid website that cost $18 million to create, yet does little more than peddle job-creation data that are discredited almost as soon as they are posted.
