OBAMA 2011: Wanted Sequester Cuts. OBAMA 2013: Against Them (Video)

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2011 Obama defends automatic spending cuts (Nov. 21, 2011): “Already some in Congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts. My message to them is simple: No.” “I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending.” 2013 Obama predicts Armageddon if sequester cuts go through (Feb. 19, 2013): “So these cuts are not smart. They are not fair. They will hurt our economy. They will add hundreds of thousands of Americans to the unemployment rolls. This is not an abstraction — people will lose their jobs.”

(H/t: TheRightScoop.com)

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Illegal Immigration Costs $113 Billion to US; Illegals Pay only $13 Billion in Taxes

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A NET FISCAL BURDEN ON U.S. TAXPAYERS A 2010 study found that: 1) Illegal aliens get more in government services than they pay in taxes Illegal aliens impose more than $113 billion per year in costs on the U.S. government at all levels — federal, state, and local — and pay only $13.4 billion in taxes, creating an annual net fiscal deficit of almost $100 billion, which have to be paid by the U.S. taxpayers. (Scroll down for table.) 2) Illegal aliens file tax returns to get free money from the IRS As we previously reported, illegal aliens file income tax returns to get “refunds” from the IRS thanks to tax credits like the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC). At the federal level, their tax credits exceed what little income taxes they owe. E.g., illegal aliens owe $1.6 billion in taxes, but are able to deduct $3.9 billion as tax credits, resulting in a net refund of $2.3 billion from the IRS to the illegal aliens. (Scroll down for table.) These tax benefits are the main reason why some illegal aliens file tax returns — not because they suddenly care about the U.S. laws … laws they broke when they entered this country illegally, when they decided to work without authorization and use fake or stolen identities.

TOTAL COST OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION (In Million US dollars)

	EXPENDITURES on Illegal Aliens	TAXES COLLECTED from Illegal Alliens	NET FISCAL BURDEN on U.S. Taxpayers
FEDERAL	$28,795	$9,457	$19,339
STATE/LOCAL	$84,211	$3,955	$80,255
TOTAL	$113,006	$13,412	$99,594

See Table 19 (Page 79)

Federal Expenditures on Illegal Aliens

EDUCATION Supplemental for poor children of illegal aliens (Title I) $1,332,900,000 Education programs for migrant students (Title I, Part C) $236,900,000 Supplemental for Limited English Proficient (LEP) students (Title III Program) $538,000,000 Post-Secondary Education (In 2009, children born to illegal aliens received $19.4 billion in Pell Grants.) N/A Education Subtotal $2,107,800,000 MEDICAL Emergency Medical Care $250,000,000 Fraudulent Use of Medicaid $1,235,000,000 Medicaid Cost of Childbirth $1,238,100,000 Medicaid for Children $1,626,800,000 Other Medical Outlays $1,600,000,000 Medical Subtotal $5,949,900,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT State Criminal Alien Assistance (SCAAP) $330,000,000 Criminal Aliens in Federal Prisons $678,400,000 Byrne Grants $24,300,000 Detention and Removal $2,545,000,000 Project Safe Neighborhoods $39,500,000 Residual ICE Functions $2,824,000,000 Exec. Office of Immigration Review $222,500,000 Southwest Border Prosecution $33,000,000 National Guard $642,000,000 Coast Guard $500,000,000 Law Enforcement Subtotal $7,838,700,000 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (WELFARE) Free and Reduced Meal Program $2,264,600,000 Cash Assistance of Needy Families $1,030,000,000 Housing Assistance Programs $787,000,000 Child Care & Development Fund $633,000,000 Public Assistance Subtotal $4,714,600,000 GENERAL EXPENDITURES General Expenditures Subtotal $8,184,400,000 TOTAL $28,795,400,000

See Tables 1-5 (Pages 12-31)

State and Local Government Outlays on Illegal Aliens ($M) Education for the children of illegal aliens constitutes the single largest cost to taxpayers, at an annual price tag of nearly $50 billion.

	K-12	LEP**	UNIV.	MEDICAID	SCHIP+	JUSTICE	WELFARE+	GENERAL*	TOTAL($M)
Alabama	$159.2	$27.7		$26.3	$6.1	$18.7	$21.4	$38.3	$298
Alaska	$62.4	$12.6		$7.8	$2.4	$6.8	$16.7	$29.9	$139
Arizona	$1,390.5	$279.6		$259.8	$60.5	$339.7	$85.5	$153.0	$2,569
Arkansas	$129.9	$26.1		$19.4	$4.2	$17.9	$16.7	$29.9	$244
California	$9,226.9	$1,855.5	$87.9	$2,486.8	$434.4	$3,169.8	$1,611.0	$2,883.7	$21,756
Colorado	$805.3	$161.9		$198.6	$53.0	$146.9	$30.4	$54.4	$1,451
Connecticut	$456.1	$91.7		$72.8	$30.8	$61.0	$87.6	$156.8	$957
D.C.	$153.2	$32.9		$12.6	$6.0	$31.1	$27.3	$48.9	$312
Delaware	$140.5	$19.3		$24.1	$6.4	$20.3	$33.9	$60.8	$305
Florida	$2,780.1	$559.1		$530.6	$129.2	$578.9	$317.1	$567.6	$5,463
Georgia	$1,453.5	$217.8		$265.5	$52.0	$194.6	$77.1	$138.0	$2,399
Hawaii	$70.8	$14.2		$13.3	$3.0	$11.1	$15.3	$27.3	$155
Idaho	$93.6	$18.8		$18.7	$4.3	$23.1	$10.5	$18.7	$188
Illinois	$2,046.7	$430.3	$93.2	$570.8	$154.4	$379.7	$328.7	$588.3	$4,592
Indiana	$310.5	$62.4		$56.4	$15.2	$37.6	$45.3	$81.1	$608
Iowa	$147.6	$29.7		$28.0	$8.6	$23.3	$40.3	$72.2	$350
Kansas	$215.8	$43.4	$1.5	$41.9	$11.6	$31.6	$34.4	$61.6	$442
Kentucky	$124.3	$25.0		$18.5	$5.5	$22.1	$46.9	$83.9	$326
Louisiana	$109.5	$22.0		$17.5	$4.2	$19.2	$18.4	$32.9	$224
Maine	$18.7	$3.8		$2.0	$0.9	$3.5	$13.2	$23.7	$66
Maryland	$921.4	$295.7		$174.2	$62.1	$137.7	$47.7	$85.5	$1,724
Massachusetts	$839.3	$168.8		$144.0	$71.1	$152.1	$174.5	$312.4	$1,862
Michigan	$314.1	$63.2		$62.4	$25.2	$66.0	$142.6	$255.3	$929
Minnesota	$305.3	$61.4		$70.7	$28.7	$62.8	$77.2	$138.1	$744
Mississippi	$59.9	$10.4		$9.4	$2.1	$7.8	$6.1	$10.8	$106
Missouri	$133.6	$26.9		$25.6	$8.3	$21.2	$44.0	$78.8	$338
Montana	$16.0	$3.2		$2.0	$0.7	$2.6	$2.6	$4.7	$32
Nebraska	$126.0	$25.3	$0.2	$24.8	$7.6	$26.4	$18.4	$33.0	$262
Nevada	$691.1	$139.0		$149.7	$32.8	$152.0	$9.5	$17.0	$1,191
New Hampshire	$54.6	$11.1		$8.8	$3.9	$7.8	$15.5	$27.7	$129
New Jersey	$2,209.8	$228.3		$334.4	$174.9	$335.7	$69.7	$124.8	$3,478
New Mexico	$345.1	$69.4	$0.7	$41.7	$22.5	$67.8	$21.8	$39.0	$608
New York	$4,879.4	$946.3	$22.2	$675.2	$281.6	$865.3	$648.2	$1,160.3	$9,479
North Carolina	$1,032.4	$207.6		$190.5	$59.5	$155.4	$149.7	$267.9	$2,063
North Dakota	$15.4	$3.1		$2.5	$0.9	$1.9	$3.3	$6.0	$33
Ohio	$211.4	$42.5		$41.7	$14.6	$51.8	$144.5	$258.7	$765
Oklahoma	$204.1	$41.1	$0.6	$43.4	$9.8	$37.2	$46.3	$82.8	$465
Oregon	$354.2	$71.2		$60.7	$19.0	$110.8	$31.9	$57.1	$705
Pennsylvania	$450.5	$125.4		$78.1	$33.0	$74.3	$221.0	$395.6	$1,378
Rhode Island	$158.7	$27.4		$23.8	$14.8	$21.9	$11.3	$20.3	$278
South Carolina	$221.6	$44.6		$30.2	$7.2	$28.0	$21.2	$37.9	$391
South Dakota	$13.5	$2.7		$2.8	$0.7	$3.9	$5.5	$9.8	$39
Tennessee	$231.8	$49.8		$53.5	$14.2	$41.4	$55.9	$100.1	$547
Texas	$5,089.0	$1,023.4	$25.9	$1,167.5	$250.7	$727.9	$212.9	$381.2	$8,878
Utah	$239.2	$48.1	$2.9	$57.7	$9.9	$53.8	$14.8	$26.5	$453
Vermont	$18.4	$3.7		$2.2	$0.7	$2.0	$12.9	$23.0	$63
Virginia	$882.7	$401.7		$205.0	$60.4	$132.6	$79.8	$142.9	$1,905
Washington	$639.3	$128.6	$7.7	$146.2	$46.0	$127.2	$148.9	$266.5	$1,510
West Virginia	$14.7	$3.0		$1.6	$0.5	$1.3	$17.9	$32.0	$71
Wisconsin	$288.9	$58.1	$1.3	$48.2	$13.5	$68.1	$145.1	$259.7	$883
Wyoming	$26.3	$5.3		$3.4	$0.9	$5.5	$6.4	$11.4	$59
TOTAL	$40,883.0	$8,269.9	$244.1	$8,553.1	$2,270.4	$8,687.2	$5,484.9	$9,817.9	$84,211
* Free and subsidized school meal costs are included with General outlays. **LEP = Limited English Proficient

See Table 15 (Pages 70-71)

Federal Taxes Collected from Illegal Aliens

Income Tax	$1,635,000,000
Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) for Illegal Aliens	($1,777,800,000)
Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC)	($2,160,000,000)

Net Income Taxes Collected

($2,302,800,000)

Net Income Taxes Collected	($2,302,800,000)
Social Security Tax	$7,000,000,000
Medicare Tax	$1,637,100,000
Excise and Miscellaneous Taxes	$2,489,700,000
Employer Taxes (FUTA & Income)	$632,600,000
TOTAL	$9,456,600,000

See pages 33-41, and Table 6 (Page 41).

State and Local Taxes Collected from Illegal Aliens

Property Tax	$1,378,400,000
Sales Tax	$2,332,600,000
Income Tax	$244,200,000
TOTAL	$3,955,200,000

See Table 17 (Page 76) for breakdown by state.

SOURCE - Martin, Jack and Eric A. Ruark, “Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers,” Federation for American Immigration Reform, Washington, DC, July 2010. (PDF) RELATED - Illegal Aliens Got $4.2 Billion in Tax Credits from IRS in Year 2010 - IRS incentivising more illegal immigration - MEXICAN IMMIGRATION LAWS ARE TOUGHER THAN U.S. LAWS

US Senate Kills Bill to Stop Obama’s Transfer of Weapons to Egypt

OBAMA ERA: WEAPONS FOR ISLAMIC RADICALS BUT NOT FOR AMERICANS All Democrats and several RINO-Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted yesterday to block an amendment trying to stop Obama from sending $1 billion worth of F-16 fighter jets and Abrams tanks to the Islamic radicals now in power in Egypt. (Scroll down to see how each Senator voted.) CNSNews.com reported: The U.S. Senate Thursday defeated an amendment that aimed to prevent the Obama  administration from transferring F-16 fighter aircraft and Abrams tanks  to an Egypt in disarray. A vote to block the measure proposed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) – an amendment to the debt limit bill – passed by a 79–19 vote. In a strong-worded floor statement Paul questioned the wisdom of  providing the sophisticated weaponry at a time when “many see Egypt  descending into chaos.” He based his argument on the Egyptian government’s conduct, President  Mohammed Morsi’s expressed radical views, and the possibility that the  weapons could be used in a future conflict against Israel. “I think this is particularly unwise since Egypt is currently  governed by a religious zealot, a religious zealot who said recently  that Jews were ‘bloodsuckers’ and ‘descendants of apes and pigs,’” he  said. “This doesn’t sound like the kind of stable personality that we  would be sending our most sophisticated weapons to.” SEE HOW YOUR SENATORS VOTED A ‘No’ vote here would have stopped Obama from transferring these advanced weapons to the Egyptian regime. Roll call vote: YES = 79, NO=19, Not Voting=2 on the motion to table (to block) Senator Rand Paul’s Amendment No. 9 whose purpose was to “prohibit the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to the Government of Egypt.”

YEAs —79
Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Baldwin (D-WI) Barrasso (R-WY) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Blunt* (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn* (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE) Corker (R-TN) Donnelly (D-IN) Durbin (D-IL) Enzi (R-WY) Feinstein (D-CA) Flake (R-AZ)	Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Graham (R-SC) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Heinrich (D-NM) Heitkamp (D-ND) Hirono (D-HI) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe* (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns* (R-NE) Johnson (D-SD) Johnson (R-WI) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Kirk (R-IL) Klobuchar (D-MN) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Manchin (D-WV) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY)	Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murphy (D-CT) Nelson (D-FL) Portman (R-OH) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Toomey (R-PA) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wicker (R-MS) Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs —19
Boozman (R-AR) Coats (R-IN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Fischer (R-NE) Grassley (R-IA)	Heller (R-NV) Lee (R-UT) Moran (R-KS) Paul (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rubio (R-FL)	Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA)

Not Voting – 2
Kerry (D-MA)	Murray (D-WA)

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) explained: [M]any see Egypt descending into chaos. What is President Obama’s response to this? To send them some of the most sophisticated weapons we have: F-16 fighters and Abrams tanks. I think this is particularly unwise, and this legislation will stop it. I think this is particularly unwise since Egypt is currently governed by a religious zealot, a religious zealot who said recently that ‘Jews were bloodsuckers and descendants of apes and pigs.’ This doesn’t sound like the kind of stable personality we would be sending our most sophisticated weapons to. I think it is a grave mistake to send F-16s and tanks to a country that detained American citizens on trumped up political charges. On a country that currently is still detaining Egyptian citizens on trumped-up political charges. I think it is a blunder of the first proportion to send sophisticated weapons to a country that allowed a mob to attack our embassy and to burn our flag. I find it objectionable to send weapons, F-16s and tanks, to a company that allowed a mob chanting “death to America” to threaten our American diplomats. * UPDATE: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) introduced a bill to “suspend military sales to Egypt” with conditions. His bill (PDF) was co-sponsored by Republican Senators Blunt, Coburn, Johanns, and Lee. The bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. RELATED - Obama sending F-16s and tanks to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood regime - Transcript of Senator Rand Paul’s speech

Obama Gov’t Wastes $10.3 Billion in Improper Unemployment Payments in 2012

CNSNews.com reports: The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance program paid out $10.3 billion in benefits in 2012 to people who should not have received the money, according to the Department of Labor (DOL). The data provided on the government website, paymentaccuracy.gov, shows those payments amount to 11.42 percent of all the unemployment insurance checks handed out – an increase from 11.36 percent in 2011 and in excess of the government’s “target” for overpayments of 9.66  percent. [...] The “program contents” portion of the website states that 70 percent of the $10.3 billion that was paid out in 2012 was done so through one of three scenarios: “individuals did not meet their active work search requirements, continued to claim UI benefits after they had returned to work, or were ineligible for benefits because they voluntarily quit  their jobs or were discharged for misconduct.”