And Other Crazy Stuff

HeadStart, the program for underpriviledged pre-school children, is designed to help those children be competitive once they reach first grade.

We, the people, spend over NINE BILLION dollars a year on HeadStart programs. While several studies have looked at HeadStart, the first really rigorous, really scientific study has just been released.

So what does our money do? Nothing. Nada. Zip. No effect on helping these kids.

And on an even more dreary note of I-just-can't-believe-the-government-did-this, did you know that our federal government is spending over 1 BILLION dollars this year on cell phones for welfare recipients?

Yep, you heard it right--of the 800 billion dollars we, the people, spend on welfare each year, over ONE BILLION will be spent on cell phones.

Have a great weekend!