We need to be honest about what these findings mean. They mean that Federal dollars intended to address the health needs of the elderly and the poor are instead being used to feed addictions or to pad the wallets of drug dealers.
Federal funds are misused for drug abuse instead of helping the needy.
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America does not trust you anymore--that is the truth--because they do not see the actions coming out of Congress that should be coming out.
if you have an oath, why do we have to have a constitutional amendment in order for Congress to do what is best for the country?
I just do not think it works. And I want to be humane. We have a moral obligation to the least of these, folks who do not have a place to live, but there has got to be a better way to do this.
Right now, the unfunded liabilities of this country, with its debt, are $142 trillion.
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