ONLY IN THE U.S.A.

Author Unknown

The List of America's Top 10 Recent Stupidities

  

# 10 Only in the USA.... do politicians and social activists talk about "the greed of the rich" while charging $35,000.00-per-plate in a Presidential campaign fund-raising event.

# 09 Only in the USA....do politicians and social activists claim discrimination against black Americans when the country has a black President, a black Attorney General, roughly 20% of the federal workforce is black [despite only 14% of the total population is black], more than 40% of all federal entitlements go to black Americans - i.e., 5 times more than to Hispanics, 3 times more than to whites and other ethnicities!

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# 08 Only in the USA....do government bureaucrats and politicians appoint & approve two famous tax cheats to administer the country's tax code:

• Timothy Geithner,  the ex-Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department;

• Charles Rangel,  the ex-Chairman of the U.S. Ways and Means

Committee.  

# 07 Only in the USA....do the news media and social activists demonize racial profiling and criminalize the nation's military in order to protect the reputation and rights of terrorists who kill in the name of Allah. 

# 06 Only in the USA....do government regulations require potential legal immigrants to go through the extensive process of applying [filling up paperwork], paying thousands of dollars in fees, and waiting for years to obtain a permanent resident status, while granting illegal immigrants instant US permanent residency practically free-of-charge. 

# 05 Only in the USA....do government officials and people who believe in balancing the budget and obeying the country's supreme law, the Constitution, get criticized and get called as extremists. 

# 04 Only in the USA....do people need to present a driver's license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.

# 03 Only in the USA....do politicians and social activists demand investigation of an oil company for alleged illegal profiteering and price gouging when the company makes less than half the profit compared to some tennis shoemaker.

# 02 Only in the USA....do government bureaucrats and politicians spend $7 million per minute, incur over $17 trillion national debt, and then complain that there is not enough money, despite its tax collection agencies' collecting more taxes than any nation in history.

# 01 Only in the USA....do politicians, social activists and individuals who do not pay any taxes at all accuse the people who pay 86% of all income taxes -- (i.e., the rich) -- of "not paying their fair share". 

It is truly very sad after a proud, strong country ends up being dominated and governed by a bunch of irresponsible, conscience-less idiots, and becoming a laughing stock of the world. –Contribution by Ralph