Musk Has Slashed U.S. Government Of Its Effectiveness
Elon Musk isn’t right-sizing the government: he’s bleeding it to death.
Who Is Buying Republican Presidential Candidates01
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 29th, 2016Who is buying America’s presidential candidates? That can be a tough mystery to unravel.One doesn’t just count donations from individual people and entities. There…
Who Is Buying Democratic Presidential Candidates
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 25th, 2016Who is buying the 2016 presidential candidates? is here to tell you.It can be a tough matter to untangle. One doesn’t just count donations…
Pentagon Fails To Keep Track Of Missiles In Us
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2016The U.S. may possess the most powerful modern weapons on earth – so it’s a shame that America’s armed forces don’t always know where…
Supreme Court Ruling On Gay Marriage01
By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2015 offers a series of quotes from a legal syllabus which plainly explains the Supreme Court’s acknowledgment that gay individuals have a natural right…
Cost Of Us War Machine
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 10th, 2015It seems that even the Pentagon now has trouble reigning in the growing cost of America’s military-industrial complex.“Costs on 47 of the 78 [major…
Top Democratic Senator May Be Charged With Corruption
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 13th, 2015 The Justice Department may soon file corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s ranking member, CNN stated on…
GOP Official Pleads Gulity To Misuse Of Campaign Funds
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2015Republican campaign operative Tyler Harber pleaded guilty on Feb. 12th to an illegal misuse of federal campaign funds. The actual charge is said to…
Who Is Regulating Bankers And Traders
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 8th, 2015Ever wonder who is supposed to be watching over U.S. bankers and securities traders? A recent, easy-to-understand report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS)…
Justice System Officers And Us Communities
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 28th, 2015The current rift between those who make up our justice system – police officers, judges, prison guards – and a number of American communities…
Gao Study On Cost Of Subcontractors
By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 30th, 2014“Concerns remain that the government [may] overpay contractors that provide no, or little, added value for work performed by lower-tier sub-contractors,” declares a little-noticed…
Taxes On Wealthy
By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 5th, 2014In 2010, the 400 individuals in America’s highest-income bracket forked over only about 18 percent of theiryearly earnings to federal tax officials – down…
Domestic Terrorism Spike Attacks Us Officials
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 18th, 2014In July, a very interesting land Security report was released without much fanfare. Its matter-of-fact title – Domestic Violent Extremists Pose Increased Threat to…
Lawful Ebola Quarantine Restrictions
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 30th, 2014Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about the ability of federal and state governments to quarantine those who might possess the Ebola virus.…
No Fly List Lacks Due Process
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 22nd, 2014The U.S. government still has not provided individuals wrongly placed on America’s ‘No Fly’ list a clear legal means by which they may remove…
Big Tobacco And Child Labor
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 8th 2014Last week, a leading group of U.S. tobacco growers announced that children should not be employed to perform its often dangerous work.It might seem…
Who Is Buying Republican Party
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 2nd, 2014The U.S. Congressional Elections of 2014 will be upon us before we know it. We at The American Spark feel it’s only right to…
Who Is Buying Democratic Party
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 30th, 2014The U.S. Congressional Elections of 2014 will soon be upon us. It’s time for The American Spark to reveal to its readers who is…
Corporate Taxes Often Lower Than Admitted
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 31st, 2014Those who call for a low U.S. income tax rate on corporations often say that the nation’s statutory corporate tax rate of 35 percent…
New York Compensates Occupy Protesters For Questionable Arrests
By Cliff Montgomery – June 23rd, 2014New York City officials have quietly agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to a band of Occupy Wall Street protesters, as compensation for what the…
Charlotte Nc Misused Political Convention Funds
By Cliff Montgomery – June 12th, 2014 covered the daily activities of the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC) held in the city of Charlotte, NC. A large amount of our…
Gao Study Maritime Cyber Security
By Cliff Montgomery – June 7th, 2014American ports – which handle over $1.3 trillion in cargo every year – remain open to dangerous and disruptive cyber-security attacks, according to a…
Pentagon Financial Management
By Cliff Montgomery – May 13th, 2014The U.S. Defense Department can’t account for how it spends your tax dollars, according to an eye-opening federal testimony released today.The testimony came from…
Role Of Class In Us Policymaking
By Cliff Montgomery – May 6th, 2014Duke University Professor Nicholas Carnes knows a few things about the American economy and its real influence on our society at large. After all,…