Top officials at the Centers for Disease Control recieved $25 million in bonuses over the last 7 years, giving the lie to the notion that GOP budget cuts at the $6 billion agency are responsible for the Ebola outbreak. Another $40 million in CDC funding has gone to study silly "health" issues like why are lesbians fat and origami condoms. Washington Times: U.S. taxpayers gave $6 billion in salaries and $25 million in bonuses to an elite corps of health care specialists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2007, according to data compiled by American Transparency’s OpenTheBooks.com, an online portal aggregating 1.3 billion lines of federal, state and local spending. The agency’s head count increased by 23 percent during that time, adding manpower and contributing to higher payrolls despite relatively flat funding. From 2010 to 2013, all federal wages were frozen because of budgetary constraints, but CDC officials found a way to pay...(Read Full Post)