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"The evidence shows beyond any doubt that the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team ran the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen," USADA said in a statement from chief executive Travis Tygart.
"The evidence also includes direct documentary evidence including financial payments, emails, scientific data and laboratory test results that further prove the use, possession and distribution of performance enhancing drugs by Lance Armstrong and confirm the disappointing truth about the deceptive activities of the USPS Team, a team that received tens of millions of American taxpayer dollars in funding."
It's things like this that baffle me beyond belief. Why do taxpayer dollars go to bicycle teams, puppet shows, or painting a giant salmon on a 747? We're not sure, all we know is that we need more taxes.Why exactly are taxpayer dollars going to a bicycling team?
USADA report "proves" Armstrong used drugs - Yahoo! News
"a team that received tens of millions of American taxpayer dollars in funding"
Why exactly are taxpayer dollars going to a bicycling team?
Why exactly are taxpayer dollars going to a bicycling team?
Because Big Bird likes to watch?
Big Bird should do more riding and less watching. A little puffy around the waistline.
The post office is primarily self-funded. The only taxpayer funded mail service is for overseas ballot mailing and some sort of disability-related mail service.
So no, taxpayers did not fund it.
He lost a testicle. How much more punishment can one suffer than that?
Ahhhhhh.... I dunno. Losing two testicles?
The USPS sponsored the team.
Why? Well, why not? If they don't spend every dime they can't ask for more next year.
USADA report "proves" Armstrong used drugs - Yahoo! News
"a team that received tens of millions of American taxpayer dollars in funding"
Why exactly are taxpayer dollars going to a bicycling team?
I'm getting so fed up with the way this thread is going, I just might take my balls and go home.
You can only walk if you have four balls. :2razz:
Irrelevant, they all use drugs so he still won all those races fair and square.
Why is taxpayer money going to bicycle teams irrelevant?
I don't really care if Armstrong cheated or not, I do a little - but not too much, but what I really care about is tens of millions of taxpayer money funding it.
Why is taxpayer money going to bicycle teams irrelevant?
I don't really care if Armstrong cheated or not, I do a little - but not too much, but what I really care about is tens of millions of taxpayer money funding it.
This is the second post in a minute-and-a-half that makes absolutely no sense to me. WTF does the post office have to do with this thread??
I don't think those were tax dollars funding it, though. I think that, as mentioned earlier, the post office is largely self funded.
a team that received tens of millions of American taxpayer dollars in funding
The post office sponsored the team. This appears to be the source of the question in the thread title.
The post office presumably sponsored the team for publicity they got their moneys worth.
But was the post office using OUR money, my money, your money to sponsor the team? That's the question.
No. The USPS is self funded. It receives its marching orders from the government but does not receive tax dollars. It is funded by postage.
But let's pretend the USPS is tax payer funded. So what? What Lance does with his paycheck is his own responsibility. I am in the military. The US tax payer pays my salary. But once that money is paid to me it is no longer tax payer money. It is mine. I earned it. The government is not responsible for what I do with it. If I decide to go out and buy and use some illegal drugs would you consider that tax payer funded drug use?
It's things like this that baffle me beyond belief. Why do taxpayer dollars go to bicycle teams, puppet shows, or painting a giant salmon on a 747? We're not sure, all we know is that we need more taxes.
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