https://freerepublic.com/tag/taxpayerfundedads/ en-us Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:10:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4397239/posts A Congressional Research Service study last year discovered that at the very minimum, the Obama administration had spent a total of $4.4 billion on outside advertising contracts between fiscal 2009 and 2013, including $892.5 million in the final year. That total didn’t include other in-house advertising and promotional activities that could greatly add to the total cost. The biggest spenders in 2013 included the Department of Defense ($419 million), HHS ($197.4 million), the Department of Education ($128.8 million) and the Department of Veterans Affairs ($61.8 million). According to the CRS figures extracted from the Federal Procurement Data System, here is... The Fiscal Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4397239/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:10:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4397237/posts Officials are currently working with public relations firms Weber Shandwick and Porter Novelli under contracts worth more than $50 million in all in order to prepare for the open enrollment period. Republicans have criticized the administration’s promotional spending for ObamaCare, arguing that it misuses taxpayer money. The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4397237/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:05:40 GMT