How absurd is the story on which the Daily Caller is hanging its editorial integrity? Let’s have a look: The Daily Caller is reporting — and refusing to correct or clarify — a story that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “is asking taxpayers” for 230,000 additional employees and an additional $21 billion in funding.
A look at the agency’s funding history suggests that such a move would be quite the anomaly:
Year EPA Funding (Billions) Percentage Change
FY96 6.5 --
FY97 6.7 3
FY98 7.3 9
FY99 7.5 3
FY00 7.5 0
FY01 7.8 4
FY02 8 3
FY03 8 0
FY04 8.3 4
FY05 8 (4)
FY06 7.6 (5)
FY07 7.7 1
FY08 7.4 (4)
FY09 7.6 3
FY10 10.2 34
FY11 8.6 (16)
FYDailyCaller 29.6 244
A 244 percent year-over-year boost in funding, it could be argued, should trigger a call to competent authorities.
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