As the president continues to rally in support of an expensive and unpopular health care bill, and the House Speaker ponders ways to pass the bill without an actual vote, Congressional and Presidential approval ratings continue to sink.
Democrats in the House of Representatives are preparing to enjoy passage of a monstrous health care spending bill that will burden the taxpayer with an enormous $940 billion tab.
The state of New York has stopped sending out tax refund checks, totaling nearly a half billion dollars in over payments, to residents due to the state’s cash crunch. Checks won’t resume until April 1st.
According to a report by the Washington Times, the State Department is preparing to help fund two separate art and architecture exhibits in Venice, Italy, a move that will cost the American taxpayer a sum of $450,000.
New Jersey governor Chris Christie, Republican, created a task force last week that will investigate the cost benefits of moving some government programs from the public to the private sector amid an $11 billion budget crisis in the state.
Dr. Rand Paul discussed health care on Fox News this week, arguing that if the Democrats successfully pass the increasingly-unpopular legislation, they only do so “at their own peril”.