Happy birthday, United States – please forgive us
July 4, 2009 by Steve Adcock · 3 Comments
July 4th is the day that Americans celebrate the birth date of the United States, the day that our founding fathers drafted the official document – the Declaration of Independence – penning the grievances and citing the motivations that contributed to our breaking free from authoritarian British rule. Read more
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Barney Frank wants TARP funds for “housing” initiatives
July 2, 2009 by Neal Boortz · Leave a Comment
Slobbering Barney Frank has been busy lately. Last week he proposed the idea of relaxing regulations on the sale of condos. This week he wants to use TARP money to put poor people into housing. See, banks participating in TARP have to pay dividends to the Treasury. So far those banks have paid $5 billion. So now Barney Frank comes along and says, “Hey, I know how we can spend all of this money!” Certainly not to stimulate the economy, Barney, and not to pay off some of the debt you’re running up either. Read more
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‘Nightly news’ promotes paying children for public school success
July 2, 2009 by Jeff Poor · Leave a Comment
No matter how much money any government – federal, state or local – puts into public education, it’s never enough in some people’s eyes. Read more
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Congress’s travel expenses skyrocket as economy continues struggle
July 2, 2009 by Steve Adcock · Leave a Comment
The Wall Street Journal reported recently a disturbing trend among members of Congress – tenfold increases in travel expenses, all funded by the taxpayer, to destinations like Italy, the Galapagos Islands, Jamaica, the Virgin Islands and locations in-between. Read more
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Media give massive cap-and-trade tax second billing
July 1, 2009 by Jeff Poor · Leave a Comment
The news cycle has been dominated by celebrity deaths – Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and even TV pitchman Billy Mays – and President Barack Obama’s health care initiative. Obama has used the compliant media to keep the focus to health care, and they are neglecting a critical largest news event that could impact the lives of every man, woman and child for the foreseeable future. Read more
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Federal receipts continues nose-dive, media silence
July 1, 2009 by Tom Blumer · Leave a Comment
As we near the end of June, which is supposed to be one of the four biggest months for federal tax collections (January, April, and September are the others), it is clear that the serious receipts shortfalls are not only continuing, but have caused the March 20 projections of the administration and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to be outdated. Read more
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