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Obama’s War on Growth
Apr 15, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 29 • By FRED BARNES WEEKLY STANDARD When Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to President Obama, spoke at a Politico event last week, he was asked what would constitute success in 2013 for the White House. One of his answe...
Obama’s Catch 22: Budget Blueprint Won’t Please Many, if Any
by Evil 1
When news began to emerge from of the White House Friday that President Obama’s budget next week will propose cuts to Medicare and Social Security, the wave of reaction was not complimentary. “We cannot force seniors to pay even more to fill the hole ...
The Latest Fiscal Cliff Pictures
The New York Times delivers some news so grim that it had to cook the headline to hide it: “Median Household Income Down 7.3% Since Start of Recession.” Well, yes, but as the Times reluctantly admits in the very las...15 opinions2013/03/30 11:00:10
Sometimes, some of us spend too much time on sites like this one and start to lose our perspective on the real world. In this fantasy world, Mitt Romney won the 2012 election with 72% of the vote, "Obamacare", nonexistent...7 opinions2013/03/10 20:49:01
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Hail Armageddon By Charles Krauthammer March 1, 2013 12:00 A.M. ‘T he worst-case scenario for us,” a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told the Washington Post , “i...24 opinions2013/03/02 15:27:47
Children will be children, and once again President Obama finds himself to be the only adult in the room. The American people have seen this same scenario over and over during the past four years, and most of them are tir...39 opinions2013/03/01 17:01:20
With just a few days to go before new government spending cuts are set to take effect, what are the chances that another eleventh-hour action will avert the latest impending hit to the economy? Very small.1,389 votes2013/02/25 17:00:00
Roughly two out of three Americans say that automatic spending cuts set to trigger Friday will have a major negative effect on the economy, according to a new public opinion poll. And more would blame congressional Republi...57 opinions2013/02/26 16:16:56
We already know the Democrats main priority is to make sure the welfare checks/EBT cards and food stamps get paid out on time, hence the need for more tax revenue. Via Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/...8 opinions2013/02/22 12:11:03
Statement by Rush Limbaugh earlier today that I totally agree with: RUSH: Folks, I'm sorry here. I can't help but think that we are all being played for a bunch of fools, a bunch of suckers on this sequester business. ...5 votes2013/02/22 00:30:51
The first partisan “ovation,” of this year's State of the Union address came only minutes into President Obama’s speech. Its timing was suitable. President Obama’s traditionally optimistic introduction had quickly turned i...28 opinions2013/02/14 12:22:24
If this doesn't open your eyes, NOTHING will!! Just take a look. U.S. Tax Revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 Federal Budget: $3,820,000,000,000 Ø New Debt: $1,650,000,000,000 Ø National Debt: $14,271,000,000,000 Ø ...5 opinions2012/12/31 02:23:52
Here's a glimpse into how much money is lost to individual states because of money hidden in offshore tax havens. Considering that Republicans in CONgress have been screaming almost non-stop the past 4 years about deficits...5 opinions2013/02/06 19:43:51
Politics Reid: We need more tax increases By: Jim Hoft 2/3/2013 01:09 PM RESIZE: A A A Print 79 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told George Stephanopoulos Sunday that any attempts to a...0 opinions2013/02/05 17:31:40
Jan 31, 3:17 AM (ET) By JIM KUHNHENN WASHINGTON (AP) - Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish economy is elbowing its way back into ...6 opinions2013/02/02 12:46:48
Like one of the kids on “Family Circus” blaming the broken cookie jar on Not Me and Ida Know, the Obama Administration is seriously hoping Americans will believe that Republicans are to blame for the gross domestic p...18 opinions2013/01/31 21:28:04
Joe Scarborough said on Sunday that Republicans owe their majority in the House of Representatives to gerrymandering. The MSNBC host was part of the roundtable on "Meet the Press." He lamented the loss of the Republican p...29 opinions2013/01/31 15:58:21
The story told us of a pharmaceutical giant called Amgen and three senators so close to it they might be entries on its balance sheet: Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic Senator Max Baucus, chair of the...1 opinion2013/01/29 18:00:12
Sometime next month, the nation will hit its current debt ceiling limit, setting off a frantic, embarrassing, and last minute effort to avoid defaulting on some Federal government debts because the government’s ability ...3 opinions2013/01/27 03:32:03