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California Governments Confront $1.0 Trillion in Debt Thanks to Unions
This is a guest post by Ed Ring editor of Union Watch , a project of the California Public Policy Center. California’s State/Local Governments Confront $1.0 Trillion in Debt A study released earlier today by the California Public Policy Center en...
DeMint on Immigration Reform: ‘If People Read The Bill, It Will Be Blocked’
Should it be blocked? Former senator and current Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint on Sunday predicted that the Gang’s of Eight’s immigration reform bill would be blocked “if people read the bill.” “I think if people read the bill, that it wi...
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See: http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/575119/N...19 opinions2013/05/02 05:20:40
Many of my liberal friends treat as gospel the $3 trillion cost of Bush’s War against Iraq. They often cite the work of Stiglitz and Bilmes such as this article in the Washington Post describing the “true cost” of Bush’s ...53 votes2013/04/27 00:16:02
See: http://minutemennews.com/2013/04/better-late-than-never-obama...65 opinions2013/04/11 06:44:11
Michigan farmer Vern Verduin has won the right to display signs critical of Pres. Obama - on Verduin's own truck and property - after Gaines Township officials took him to court in an effort to force him to remove them. I...71 opinions2013/04/09 01:16:51
These figures are a year Old 2008 TARP Funds — Where Are They Now? How much has been paid back, how much is lost and more May 23, 2012, 8:38 am EDT | By Jeff Reeves , Editor of InvestorPlace.com In the d...8 votes2013/04/06 01:39:56
Presentation by NEWSMAX.COM We are in a lot of Finical Shut Down than we were 5 years ago ? 2006 GM motors and a few other manufacturing places went under ? 2011 with all the riots in the streets ? Most savings will be wi...2 votes2013/04/01 04:40:17
If Cyprus was America Posted by Ezra Klein on March 22, 2013 at 10:54 am 8 Comments More A very helpful comparison from Kevin Drum: Just to give you an idea of what all the numbers mean, the EU/IMF plan requires Cy...0 opinions2013/03/23 21:33:40
NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades coun...22 opinions2013/03/17 08:48:59
A Decade Of Mistakes: Timeline Of The Iraq Ten years ago, “Operation: Shock and Awe” launched the war in Iraq. The next ten years would prove to be a calamity of unthinkable proportions, leading to the deaths of thousa...19 opinions2013/03/20 01:08:50
Breaking News From Newsmax.com FreedomWorks CEO, Rush: RNC Report Short on Ideas, Wrong House Democrats’ Budget Has $1.2 Trillion in New Taxes AEI Top Doc: Say Bye to Your Family Docto...2 votes2013/03/19 15:24:02
According to one of its supporters, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is not "what our troops need," is "too costly" and "poorly managed," and its "present difficulties are too numerous to detail." The F-35 is a case study of...3 votes2013/03/18 10:36:07
Our current national debt is above $16 trillion, and many people believe that China is the largest holder of that debt. However, while China is a holder, they're only the largest FOREIGN holder of our debt and the amount t...2 opinions2013/03/16 19:54:15
Estimates showed that Paul Ryan's previous plans amounted to $3 trillion tax giveaways to the wealthy, but because of tax increases that took effect in 2013, Ryan’s newest tax cut is even larger. The federal government in ...58 opinions2013/03/12 20:04:47
Thankfully, it doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of passing. Via The Hill: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/300467-cbo-obama... The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on Friday said President Ob...0 opinions4 days ago
The past week brought us history: on Tuesday, GETCO and Citadel’s HFT algos were used by the Primary Dealers and the Fed to send the Dow Jones to all time highs, subsequently pushing it to new all time highs every single d...1 opinion2013/03/11 02:51:24
In 2007, the federal government took in an all-time record $2.6 trillion in revenues. That year’s deficit was merely $161 billion – quaint in retrospect. This year, according to a report from the Congressio...4 opinions2013/03/09 15:03:22
Obama's Now Added $6 Trillion to the National Debt Since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, more than $6 trillion dollars has been added to the national debt. "Without fanfare, the Bureau of Public Deb...12 opinions2013/03/05 16:33:11
The stock market’s roar to record highs Tuesday reflected the Federal Reserve’s massive easing campaign, not the strength of the U.S. economy “Fed money-printing is important” for the stock market, Wiedemer tells Newsma...21 opinions2013/03/06 14:05:00