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Biden Calls for “Global Minimum Tax”

Just in time for the 2012 campaign season, Vice President Joe Biden calls for a “global minimum tax.” What’s that? Listen to Joe: “For years, American manufacturers have faced one of the highest tax rates in the world. We want [...]

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Obamanomics: “36.3% of working-age Americans do not have a job and are not even looking”

Congressman Jim Jordan posted the following graphic over at Red State today to remind people that today marks the three year anniversary of President Obama and the Democrats saving America with the Stimulus Package. And by saving America, I mean [...]

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A Look At the Numbers Behind the Jobs Numbers

The big news of the day is the unemployment rate has dropped from 8.7 percent to 8.5 percent! Nonfarm payrolls rose by 200,000 last month, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday in its monthly survey of employers. Private companies added [...]

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Jesse Jackson Jr Says Congress in Rebellion And Obama Should Declare a National Emergency, Attack iPads

Jesse Jackson, Jr. was interviewed by The Daily Callers’ Nicholas Ballasy, (who I keep reading as “Ballsy,” but that’s beside the point.) Jackson made some frank and troubling statements revealing a tyrannical side to Democrats they rarely reveal publicly and [...]

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SCOAMF in Infographic Form

This is not how leaders lead. This is a great example of a SCoaMF in action: From the Speaker’s blog: After President Obama addressed a Joint Session of Congress, Republican leaders issued a memo outlining possible areas of common ground, [...]

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Barney Frank Circa 2005: What Housing Bubble?

In 2008, I posted a video that showed the Demcrat’s refusal to deal with Republican concern about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I wrote the following: It is this meddling in the free market that has caused this crisis, this [...]

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Are you happy you are giving away free cell phones?

We are just more and more generous.  We even give the poor free cell phones. I couldn’t believe it till I checked out: Lifeline Benefits Lifeline Assistance is part of a program that was created by the government to provide [...]

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Karl Rove: Obama Hasn't Closed the Health-Care Sale – WSJ.com

Every sales person knows that it is critical to successful selling is truth in advertising and a clear, sincere sales presentation. Unfortunately, in the health care debacle, we are being fed lies and false promises that a true analysis shows [...]

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When you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there (by Wes Weber)

Senator Kent Conrad, D ND, clarified for all of us the health care reform problem, with his appearance on Fox News Sunday, August 15th. He stated clearly and without any limiters that Obama does not have a plan for Health Care Reform. He has left that up to Congress!

Just think about that! He does not have a plan, or if he does, he has not shared it with the Democrat leaders in Congress, but, instead has left it up to them to create a reform bill

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Inside the Mind of a Zero Accountability Voter and The Damage They Cause

What is a zero accountability voter? Here’s how I define it. A zero accountability voter is a person with the ability to vote and has nothing to lose personally from the results of their vote. This person can vote for [...]

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Obama Channels Baghdad Bob on Trade Wars

President Obama is in Mexico with Stephen Harper for a summit with America’s neighbors. While standing next to the leaders of two nations he has started trade wars with, he said there was no problem with the trade between the [...]

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How Much More Screwed Up Could This Program Be?

Have you been paying attention to the Cash for Clunkers debacle? I’m sure you know they ran out of money. (By the way, check out Jimmy Bise’s AIP blog post on the matter. It’s great!) Then there’s the fact that [...]

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Democrat Economics Explained: The Public Option is Market Based

One thing that really bothers me about the statist’s propaganda is the claim the public option health care plan is “market based.” For example, read this hogwash from Rep. Jane Harmon (D-ishonest): A good healthcare bill will provide universal coverage, [...]

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How Democrats Destroy Economies Starring Gov. Jennifer Grandholm

Henry Payne at The Corner poses a very valid question. He asks, “Does anyone in the Michigan Democratic party know basic economics?“ Here’s why. The governor, Jennifer Grandholm, has called for 45 percent reduction in the use of fossil fuels [...]

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