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Top Democrat on Stopping 2% Cut in GDP Growth: Not “Essential”
Nov 29, 2010
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Democrats are obviously flailing around for a winning message when the third-highest member in their leadership says stopping a massive $3.9 trillion tax hike is not “essential.” Most wage-earners, retailers, investors, farmers, manufacturers, and shippers would probably disagree.
“Investors warn...
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“Few Businesses Sprout, With Even Fewer Jobs”
Nov 19, 2010
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The Wall Street Journal published an article today with a troubling headline: “Few Businesses Sprout, With Even Fewer Jobs.” It’s a fairly damning indictment of the Democrats’ policies and economic record. Below are some key excerpts.
Job Creation Relies on People Taking Risks &...
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Decoupling Americans from their Income
Nov 18, 2010
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The relationship between Democrats and the people who actually create jobs in the private sector has often been rocky, to say the least. The majority party has hit small businesses with huge new health care and tax compliance costs, raised taxes on tanning salons and other industries, tried to...
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Restoring Americans’ Faith in Washington
Oct 14, 2010
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Gallup recently asked Americans to describe the federal government in just one word or phrase. Fully 72% of the responses were negative. Among the biggest criticisms are that Washington is too big, corrupt, incompetent, confused, wasteful, complicated, broken, bloated, and inefficient. Large...
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Medicare: What Andy Griffith Won’t Tell You
Oct 12, 2010
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Andy Griffith (of Mayberry and Matlock fame) is back on the airwaves just before Election Day in a taxpayer-funded propaganda video meant to sway seniors’ opinions about ObamaCare. Andy says the new law makes Medicare better, but there are a few important points he failed to mention.
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Politics Trump All in WH Oil Spill Response
Oct 7, 2010
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Four new reports were released yesterday by an investigatory commission set up in the wake of the oil spill caused by an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig. And what these reports have to say is damning.
“Political concerns drove what the commission staff calls ‘Boom Wars,’ as local...
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“Strangle” Jokes Aside, Biden’s Budget Claim Chokes on Reality
Oct 6, 2010
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With all due respect, Vice President Biden has an “interesting” way with words.
“According to a pool report from Tuesday's event in Dayton, Biden was telling the crowd that Democrats know how to balance the budget. He said, ‘If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am...
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Obama’s “Small Biz” TARP Strikes Out
Sep 24, 2010
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You’d be hard pressed to find anyone in America who doesn’t want small businesses to succeed, so helping them would seem to be a softball issue. Yet somehow, President Obama and Congressional Democrats managed to strike out looking with a $30 billion “small business lending bill” that gives the...
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Why Do Democrats Punish Companies with More than 25 Employees?
Sep 14, 2010
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What do Democrats have against businesses with more than 25 employees? Remember that tax credit that actually creates incentives for businesses not to grow or hire more people? Sure you do.
“For employers with 15 workers, taking on an additional hire will reduce the credit by $1,400. For a company...
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Red Flag: Obama May Feel the Need to Circumvent His Own Congress on Financial Czar
Sep 14, 2010
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There’s been some buzz recently that President Obama will go around Congress to unilaterally install Elizabeth Warren atop a new federal bureaucracy with substantial authority over everything from credit cards to mortgages to pay-by-installment plans.
“It's unclear whether she would have the votes...
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