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Big Whiff: Details of Obama’s 2013 Budget

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off by

Yesterday, President Obama released his fiscal year 2013 budget proposal. Unfortunately, this budget request doubles-down on the same failed policies which have made the economy worse under President Obama. This budget includes the most government spending in history, the biggest tax increase in American history, …

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Obama budget: More Debt, More Doubt, Fewer Jobs

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off by

Reports Show President’s Budget Is Loaded With Same Failed ‘Stimulus’ Spending & Small Business Tax Hikes

The budget crafted by President Obama last year was widely panned as a threat to job growth. And based on the reports, it looks like we’re in for more …

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Five Things to Watch for in President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Jan 24, 2012 Comments Off by

If President Obama’s past addresses are any indication, this year’s State of the Union will sound like a broken record in more ways than one.  In all three previous addresses President Obama has delivered, he has called for more of the same failed policies that …

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Debt Vote an Indictment of Obama’s Reckless Spending Binge

Jan 17, 2012 Comments Off

This week the House of Representatives will vote on a resolution to disapprove of the Obama administration’s request for an increase in the nation’s debt ceiling – another “sign of leadership failure,” in the president’s own words.

The vote itself is an indictment of the …

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What’s a “Super Committee?”

Sep 21, 2011 No Comments

Admittedly, I didn’t even know what the “Super Committee” was up until a couple of weeks ago when Senator Jon Kyl threatened to quit it over defense cuts.  I’d heard it mentioned on broadcast news but missed the specifics of the committee during the debt ceiling fight. Created under the recently passed debt-limit deal, this so-called [...]

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