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Now or never: We must lower the corporate tax rate

Apr 01, 2012 Comments Off by

by Rep. David Schweikert

Last month was the 37th straight month of the Obama administration with an unemployment rate over 8 percent. The United States has lost nearly 900,000 jobs since the president’s so-called “stimulus” was signed into law. And it seems that each month, President …

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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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Dems continue one-trick approach to governance: raise taxes

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off by

Dems Reject Spending Cuts in Payroll Tax Talks, Insist on Job-Threatening Tax Hikes

In their joint statement regarding payroll tax cut negotiations, Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, and Whip McCarthy note that “Republicans have attempted to reach an agreement and negotiated in good faith for months, …

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Athens burns as Greece struggles to implement spartan budget

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off

Athens, reputed to be the origin of democracy, is in the 21st century a pariah of the worst extremes of what government by the welfare state can do for an economy.  Civilization has ground to a halt as as the irate, impoverished population spasms in …

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Obama budget: More Debt, More Doubt, Fewer Jobs

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off

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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Shall We Take the Liberty of “the 1%”?

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off

By Jane M. Orient, M.D.

For many, “the 1%” are the “super-rich,” the “millionaires and billionaires” (as if it didn’t take 1,000 millionaires to equal a single billionaire). “Occupiers” think that “the 1%” have more money than people should be allowed to have, so our government …

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Gosar Denounces President Obama’s Budget Plan

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Paul Gosar D.D.S (R-AZ), issued the following statement in response to the release of President Obama’s 2013 Budget proposal:

Congressman Gosar said, “In the 3.8 trillion dollar 2013 Budget proposal released by the White House this morning, President Obama offers more of the …

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House Republicans look to grow American energy, repair infrastructure

Feb 03, 2012 Comments Off

Six Reforms in the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act

This week, House Republicans formally introduced the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7), which will support American job creation by removing government barriers to long-term economic growth, particularly in the production of American-made …

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Bad news from the CBO on taxes, jobs, and wages

Feb 02, 2012 Comments Off

In the previous post, we pointed out how the Republicans made some strides in slowing spending. That was good news, but it’s not all good news.

First, the taxes. According to the CBO . . .

Taxes Will ‘Shoot Up by More Than 30 …

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State of the Union facts vs. Obama’s fictions

Jan 25, 2012 Comments Off

SOTU FACT: President Obama’s Policies Have Made Our Economy Worse

CLAIM: President Obama says our economy has “momentum.”

“As long as I’m President, I will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum.” (President Obama, State of the Union Address, January 24, 2012)

FACT: President …

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