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In a must-read editorial today, The Wall Street Journal writes, “Only Congress could do something like this. All eyes are on the fiscal-cliff negotiations to trim the $1 trillion-plus budget deficit. Running alongside but largely out of public view is a $60.4 billion emergency spending bill to provide relief to the victims of superstorm Sandy. Trouble is, the […]

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Amid A Chorus Of Pleas For ‘Fiscal Realism’ The President’s Left-Wing Allies Mobilize ‘Another Campaign’ To Prevent It   WASH POST: ‘Entitlement Reform Must Be On The Table’   WASHINGTON POST: “Entitlement Reform Must Be On The Table … no serious [debt-reduction plan] can exclude entitlements. With Republicans in control of the House and holding 45 votes […]

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ObamaCare ‘Threatens Thousands Of American Jobs’ Democrat Former Senator Who Voted For ObamaCare Exposes Real World Consequences   Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN): ‘Threatens Thousands Of American Jobs’   “A 2.3% tax on medical-device sales, not profits, was imposed… there will be little or no increase in sales volume to offset the added cost of $30 […]

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POLITIFact is one of the worst liars of anyone on the left. Not only do they lie, they pretend to “fact check”. Funny thing, facts. It seems that PolitiFact has polished the art of spin into a full time occupation. These folks are left wing hacks that do nothing more than fake “checking” of facts […]

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Dems’ Radical Cliff Plan Draws Gasps Fed Chairman & Jobs Groups Say Going Over Fiscal Cliff Would ‘Spawn A Dangerous Crisis,’ Warn A ‘Recession Would Occur’   Fed Chairman Warns On Consequences Of Fiscal Cliff   BEN BERNANKE, Federal Reserve Chairman: “…fiscal decisions should take into account the fragility of the recovery. That recovery could be endangered by […]

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CBO: At Least 75% Of Obama’s Mandate Tax Will Fall On Families Making Less Than $250K   Individual Mandate ‘Considered A Tax,’ Hits Middle Class Families   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE: At least 75% of individual mandate penalties fall on those making less than $250,000. (“Estimated Distribution Of Individual Mandate Penalties Under The Patient Protection And Affordable Care […]

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The Dem Health Law Will Result In ‘A Reduction Of 800,000 Workers’ According To The Congressional Budget Office Director   CBO Director: ‘A Reduction Of 800,000 Workers’   QUESTION: “In your estimation, the health care law would reduce employment by 800,000… DOUGLAS ELMENDORF, CBO Director: “Yes… there would be a reduction of 800,000 workers.” (U.S. […]

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Republican Payroll Proposal The Republican Proposal Extends Current Payroll Tax Relief, Reduces The Deficit By $111 Billion And Trims The Size Of The Federal Government   Prevents A Tax Increase, Protects Social Security: Provides a one year extension of the temporary Social Security tax holiday that passed in 2010, protecting all individuals from tax increases, […]

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The Congressional Budget Office has had a look at the Boehner Plan, and guess what? What we have been saying about Speaker Boehner all along is true! Remember the Continuing Resolution fight a few months back where Boehner and the Republican Leadership promised $100 Billion in cuts, and settled for a plan that cut $40 […]

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Time to Take this New Deal Program off Taxpayer Life Support Business-as-usual politics by the Washington Establishment must stop. When politicians try to manipulate the markets, they fail miserably and ordinary Americans pay a severe price. The cycle of irresponsible lending and taxpayer bailouts must end in Washington DC. The federal government must get out […]

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I suppose the term “honest politician” is, indeed, an oxymoron. Last Friday, we learned of a deal to reduce the 2011 budget by $38.5 Billion. While hardly the $100 Billion Conservatives were looking for, indeed expecting, and less than the $61 Billion we were told was a “pro rated” number based on the large chunk […]

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According To The President, A $1 Trillion Stimulus Boondoggle And A Budget That Grows Debt To Over $20 Trillion Are ‘Living Within Our Means’   PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY: “We Have To Live Within Our Means…” (President Obama, Remarks At George Washington University, 4/13/11)   President Obama During Stimulus Roll Out: ‘We’ve Got To Get Serious […]

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On Friday, Senate Democrats released their spending proposal for the rest of the current fiscal year, offering only $6.5 billion in cuts from the current unsustainable spending levels. Combined with the $4 billion in cuts President Obama signed into law last week, that means Democrats are apparently offering only $10.5 billion in total cuts. The […]

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Following Friday’s troubling news from the Congressional Budget Office that this year’s deficit will approach a staggering $1.5 trillion, The Washington Post editorialized over the weekend, “In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama failed to present a credible plan for long-term debt reduction. It’s no secret that we think he made […]

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The New York Times reports today, “The government’s budget deficit will soar to nearly $1.5 trillion this year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, an anticipated but politically galvanizing calculation that further intensified the partisan battle over the nation’s fiscal future. . . . The deficit was $1.4 trillion in 2009 and $1.3 trillion […]

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Protecting Taxpayers, Not Political Campaigns – Senate Republican Leader introduces legislation to save $617 million by ending taxpayer-funded presidential campaigns – ‘In a time of exploding deficits and record debt the last thing the American people want right now is to provide what amounts to welfare for politicians.’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Republican Leader Mitch […]

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The Democrats have literally taken food out of the mouths of children to pay teachers in an obvious payback for supporting their liberal agenda. Democrats in the Senate decided saving Union Teaching jobs was more important than feeding the pupils they will teach. Harry Reid forced the Senate to vote on a bill that robs […]

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FactCheck.org Says “The Promise That ‘Benefits Will Remain The Same’ Is Just As Fictional As The Town Of Mayberry Was When Griffith Played The Local Sheriff” “Like Always, We’ll Have Our Guaranteed [Medicare] Benefits.” (“An Important Message From Medicare With Andy Griffith,” HHS, 7/29/10) “Would The Sheriff Of Mayberry Mislead You About Medicare? Alas, Yes.” […]

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Another day, another promise from Democrats about their unpopular health care bill is exposed as mere rhetoric as reality shows the opposite to be true.

Throughout the health care debate last year, Americans were assured by President Obama and Democrats that their health care plans would lower health care costs and reduce government spending on health care. In his September address to a joint session of Congress, Obama said his plan “will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government.” In December, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) warned that “without reform, health care expenditures will increase.” Obama said again in March this year, “[M]y proposal would bring down the cost of health care for … the federal government.” Later that month, some House Democrats based their vote for the bill on assurances the bill would lower health care costs. And when Republicans tried to point out that the Democrats’ plans would do none of these things, Baucus had a typical response: “Mr. President, the Republican Leader just a few moments ago says that this bill raises costs. With all due respect to my good friend from Kentucky, that statement is false.”

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