Posted on 01 August 2012. Tags: Bureaucracy, Bureaucrats, Defcon, Defense Contractors, Dept Of Labor, Director Office, Executive Departments, Government President, Jeffrey Zients, Layoff Notices, Magnitude, Memorandum, Nbsp, Office Of Management And Budget, Omb, Pentagon, Private Contractors, Private Sector Workers, Sequester, Sequestration
Sequester ‘Guidance’ The Obama Administration Is Helping Bureaucrats Prepare For Sequestration, Even As They Work To Hide Layoff Notices From Private Sector Workers PRESIDENT OBAMA: “The private sector is doing fine. Where we’re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with … government.”(President Obama, Press Conference, 6/8/12) OMB Implementing Plans To ‘Work With [...]
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Posted on 01 December 2011. Tags: Budget Shortfalls, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Employees, Government President, Government Workforce, Levels Of Government, Moment Of Truth, Patriotism, Payroll Tax, Reduction Act, Republican Proposal, Security Trust Fund, Senate Proposal, Social Security Tax, Social Security Trust, Social Security Trust Fund, Tax Holiday, Tax Increases, Tax Relief, Trims
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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Posted on 21 August 2010. Tags: Affordable Care, Care Act, Congressional Record, Economic Gains, Federal Health Care, Government President, Health Bill, Health Care Costs, Health Care Legislation, Health Care Reform, Health Care Sales, Health Care System, Health Law, Insurance Market, Joint Session Of Congress, Michael Bennet, Patient Protection, Patty Murray, Sales Pitch, Sen Harry Reid
DEM TALKING POINTS MEET REALITY Dems Now Acknowledge Their Health Care Sales Pitch Was False “Key White House Allies Are Dramatically Shifting Their Attempts To Defend Health Care Legislation, Abandoning Claims That It Will Reduce Costs And Deficit, and instead stressing a promise to ‘improve it.’” (“New Dem Message: ‘Improve’ Health Care, Don’t Talk Cost,” [...]
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Posted on 23 April 2010. Tags: Chief Actuary, Chuck Schumer, Coverage Report, Different Story, Government President, Health Bill, Health Care Bill, Health Care Costs, Health Care Spending, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Coverage, Hhs, Joint Session Of Congress, Medicare Cuts, Midterm Elections, National Health Care, Political Liability, Rebuttal, Runaway Costs, Sen Schumer
Dems Accuse Republicans Of Spreading “Lies” But The Facts Revealed Since Passage Of The Health Bill Tell A Different Story
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): “Bottom Line, On The Health Care Bill, We Allowed Too Many Lies To Get Out There Without Rebuttal, Because We Thought They Were So Obviously Untrue. But We’ve Learned Our Lesson.” (Sen. Schumer, Press Conference, 4/22/10)
THE CLAIM
PRESIDENT OBAMA: “The Plan I’m Announcing Tonight … Will Slow The Growth Of Health Care Costs For Our Families, Our Businesses, And Our Government.” (President Obama, Remarks To Joint Session Of Congress, 9/9/09)
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