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The scandal involving IRS discrimination against conservative groups is growing. In one case LifeNews has profiled, a pro-life group was told it had to promote abortion. Now, the Thomas More Society is speaking out about blatant bias by the supposedly apolitical tax-collection agency. The pro-life legal group informed LifeNews today that cases it handled support [...]

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Speaking on the Senate floor this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell again made the case that now is the time for Congress to tackle our out-of-control federal spending. “A few weeks ago, President Obama reportedly said that America doesn’t have a spending problem. Well, he’s wrong. This is completely at odds with what independent experts tell [...]

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After Four Years Of Trillion Dollar Deficits Democrats Want The Government To Spend Even More   Spending Boom: $1.8 Trillion to $3.6 Trillion In 10 Years   SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “Think about it: the federal government spent $1.8 trillion in 2001 and $3.6 trillion last year. These are nominal dollars, I realize, but by any [...]

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Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results. And by that definition Republicans have suffered from insanity for the past two election cycles. John McCain was a horribly liberal candidate and Barack Obama handed him his head on a platter by being the bold colors to McCain’s pastel shades of Liberalism. [...]

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This is no surprise. Obama wasting taxpayer money. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The agency responsible for watching over your money is now getting its own finances examined. Judicial Watch, a conservative foundation aimed at fighting government corruption, obtained financial records from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and says that the government agency has been spending [...]

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If there is not enough money in the coffers, how do you deal with that? Lower spending like American Families would do? Well, to normal people. But Tim Kaine is not a normal person. He is a big government Progressive and the answer is always the same. Raise taxes. And if that’s not enough, raise [...]

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This blog entry from Daniel J. Mitchell, from the Cato Institute, in Forbes Magazine, perhaps not surprisingly, came out on the side of Estonia, not Prof. Krugman!  Here’s a couple of highlights: I have great fondness for Estonia, in part because it was the first post-communist nation to adopt the flat tax, but also because [...]

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Governor Jindal of Louisiana was just reelected on Saturday; here is the Virginia Right report on the election.  Jindal is determined to end the Huey Long era in Louisiana and I strongly support him in that regard.  I hope he is not distracted by national developments; it is critical to have a term to implement [...]

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Henrico, VA– As Chairman Kaine and President Obama double down on the same failed stimulus policies that left Americans with 9% unemployment and massive debt, a new Bloomberg poll shows that an overwhelming 72% of Americans think the economy is headed in the wrong direction.   Bloomberg: “The poll results show the public is running [...]

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  — “If our economy is to recover, government needs to get out of the way.” –  “Once again, President Obama has demonstrated that he simply has no new ideas for fixing the economy. When presented with a dire situation that calls for original thinking, the President has largely returned to his familiar playbook of [...]

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If you missed the big speech President Obama has been promising to deliver on jobs, let me give you the short version: Tax, tax tax. Spend, spend, spend. Tax the rich, hire more teachers, build roads and extend unemployment benefits. Oh, and if you have any ideas like smaller government or less government spending, he [...]

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In an op-ed for Politico today previewing the president’s speech, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell writes, “President Barack Obama will reportedly do two things in his speech to a joint session of Congress tonight: ask us to believe that a second stimulus will be more effective than his first; and pin the blame on others [...]

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Governor McDonnell has really done a wonderful job turning around the miserable hand he was dealt by former Governor Tim Kaine. We now have the second surplus in a row. Virginians are happy to have a surplus, but if the State is simply going to spend it on other things, then the news is no [...]

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`The reason we’ve got a $14 trillion debt is because no matter how much money Washington has, it always spends more — and the only way to cure the problem is to stop enabling it.’ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on the Senate floor Friday regarding a [...]

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This is an excellent video produced by EconStories explaining the struggle between the followers of Keynesian Economics that the Liberals Progressives (like Obaba) subscribe to and the Austrian Economic model of free markets without heavy handed government intervention preferred by Friedrich Hayek. From to the EconStoried site: According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, [...]

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‘A Sharp Contrast’ While President Obama’s Budget ‘All But Ignored The Most Important Long-Term Fiscal Challenge,’ Chairman Ryan’s Plan ‘Includes Broad Changes To The Tax System And $6.2 Trillion In Federal Spending Cuts’   The House Republican Budget: The ‘Most Complete Attempt So Far By Republicans To Make Good On Their Promises … To Cut [...]

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This afternoon, the Senate will be voting on competing budget plans for the rest of the current fiscal year, the House Republicans’ bill, which cuts $61 billion in spending, and the Senate Democrats’ plan, which cuts only $4.7 billion.   Speaking on the floor this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, “At a time [...]

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By Rep. Eric Cantor February 26, 2011 America is at a tipping point, and Republicans have begun to take action. Last week, the House passed unprecedented legislation reducing discretionary spending this fiscal year by more than $100 billion. In addition, we made clear that our long-term budget, to be unveiled in the spring, will address [...]

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On Monday President Barack Obama released his latest budget, another financial mess that adds to the national debt while raising taxes as well. His $3.7 trillion budget fails to take government spending seriously, offering tentative cuts at best.  In response, Congressman Eric Cantor offered the following statement: “President Obama says he wants to win the [...]

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