Economy
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Scholarships cut for children of Iraq, Afghanistan war casualties
President Obama may have been “politicizing” the effects of sequestration when he announced with his fingers crossed behind his back…
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Bill Maher: Bloomberg soda ban sort of thing that ‘makes liberals look bad’
A riddle: Which conservative said, “I am for overturning this ban,” referring to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s idiotic proscription…
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How Obama’s possible third term was thwarted by the 1948 Republican ‘Do Nothing’ Congress
In my self-appointed role as “undercover reporter,” at least three times a week I receive emails from Organizing for Action (OFA). This…
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Over 300,000 fed employees owe $3.5 billion in back taxes, says IRS
Did you know that you were in arrears to the federal government for $3.5 billion? Actually, you aren’t, but your…
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To force Obama’s hand on Keystone, NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman urges lawlessness
Incivility. It is a word that tripped off the lips and pens of liberal commentators great and small after the…
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MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski explodes over judge stopping sugary drink ban, claims soft drink makers poisoning children
Naturally, in the view of left wing statists, government must take on the role of “nanny,” since, in their view,…
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Chris Matthews asks when Obama’s ‘going to credit for amazing economy’
In case you missed it, the February jobs report on Friday contained some encouraging news. National Journal’s Michael Hirsh wrote…
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Jay Carney guardedly optimistic about WH Easter egg roll
From all indications, President Obama’s conciliatory dinner with “the enemy” on Wednesday was the PR triumph administration planners intended. Naturally,…
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Citing sequester, Obama ends public White House tours; GOP Rep. calls for defunding golf trips
On Tuesday, the White House announced that it was canceling all public tours of the presidential residence at 1600 Pennsylvania…
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The problem with Obama’s problem with special treatment for rich fat cats
To hear the president explain it, the nation’s debt could be wiped out entirely if only the “well-to-do” (the latest…
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Sequester pain promises the first Obama intends to keep
Who cares if the stimulus bill failed to keep unemployment under 8% or that health insurance premiums are up despite…
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Harvard economist: Sequester's automatic budget cuts will boost the economy
Harvard University economist Jeffrey Miron argues “the sequester will be good for the economy” even in the near future, helping…
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Top Obama aides make three times the average wage of Americans
Despite the president’s dire predictions leading up to the sequester, including the 4-Pinocchio-grade whopper that the Capitol janitorial staff would…
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SNL skewers Obama over sequester, handling of economy
It’s been a rough week for President Obama. On Friday, the usually sympathetic Washington Post Fact Checker gave the commander…
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WH admits ‘putting forward’ idea of sequestration
Pigs really can fly — almost. On Sunday, exactly one day after President Obama’s most recent assertion that the GOP…
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Obama Administration admits Benghazi failures, Woodward sequester claims
Republicans need to learn when they have won an argument, rather than continuously demanding more “answers” to supposedly unanswered questions…
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Obama’s ‘balanced plan’ includes $300B in revenues that he calls ‘cuts’
Despite his having once struck a Superman-like hands-on-hips pose, standing before a statue of the Man of Steel, no less,…
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Sequestration will help economy in the long run, economists say
The Obama Administration has engaged in scare tactics about the sequester, inflating its impact on the government and the country (to…
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Video du jour: Maxine Waters claims 170M jobs could be lost under sequester
And here you thought Obama was overplaying his hand when it came to pronouncements of doom and gloom over the…
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Mythical austerity: Spending cuts help the economy in the long run
Opposition to spending cuts in America has been based heavily on Britain’s economic setbacks and “the myth of British austerity,”…
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Dead in the water: Obama’s military and the Iran nuclear threat
Two to three years ago, the United States Department of Defense had enough military forces on station in, or readily…
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Space-time continuum to end and other ideas for demagoguing sequester cuts
Listening to Obama and his allies in the Democrat-media complex, the government will fall apart if the sequester “cuts” actually…
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Obama: Sequester Sadist, not Chicken Little
The economic sky is falling, but not because of puny, across-the-board decreases in previously scheduled spending increases* set to be…
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Gov’t claims sequestration will hurt federal agency (despite fact it closed last year)
It appears there is something to the president’s warning that the sky will fall on Friday if sequestration is allowed…
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Penney's sends the wrong message
Imagine you are a malevolent corporate mole hired, through a stroke of luck, to run your competitor’s chain of retail…
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Many sequester budget cuts are long overdue
As I discussed earlier, the automatic budget cuts contained in the sequester will help the economy in the long run, even if…
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WH releases state-by-state impact of sequestration
With apologies to Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about sequestration, but nobody does anything about it.” And nobody talks about it…
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Florida Medical Association reports worsening doctor shortage
And so it begins. An article in the Sun-Sentinel grimly advises Sunshine State residents: Brace yourself for longer lines at…
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GOP should pass sequester transfer authority bill
Yesterday, this column denounced President Barack Obama’s extreme fear-mongering attacks on the supposed consequences (including the action he has already…
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GOP sequester retort must be: Obama's discretionary threats
And not that Obama merely proposed “it”. Congress passed “it”, but “it” is a small decrease in automatic budget law…
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A couple points about the minimum wage…
Two things to consider with the current minimum wage debate: 1) What does empirical evidence say? 2) What does common…
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Next Obama sequester threats from skyscraper window ledge?
Before one dime of government spending actually gets cut as debt ceilings or continuing resolutions (in lieu of budgets) expire,…
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