Monthly Archives: July 2009

Pelosi’s Health-Care Payroll Tax Is a Tax on Labor – WSJ.com

July 30, 2009
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A new study by Sageworks, Inc., a financial consulting firm, runs the numbers on the income statements of actual companies. It looks at three types of firms with at least $5 million in sales: a retailer, a construction company and a small manufacturer. The companies each have total payroll of between $750,000 and $1...

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Support Slips for Health Plan – WSJ.com

July 29, 2009
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In the new poll, conducted July 24 to July 27, 42% called it a bad idea while 36% said it was a good idea. Among those with insurance, the proportion calling the plan a bad idea rose to 47% from 37%. The declining popularity of health-care overhaul appeared to be fueled by rising anxiety...

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Conyers Sees No Point in Members Reading 1,000-Page Health Care Bill…

July 28, 2009
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Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Has Liberalism Jumped the Shark?

July 24, 2009
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Identity politics, when viewed in its purest form, is racism. Keynesian economics, when distilled to its basic concepts, flies in the face of common sense. Re-branding political policy doesn’t change its ultimate effectiveness. Hypocrites are hypocrites regardless of the causes they support, or claim to champion. The U.S. should not be about “nuance” when...

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Strassel: How Obama Stumbled on Health Care – WSJ.com

July 24, 2009
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The party of the left owns the White House, a filibuster-proof Senate, and a 70-seat House majority. As one House Republican aide quipped: “We could have every GOP congressman and their parents vote against a Democratic bill, and still not stop it.” All Democrats have to do is agree on something. You can’t blame...

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“I’ve been lied to” house mode…

July 24, 2009
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“I’ve been lied to” house moderate Democrats in anger about Waxman’s deceptive manipulation of the facts — http://bit.ly/iBhx5

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House healthcare talks break down in anger

July 24, 2009
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The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting with their committee chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), saying Waxman had been negotiating in bad faith over a number of provisions Blue Dogs demanded be changed in the stalled healthcare bill. “I’ve been lied to,” Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairman...

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Urine Test for Welfare Recipients – There Oughtta Be a Law

July 23, 2009
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Here’s a good common sense email going around… THE JOB – URINE TEST Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay  me.. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to...

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Under Obamacare, you will be f…

July 23, 2009
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Under Obamacare, you will be forced to fund abortions for women throughout the US and doctors will be forced to perform them. Not freedom.

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Glenn Beck on Obama and repara…

July 23, 2009
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Glenn Beck on Obama and reparations – great piece – http://bit.ly/3dWg2

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