Month: July 2009

This is the kind of Representation NY State get in the Senate

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Well done Chuck. Bet the union lobbyists have a real email address for you.

Europe Thumps U.S., Again – WSJ.com

On present trends, most of Europe will soon have lower income tax rates than most of America. And now the European Union is stealing another competitive march on Washington, this time on a free trade deal with the world’s 13th largest economy, fast-growing South Korea.

Last week Brussels and Seoul finished the outline of a new trade agreement, and the two sides will now write up the technical language to codify it. As for the pending U.S.-Korea trade agreement, Congress has done . . . nothing.

via Europe Thumps U.S., Again – WSJ.com.

Democrats’ New Worry: Their Own Rich Voters – WSJ.com

A glimmer of hope…

A group of Democrats elected in recent years from some of the country’s richest congressional districts have emerged as a stumbling block to raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for President Barack Obama’s ambitious health-care overhaul just as the plan has begun to meet increasing resistance over its cost.

via Democrats’ New Worry: Their Own Rich Voters – WSJ.com.

Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security – CNN.com

Hayden said he called several senior White House officials to express his opposition before the president released the documents. Hayden also noted that four previous CIA directors, as well as current agency director Leon Panetta, opposed the release.

via Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security – CNN.com.