This week, the Obama administration announced it will create a new poverty-measurement system that will eventually displace the current poverty measure. This new measure, which has little or nothing to do with actual poverty, will serve as the propaganda tool in Obama’s endless quest to “spread the wealth.” Under the new measure, a family...
Monthly Archives: March 2010
UC Tuition Hikes and Public Employee Pensions – WSJ.com
In 1999, the Democratic legislature ran a reckless gamble that makes Wall Street's bankers look cautious. At the top of a bull market, they assumed their investment returns would grow at a 8.25% rate in perpetuity—equivalent to assuming that the Dow would reach 25,000 by 2009—and enacted a huge pension boon for public-safety and...
Obama’s New ‘Poverty’ Measurement – Robert Rector – National Review Online
The current poverty measure counts absolute purchasing power — how much steak and potatoes you can buy. The new measure will count comparative purchasing power — how much steak and potatoes you can buy relative to other people. As the nation becomes wealthier, the poverty standards will increase in proportion. In other words, Obama...
Public input period for federal fishery strategy has ended – ESPN
“Now we see NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the administration planning the future of recreational fishing access in America based on a similar agenda of these same groups and other Big Green anti-use organizations, through an Executive Order by the President. The current U.S. direction with fishing is a direct parallel to...
Patients’ medical records go online without consent
This is what thinking people worry about with pinko healthcare. Stop Obamacare! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7408379/Patients-medical-records-go-online-without-consent.html
Senate Staffers Warned to Stay Clear of Drudge Report (by liberal senate admin)
Running scared of information? Wrong industry honey. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/09/senate-warns-staffers-stay-clear-drudge-report/
Why Obama won’t stop pushing health care reform – American Thinker Blog
Obama fails to see America as a land of opportunity, rejects wealth creation, and intends to “grow the middle,” not by lifting the poor, but by shrinking the top. This explains his obsession with health care-the “keystone” is in reach. via American Thinker Blog: Why Obama won’t stop pushing health care reform.
