In two speeches over the last week, Mr. Obama argued that in the past, presidents and Congresses of both parties have treated unemployment insurance for what it is: an emergency expenditure. “Suddenly, Republican leaders want to change that,” he said. He portrayed Republicans as hypocrites for demanding that jobless benefits be paid for but...
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Brian Riedl: The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth – WSJ.com
Brian Riedl: The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth – WSJ.com.
More than 150 years since such significant but unpopular legislation was passed through a partisan Congress. – Rasmussen Reports™
Expectations that Congress will pass health care reform in the coming year soared following the Senate’s Christmas Eve vote. Sixty-seven percent 67% now expect it to pass. Still, most voters continue to oppose the health care plan and 63% believe it will raise the cost of care. Most voters 54% also believe they personally...
Morning Bell: The Left’s Assault on the Declaration of Independence » The Foundry
But denying the truth of America’s principles for the sake of “change” can make no claim to progress at all—a point made with unsurpassed clarity by Calvin Coolidge learn more here on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1926: “If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are...
Economist: Obama Lost At Sea
The Economist, which has been a respected newspaper by Tickler in the past, but lost much of it when they endorsed the Obamination, if beginning to come its senses. Read the full article here, excerpts follow… The Obama rescue Feb 12th 2009 From The Economist print edition This week marked a huge wasted opportunity...
Graham: Obama is AWOL on Democrat Spending Bill
In a FoxNews interview, Lindsay Graham pointed out Obama’s penchant for avoiding real work and instead performing for the press in the so-far lucrative public opinion venue he relies on so much. Lacking leadership isn’t a new thing from what I can tell, but now that he’s got the job, you’d think he’d want...
Karl Rove Quotes Obama’s Larry Summers on Spending Bill
This is from an interview Karl Rove gave to Greta Van Sustern. The transcript is on the website: You know, I was reading something, rereading Larry Summers, the head of the National Economic Council in the Obama White House, some remarks that he made earlier in this process, I believe it was in December....
