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...
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YouTube – CBS: Administration’s Trillion-Dollar ‘Stimulus’ Claims “Hard to Believe”
When Catie Couric dares to defy her own god, you know there’s trouble in the White House. YouTube – CBS: Administration’s Trillion-Dollar ‘Stimulus’ Claims “Hard to Believe”.
Jobless rate reaches 9.8 percent in September – Yahoo! Finance
Persistent joblessness could pose political problems for President Barack Obama, who pushed through an ambitious $787 billion stimulus package in February intended to “save or create” 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010. “We still think the overall trend is moving in the right direction,” said Christina Romer, chair of the President’s Council...
Strassel: How Obama Stumbled on Health Care – WSJ.com
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...
Democrats want to impose “surtax” to finance health care – WSJ.com
A new study by the Kaufman Foundation finds that small business entrepreneurs have led America out of its last seven post-World War II recessions. They also generate about two of every three new jobs during a recovery. The more the Obama Democrats reveal of their policies, the more it’s clear that they prize income...
Average length of unemployment highest since 1948. – WSJ.com
The Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary estimate for job losses for June is 467,000, which means 7.2 million people have lost their jobs since the start of the recession. The cumulative job losses over the last six months have been greater than for any other half year period since World War II, including the...
NPR: Stimulus Package Doing More Harm Than Good?
Wow, you know it’s bad when the cheerleaders turn on the home team. In an piece today Neo-Pinko Radio (NPR) suggests yet another wave of elector’s remorse. News & Notes , March 9, 2009 · The latest economic stimulus package continues to cause disagreement among economists. Dissenting voices say the stimulus plan is bloated...
Atlas Shrugged: A Must Read for Every American
I’ve been telling Tickler for months now that we are beginning to see Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged come to life. It’s horrifying. Ayn Rand defected from communist Russia in 1926 and wrote Atlas Shrugged in 1957. Needless to say she was not a fan of socialism. Noted economist Stephen Moore wrote a piece...
Fact Checking the President: Take A Wild Guess
The Associated-Press-as-cheerleader act is finally waning as they realize that election night euphoria is turning to a scorching case of buyers remorse, and they actually have a job to do. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama knows Americans are unhappy that the government could rescue people who bought mansions beyond their means. But his assurance...
