YouTube – Glenn Beck -3-29-2011- We Must Stand With Israel Part 2.
Month: April 2011
9/11 Families, Firefighter Speak Out on Holder Announcement
Obama Approval Sinks – Washington Wire – WSJ
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As Mr. Obama gears up for re-election, 48% of American voters disapprove of the job he’s doing while 42% approve of it. The numbers are even worse when it comes to whether he deserves another four-year term in the White House, with 50% saying “no” and 41% saying “yes.”
Both sets of numbers show a steady decline from a Quinnipiac poll on March 3, when his approval ratings split evenly, 46%-46%. This recent batch of polling comes as gas prices are on the rise, unemployment continues to hover around 9%…
via Quinnipiac Poll: Obama Approval Sinks – Washington Wire – WSJ.
Government Jobs: We’ve Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers – WSJ.com
If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice as many people working for the government (22.5 million) than in all of manufacturing (11.5 million). This is an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960, when there were 15 million workers in manufacturing and 8.7 million collecting a paycheck from the government.
It gets worse. More Americans work for the government than work in construction, farming, fishing, forestry, manufacturing, mining and utilities combined. We have moved decisively from a nation of makers to a nation of takers. Nearly half of the $2.2 trillion cost of state and local governments is the $1 trillion-a-year tab for pay and benefits of state and local employees. Is it any wonder that so many states and cities cannot pay their bills?
Every state in America today except for two—Indiana and Wisconsin—has more government workers on the payroll than people manufacturing industrial goods. Consider California, which has the highest budget deficit in the history of the states. The not-so Golden State now has an incredible 2.4 million government employees—twice as many as people at work in manufacturing. New Jersey has just under two-and-a-half as many government employees as manufacturers. Florida’s ratio is more than 3 to 1. So is New York’s.
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via Stephen Moore: We’ve Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers – WSJ.com.
Federal Agents Told to Leave Border Unguarded During Reporting, Arizona Sheriff Says
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An Arizona sheriff says U.S. Border Patrol officials have repeatedly told him they have been ordered to reduce — at times even stop — arrests of illegal immigrants caught trying to cross the U.S. border.
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever told FoxNews.com that a supervisor with the U.S. Border Patrol told him as recently as this month that the federal agency’s office on Arizonas southern border was under orders to keep apprehension numbers down during specific reporting time periods.
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via EXCLUSIVE: Federal Agents Told to Reduce Border Arrests, Arizona Sheriff Says – FoxNews.com.