Government’s Role
Gibbs grilled by White House reporters on Obama’s setup Informercial
The ‘Paygo’ Coverup – WSJ.com
But Mr. Obama must think the press and public are dumb enough to buy it, because there he was Tuesday re-selling the same “paygo” promises that Democrats roll out every election. Paygo is “very simple,” the President claimed. “Congress can only spend a dollar if it saves a dollar elsewhere.”
That’s what Democrats also promised in 2006, with Nancy Pelosi vowing that “the first thing” House Democrats would do if they took Congress was reimpose paygo rules that “Republicans had let lapse.” By 2008, Speaker Pelosi had let those rules lapse no fewer than 12 times, to make way for $400 billion in deficit spending. Mr. Obama repeated the paygo pledge during his 2008 campaign, and instead we have witnessed the greatest peacetime spending binge in U.S. history. As a share of GDP, spending will hit an astonishing 28.5% in fiscal 2009, with the deficit hitting 13% and projected to stay at 4% to 5% for years to come.
The truth is that paygo is the kind of budget gimmick that gives gimmickry a bad name. As Mr. Obama knows but won’t tell voters
Canada’s ObamaCare Precedent – WSJ.com
This is exactly what I’ve been saying. The Obama administration’s health care plans are a nightmare and a noose around the necks of the taxpayer in more ways than one.
Conservatives racing ahead in EU parliament voting – Yahoo! News
Conservatives racing ahead in EU parliament voting – Yahoo! News.
I think Obama will be surprised and delightfully disappointed at this news. The countries he worships don’t like FDR socialism anymore, it leads to rampant immigration nightmares and insolvency.
Finish his law degree? No, Brian Deese has G.M. to dismantle.
Finish his law degree? No, Brian Deese has G.M. to dismantle..
Obama likes to hire his election cycle political lap dogs with the same real world experience he has. None.
American capitalism gone with a whimper – Pravda.Ru
American capitalism gone with a whimper – Pravda.Ru.
Don’t miss the second page, you have to click the “2” at the bottom.
Kerry Weems and Benjamin Sasse Say Fraud Is a Hidden Cost in Public Medical Plans – WSJ.com
Henry Waxman’s Climate Bill Imposes Environmental Regulations on the Entire Economy – WSJ.com
Seriously, blood starts to spurt out my eyes when I read this stuff. These people make me sick.
Henry Waxman’s Climate Bill Imposes Environmental Regulations on the Entire Economy – WSJ.com.