Media Turns Good News Into Bad, And Blames Republicans
The good news is simple enough: consumers are cutting back in their spending. This may not be pleasant for some people because they want to sell more stuff. But their welfare is not the general...
View ArticleIllinois City Can’t Afford Gas For Police Cars
The Virginia Senate has passed a bill that allows Northern Virginia counties to impose their own income taxes without a public referendum. The bill specifically allows a 1% income tax supposedly to be...
View ArticleWhen Cutting 8 Days Of Spending Is Seen As Disastrous, We're Doomed
Everybody’s panic over President Obama’s proposed and then phonily condemned sequester–federal budget cuts across the board–is really something to behold. But is it any wonder? Obama has been telling...
View ArticleObama Has Added $6 Trillion To The National Debt
The budget cut hysteria has started to wind down a little, but expect Obama and his team to blame every bad thing that happens between now and the end of his term on the GOP for “holding America...
View Article“Sequester-Torn” TSA Signs $50 Million Contract For New Uniforms
The sequester is really hitting the TSA hard. The budget cuts are causing long lines at the airports. Janet Napolitano even exhorted people not to yell at the poor TSA agents. Bless their hearts, the...
View ArticlePelosi: Spending Cuts Will Lead To “Very Little” Government
At a press conference on Thursday, Nancy Pelosi was asked about Boehner’s statement on matching the debt limit rise with dollar for dollar spending cuts. He had said previously that when the...
View ArticleD.C. Mayor: Sequestration To Blame For Shooting
If they’re not blaming the murderous actions of a criminal on the 2nd Amendment, they’re blaming it on “small government.” Everyone knows that the government is there to protect us and take care of us...
View ArticleHouse Votes to Cut Food Stamps, Dodges Real Problem
The House, in a mostly partisan vote, approved a bill Thursday to cut $4 billion per year from the food stamp program. The 217-210 vote was opposed by Democrats and a few Republicans. The bill aims to...
View ArticleDemocrats Say “No” To Defunding Obamacare, Then Blame Republicans
Yesterday the House passed almost precisely along party lines a bill that aimed to defund Obamacare. I’ve long been in agreement with the “establishment” that this would be an entirely useless...
View ArticleThe Oligarchy Inside The Oligarchy: Who Writes These Laws That No One Reads?
The headline at CNS News says it all: “Who Read 1,582-Page $1.1T Spending Bill? Congressman: ‘Nobody Did’” When asked whether he read the 1,528-page, $1.1 trillion government spending bill before he...
View ArticleTaxpayers Funding Robosquirrels, Star Wars Parties, Beef Jerky Research
Game and puzzle exhibits, circus classes, an Indian-American comedy tour and talking urinal cakes are all featured in Sen. Tom Coburn’s annual government “Wastebook.” Coburn has highlighted 100...
View ArticleNo House Vote to Defund Planned Parenthood. Why Not?
Congress is refusing to defund Planned Parenthood because they like the organization. According to Breitbart, “House Leaves for Recess with No Vote to Defund Planned Parenthood.” Some people in social...
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