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Fraud And Incompetence In The Federal Government?

September 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Say it ain’t so. From the Wall Street Journal:

So government auditors have uncovered evidence of fraud in Medicare. Or rather, more fraud. The politicos lingering around Washington can barely keep a straight face as they claim to be shocked.
A draft report by the inspector general of Health and Human Services — circulating on Capitol [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Government · Health · Money · The Left · The US

The Future Direction Of The Big O?

August 14th, 2008 · Comments Off

Obama says his health care plan will garner large savings – $120 billion a year, or $2,500 per family – with more than half coming from the use of electronic health records. And he says he’ll make that happen in his first term.
BS. Such claims are grossly optimistic, misleading and, to some extent, [...]

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Tags: Election · Health · Money · Taxes · The Left

Obama And The Money In Your Wallet

August 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

For 2007, the National Journal ranked him the Senate’s No. 1 liberal with a score of 95.5 percent. This put Obama to the left of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent-Socialist – Vermont) who rated a marginally more conservative 93.7.
The National Taxpayer’s Union calculates that Obama’s policy prescriptions would balloon annual federal spending by $343.6 billion. Presumptive [...]

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Tags: Election · Money · The Left · The US

The Horror Of The Current Economy

July 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

From 970 WFLA:

It seems the lousy economy is keeping guys away from strip clubs.
In Tampa - a city known for its adult entertainment businesses - attendance has dropped at usually thriving strip clubs. Joe Redner, the owner of the well-known Mons Venus club, says his business is down 25%.
Angelina Spencer is national executive director of [...]

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Tags: Money

Change We Can Believe In

July 16th, 2008 · Comments Off

The New York Times has been long been documented to be one of the most Liberal newspapers in the country. Many of their “news” pieces are nothing more than Democrat talking points.
So it comes as somewhat of a shock that in a recent 33-page poll, the new politics of Obama, the candidate of “change”, [...]

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Tags: Election · Military · Money · Taxes · The Left · The US

And Congress Gets Their Money From Where?

June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From TaxingTennessee:

Here’s the question — “Should Congress quit funding for Public Television and NPR, Public Radio?”
Richard Guess of Charleston says, “Congress should continue paying for it because if they don’t, the taxpayers will end up paying for it.”

Some people in the US are simply too stupid to vote.

Richard GuessSpread The Word:

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Tags: Absurd · Government · Money

US Citizens Bankrupting Themselves?

May 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Tuesday, May 20, former commodity’s trader Michael Masters testified in front of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security about the primary cause of high commodity prices: speculators. You likely won’t see this in the Wall Street Journal.
Here is the link to his testimony: hsgac.senate.govpublic

Good morning and thank you, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, [...]

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Tags: Government · Money · The US

Are You Contacting Your Representatives Yet?

May 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Most of the oil, and more than 40% of the natural gas, on government land is off limits to drilling.
There are huge deposits of energy-rich resources in the US, much on government land, and the very same government will not allow drilling to bring those resources to the surface.
But the government wants to impose stiff [...]