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GINGRICH TO HOUSE GOP: DROP DEAD

MAY 17, 2011 Newt undermines his former comrades on Medicare. The Republican Presidential campaign is off to a slow start, but judging by the last week not slow enough. First Mitt Romney defends his ObamaCare prototype in Massachusetts, and now Newt Gingrich has decided to run against House Republicans on Medicare. They must be loving […]

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PAUL RYAN – THE BUDGET DEBATE WE ALL DESERVE

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Paul Ryan (R-WI). (Tribune file photo) By Paul RyanMay 16, 2011 Despite Washington coming to grips with the fact that the debt threat is real, policymakers still are not having the debate Americans deserve. The talk is too often restricted to “shared sacrifice.” This sets up a debate where we are really

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THE COMING POSTAL BAILOUT

MAY 14, 2011 Congress wants taxpayers to save mail worker pensions. One thing we’ll say about federal bailouts—if you pay attention, you can usually see them coming a mile away. It was true of Fannie Mae and General Motors, and it’s increasingly clear that the next candidate will be the U.S. Postal Service. The odds

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A NEW YORK WARNING FOR THE GOP

MAY 12, 2011, 7:48 P.M. ET Republicans had better get ready to respond to Democratic Mediscare tactics. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Good news for a politics-weary nation: Come May 24, the debate over the Paul Ryan budget reform plan will be over—almost before it began. Democrats win. Republicans lose. Long live blowout entitlements. That, at

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ON SPENDING CUTS, DEMOCRATS GIVE VOTERS THE BRUSH OFF

MAY 9, 2011 Obama says he’ll ‘check under the cushions.’ But neither he nor his allies on Capitol Hill have initiated any net reductions in spending since last fall’s election. Not once. By Fred Barnes Do President Obama and Democrats want to cut spending? There’s not much evidence they do. They have acquiesced to some

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QUOTE FROM BARACK OBAMA VOTING AGAINST RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT – MARCH 2006

A Great Quote. “The fact that we are here today to debate  raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can not pay its  own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on  ongoing  financial assistance from foreign countries to  finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies.  Increasing America’s debt

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