JULY 25, 2011 The President isn’t serious about real spending cuts. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The President insists his party is offering serious spending cuts and entitlement reform. He also likes to talk about “balance,” which to him means real tax increases immediately and speculative spending cuts some time in the distant future. Behind the […]
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JULY 25, 2011 A welfare state that led to permanent austerity would betray the principles that have made American culture exceptional. By ARTHUR C. BROOKS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:Consider a few facts. The Bureau of Economic Analysis tells us that total government spending at all levels has risen to 37% of gross domestic product today
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July 23, 2011 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN DID I mention that I’ve signed a pledge — just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written promises to different political enforcers not to raise taxes or permit same-sex marriage? My pledge is to never vote for anyone stupid enough to sign a pledge — thereby abdicating
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IBD Editorials Best Debt Plan Would Shave A Half-Trillion By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Posted 07/21/2011 06:54 PM ET The debt ceiling looms. Confusion reigns. Schemes abound. We are deep in a hole with, as of now, only three ways out: the McConnell plan, the G6 plan and the Half-Trillion plan. • The McConnell essentially punts the
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July 22, 2011 Never Trust Anything From a Gang By David Limbaugh 7/22/2011 The vaunted budget plan from the “Gang of Six” is said to be growing in popularity, but all you need to know to oppose the plan is that a “gang” is behind it. Also, President Obama and Sen. Dick Durbin both support
SENATE DEBT DEAL IS A FRAUD! By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Published on DickMorris.com on July 20, 2011 The new Gang of Six proposal brewing in the Senate is a total sellout which promises to usher in a vast new round of new taxes. Not just closing of loopholes, but real live taxes we
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MSNBC To GOP Congressman: “Do You Have A Degree In Economics?” MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer, you may remember just yesterday said the attack on Rupert Murdoch at a hearing encapsulated what the British were feeling. Today, Contessa “educated” a conservative Representative that without the bailout, the country would be in “a depression.” Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
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Foxx votes for Cut, Cap and Balance Act Applauds passage of historic debt reduction bill WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, (NC-05) voted last night to pass the Cut, Cap and Balance Act (H.R. 2560). The bill would cut spending by more than $100 billion next year and by $6 trillion over the next ten years. Additionally,
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com The Corner EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: As for the negatives, Ryan blasts the plan, which “appears to increase revenues by $2.8 trillion,” for relying far too heavily on tax increases. He also raises concerns over the composition of the proposed spending cuts in the plan, which appear to achieve most of
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