Everyone remembers President Obama declaring that public insurance options would not cover illegal immigrants and Rep Joe Wilson shouting “You lie!” We have also reported that the Congressional Research Service has stated that HR 3200 would cover illegal immigrants. There have also been numerous attempts by House and Senate Republicans to add amendments to...
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Tags: health care reform, HR 3200, Illegal Immigrants, illegals, Obama, Obamacare, Plyler v. Doe, public option
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President Obama is devoted to eliminating all the myths that exist around the Health Care Reform plans. However, the Administration is one of the main sources of those myths. One of the myths that the Obama Administration is pushing is that the government will be able to provide health care cheaper as they will...
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Tags: health care reform, insurance company profits, insurance profits, Obama, profit myth, windfall profits
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We reported earlier in the year that the stimulus bill isn’t helping the employment picture. When the Obama administration was pushing for the bill, they said that doing nothing would push unemployment over 8%. On Friday, the labor department reported that unemployment rose to a 26 year high of 9.7 percent. Hotair.com has a...
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Tags: 9.7, Obama, Stimulus, Unemployment
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As always, the world of politics continues to make headlines in the media. Below is a list of stories that you might have missed. HR 3200 Will Cover Illegal Immigrants - Despite claims from several people in congress, the health care reform bill will cover illegal immigrants according to the congressional research service. This is...
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Tags: deficit, health care reform, HR 3200, Illegal Immigrants, national debt, Obama, polictical stories, Ted Kennedy
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If you pay attention to the news, you know that our government is spending and borrowing as if there is no tomorrow. Every weekwe see a new plan that is needed “now” to save us from some catastrophe all the while laying the foundation of a new catastrophe caused by ever increasing debt. You...
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Tags: Bush, bush deficit, deficit, Hoyer, Obama, obama deficit
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During the presidential campaign of last year, I never wanted nor looked forward to much of anything that candidate Obama promised or pledged to do when president. However, nobody is all bad, even Obama. One of his campaign pledges that I thought would be good was his promise to post bills on-line for 5...
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Tags: campaign pledge, five day wait, Hope and change, Obama, obama broken promisses
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This is an older post from “Like I was Sayin”, but with the pay czar becoming active, it seemed timely again. Not long ago in a speech, the president said that executives that receive bonuses in this economy is in bad taste and as president, he won’t stand for it. Now, it seems reasonable to...
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Tags: Executive Compensation, Executive Pay, Obama, Pay Czar, Salary Caps
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Several interesting things happened this week in the world of politics. Here are some of the stories that you want to make sure you didn’t miss: Krugman Blames Conservatives for Murders - Paul Krugman explains why conservatives are responsible for several recent murders. He doesn’t seem to blame himself of the left for other recent events, but...
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Tags: cell phone tax, Krugman, miranda rights, Obama, Pay Csar, Pay Czar, Unemployment
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Earlier this year we heard on and on that we had to pass massive stimulus bill to avert the certain disaster that was inherited by the current administration. If we did not act “boldly”, we were headed off the cliff. We were even told that if we didn’t pass the stimulus “now”, unemployment could...
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Tags: economy, Obama, porkulus, Stimulus, Unemployment
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