Saturday, July 18, 2009
EPA Admits Cap and Trade Won’t Work
InsiderOnline – Blog Archive – Policy Ideas for Advancing Liberty: "'With China and India recently issuing statements of defiant opposition to mandatory emissions controls, acting alone through the job-killing Waxman-Markey bill would impose severe economic burdens on American consumers, businesses, and families, all without any impact on climate.'"
The Flawed Logic of The Cap-and-Trade Debate by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger: Yale Environment 360
The Flawed Logic of The Cap-and-Trade Debate by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger: Yale Environment 360: "The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation represents the final absurd expression of the failed pollution paradigm that has defined climate policy for over a decade. The long obsession with pollution caps, targets, and timetables has produced legislation that, in the name of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020, will allow regulated industries to emit as much as a third more carbon in 2012 than they did in 2005 and close to 10 percent more in 2020."
American Thinker: Vote For Dave
American Thinker: Vote For Dave:
Dave McArthur owns a few bakeries in St Louis, Missouri; McArthur's Bakery. His bakeries make treats of legendary appeal throughout the St Louis area and Dave is a local media personality as well. Most of us think apple turnovers and politics aren't really compatible in the same sentence, but recently Dave's made them so. He didn't want to. He never intended to. He was forced into a corner and for his own survival, he had to. Here's why."
Dave McArthur owns a few bakeries in St Louis, Missouri; McArthur's Bakery. His bakeries make treats of legendary appeal throughout the St Louis area and Dave is a local media personality as well. Most of us think apple turnovers and politics aren't really compatible in the same sentence, but recently Dave's made them so. He didn't want to. He never intended to. He was forced into a corner and for his own survival, he had to. Here's why."
Friday, July 17, 2009
Obama Hopes To Save Dying Healthcare Bill
Obama Hopes To Save Dying Healthcare Bill: "Yesterday's (not too shocking) revelation from the CBO, that the bill would end up costing the government, not saving it money, seems to have really demoralized dems, who had been arguing that fiscal prudence and expanded coverage could go hand in hand.
Then today, Rasmussen came out with a poll suggesting that the majority of the public opposed the creation of a public plan."
Then today, Rasmussen came out with a poll suggesting that the majority of the public opposed the creation of a public plan."
House Democrats muzzle GOP on sensitive issues
Hope! Change! Bi-Partisanship! Transparency!.....Really? Sounds alot like the same ol' Washington to me.....
House Democrats muzzle GOP on sensitive issues:
WASHINGTON (AP) - In their zeal to protect their members from politically hazardous votes on issues such as gay marriage and gun control, Democrats running the House of Representatives are taking extraordinary steps to muzzle Republicans in this summer's debates on spending bills.
On Thursday, for example, Republicans had hoped to force debates on abortion, school vouchers and medical marijuana, as well as gay marriage and gun control, as part of House consideration of the federal government's contribution to the District of Columbia's city budget.
No way, Democrats said."
House Democrats muzzle GOP on sensitive issues:
WASHINGTON (AP) - In their zeal to protect their members from politically hazardous votes on issues such as gay marriage and gun control, Democrats running the House of Representatives are taking extraordinary steps to muzzle Republicans in this summer's debates on spending bills.
On Thursday, for example, Republicans had hoped to force debates on abortion, school vouchers and medical marijuana, as well as gay marriage and gun control, as part of House consideration of the federal government's contribution to the District of Columbia's city budget.
No way, Democrats said."
Director’s Blog � Blog Archive � The Long-Term Budget Outlook
Oh, Joe! (Biden) Say it ain't so......
We ARE going bankrupt!!!
Director’s Blog � Blog Archive � The Long-Term Budget Outlook:
Today I had the opportunity to testify before the Senate Budget Committee about CBO’s most recent analysis of the long-term budget outlook.
Under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run. Although great uncertainty surrounds long-term fiscal projections, rising costs for health care and the aging of the population will cause federal spending to increase rapidly under any plausible scenario for current law."
We ARE going bankrupt!!!
Director’s Blog � Blog Archive � The Long-Term Budget Outlook:
Today I had the opportunity to testify before the Senate Budget Committee about CBO’s most recent analysis of the long-term budget outlook.
Under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run. Although great uncertainty surrounds long-term fiscal projections, rising costs for health care and the aging of the population will cause federal spending to increase rapidly under any plausible scenario for current law."
Thursday, July 16, 2009
RealClearPolitics - The 'Public Option' Health Care Scam
RealClearPolitics - The 'Public Option' Health Care Scam:
Some statements are inherently unbelievable. Such as: 'I am an official of the government of Nigeria, and I would like to deposit $60 million in your bank account.' Or: 'I'm Barry Bonds, and I thought it was flaxseed oil.' And this new one: 'I'm Barack Obama, and I favor more competition in health insurance.'
That, however, is the claim behind his support of a government-run health insurance plan to give consumers one more choice. The president says a 'public option' would improve the functioning of the market because it would 'force the insurance companies to compete and keep them honest.'"
Some statements are inherently unbelievable. Such as: 'I am an official of the government of Nigeria, and I would like to deposit $60 million in your bank account.' Or: 'I'm Barry Bonds, and I thought it was flaxseed oil.' And this new one: 'I'm Barack Obama, and I favor more competition in health insurance.'
That, however, is the claim behind his support of a government-run health insurance plan to give consumers one more choice. The president says a 'public option' would improve the functioning of the market because it would 'force the insurance companies to compete and keep them honest.'"
Karl Rove: The President Moves the Economic Goalposts - WSJ.com
Karl Rove: The President Moves the Economic Goalposts - WSJ.com:
So what's a president to do when the promises he made about his economic stimulus program fail to materialize? If you're Barack Obama, you redefine your goals and act as if America won't remember what you said originally. That's a neat trick if you can get away with it, but Mr. Obama won't. His words are a matter of public record and he will be held to them.
When it came to the stimulus package, the president and his administration promised, in the words of National Economic Director Larry Summers, 'You'll see the effects begin almost immediately.' Now it's clear that those promised jobs and growth haven't materialized."
So what's a president to do when the promises he made about his economic stimulus program fail to materialize? If you're Barack Obama, you redefine your goals and act as if America won't remember what you said originally. That's a neat trick if you can get away with it, but Mr. Obama won't. His words are a matter of public record and he will be held to them.
When it came to the stimulus package, the president and his administration promised, in the words of National Economic Director Larry Summers, 'You'll see the effects begin almost immediately.' Now it's clear that those promised jobs and growth haven't materialized."
Glenn Beck: Resort getaway courtesy of Social Security?
Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Resort getaway courtesy of Social Security?:
GLENN: I don't know about you, but I want to feel secure and I do feel secure. In fact, I feel so secure that I haven't saved a dime in my entire life because I have the ultimate security blanket called Social Security. It is so great, I'm a positive guy, you know. You listen to the show. You know how positive I am on the future. Anyway, I try to avoid all the nay Sayers who are always complaining: Oh, Glenn, in six years Social Security, we'll be paying out more in benefits than it collects in taxes. Oh, boohoo, cry me a river."
GLENN: I don't know about you, but I want to feel secure and I do feel secure. In fact, I feel so secure that I haven't saved a dime in my entire life because I have the ultimate security blanket called Social Security. It is so great, I'm a positive guy, you know. You listen to the show. You know how positive I am on the future. Anyway, I try to avoid all the nay Sayers who are always complaining: Oh, Glenn, in six years Social Security, we'll be paying out more in benefits than it collects in taxes. Oh, boohoo, cry me a river."
Glenn Beck: Piece of Progressive History
Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Piece of Progressive History:
GLENN: All righty then, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. My name is Glenn Beck. Third most listened to show in all of America, from Radio City in Midtown Manhattan. Thank you for listening. As you know unless this is your first day listening, I'm concerned about our country and I think I'm concerned the same way you are and, you know, I started this administration and I got a lot of heat from it from this audience when I said, look, President Obama is my president and I'm going to give him a chance."
GLENN: All righty then, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. My name is Glenn Beck. Third most listened to show in all of America, from Radio City in Midtown Manhattan. Thank you for listening. As you know unless this is your first day listening, I'm concerned about our country and I think I'm concerned the same way you are and, you know, I started this administration and I got a lot of heat from it from this audience when I said, look, President Obama is my president and I'm going to give him a chance."
Glenn Beck: National healthcare is national suicide
Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: National healthcare is national suicide:
GLENN: From Radio City in Midtown Manhattan, third most listened to show in all of America. Hello, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. I'm glad you're here. Hmmm, you'll have to excuse my voice today. I am I have to tell you, yesterday I said on the radio that if Obamacare comes through, just an initial pass at it, my small company will not employ five to ten additional people. We are a company that has done very well in the last few years and I have, I don't even know, 20 something employees that are full time. We cover everything, full health insurance. They don't even have to pay for anything."
GLENN: From Radio City in Midtown Manhattan, third most listened to show in all of America. Hello, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. I'm glad you're here. Hmmm, you'll have to excuse my voice today. I am I have to tell you, yesterday I said on the radio that if Obamacare comes through, just an initial pass at it, my small company will not employ five to ten additional people. We are a company that has done very well in the last few years and I have, I don't even know, 20 something employees that are full time. We cover everything, full health insurance. They don't even have to pay for anything."
CBO Chief Criticizes Democrats' Health Reform Measures - washingtonpost.com
CBO Chief Criticizes Democrats' Health Reform Measures - washingtonpost.com:
Instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the health reform measures being drafted by congressional Democrats would worsen an already bleak budget outlook, increasing deficit projections and driving the nation more deeply into debt, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this morning."
Instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the health reform measures being drafted by congressional Democrats would worsen an already bleak budget outlook, increasing deficit projections and driving the nation more deeply into debt, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this morning."
Newsmax.com - Stimulus Demands Will Doom Obama
Newsmax.com - Stimulus Demands Will Doom Obama:
Now President Barack Obama says in The Washington Post that he never envisioned that his stimulus package would afford quick relief to the American economy, but would do so only after it had run its two-year course. But when it was passed, Obama sang a different tune, urgently demanding its enactment to speed relief to a sagging economy. He claimed it would 'create or save' 600,000 jobs. Now, even as the economy loses 450,000 jobs each month, he pretends that it is a matter of time until the stimulus kicks in."
Now President Barack Obama says in The Washington Post that he never envisioned that his stimulus package would afford quick relief to the American economy, but would do so only after it had run its two-year course. But when it was passed, Obama sang a different tune, urgently demanding its enactment to speed relief to a sagging economy. He claimed it would 'create or save' 600,000 jobs. Now, even as the economy loses 450,000 jobs each month, he pretends that it is a matter of time until the stimulus kicks in."
AP: Lawsuit seeks to block 'In God We Trust' engraving
The Associated Press: Lawsuit seeks to block 'In God We Trust' engraving:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block an architect from engraving 'In God We Trust' and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington.
The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in western Wisconsin, claims the taxpayer-funded engravings would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.
The House and Senate passed identical resolutions this month directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave 'In God We Trust' and the pledge in prominent places at the entrance for 3 million tourists who visit the Capitol each year."
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block an architect from engraving 'In God We Trust' and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington.
The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in western Wisconsin, claims the taxpayer-funded engravings would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.
The House and Senate passed identical resolutions this month directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave 'In God We Trust' and the pledge in prominent places at the entrance for 3 million tourists who visit the Capitol each year."
Newsmax.com - Obama Health Plan Ups Taxes to Pre-Reagan Levels
And this is just the beginning....
Newsmax.com - Obama Health Plan Ups Taxes to Pre-Reagan Levels:
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling health care would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen since the 1980s, breaking one of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges.
The tax increase would be limited to the top 1.2 percent of earners _ families that make more than $350,000 a year. But it would raise a total of $544 billion over the next decade, covering a little more than half the cost of the health care plan.
The bill unveiled by House Democratic leaders Tuesday would create three new tax brackets for high earners, with a top rate of 45 percent for families making more than $1 million. That would be the highest income tax rate since 1986, when the top rate was 50 percent."
Newsmax.com - Obama Health Plan Ups Taxes to Pre-Reagan Levels:
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling health care would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen since the 1980s, breaking one of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges.
The tax increase would be limited to the top 1.2 percent of earners _ families that make more than $350,000 a year. But it would raise a total of $544 billion over the next decade, covering a little more than half the cost of the health care plan.
The bill unveiled by House Democratic leaders Tuesday would create three new tax brackets for high earners, with a top rate of 45 percent for families making more than $1 million. That would be the highest income tax rate since 1986, when the top rate was 50 percent."
Hoyer Says Small Businesses Don't Make $280,000 Per Year So They Won't Be Hurt by Democrats' Planned $540-Billion Tax Hike
Hoyer Says Small Businesses Don't Make $280,000 Per Year So They Won't Be Hurt by Democrats' Planned $540-Billion Tax Hike: In contrast... Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)--a doctor by trade--said that in a recession any type of tax increase was “unconscionable,” especially given that the Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire next year.
“Many of these small businesses file [taxes] as subchapter-S or ‘sole proprietors’,” said Gingrey. “They’re paying at the same individual tax rate which, once President Obama lets the Bush tax cuts expire in 2011 and they add on this surcharge, you’re talking about a marginal rate of up to 42 percent or higher.”
“That’s going to hit right on the backs of many of the small businessmen and women in this country who create most of the jobs,” said Gingrey. “To put this [tax increase] on the back of that is absolutely unconscionable.”"
“Many of these small businesses file [taxes] as subchapter-S or ‘sole proprietors’,” said Gingrey. “They’re paying at the same individual tax rate which, once President Obama lets the Bush tax cuts expire in 2011 and they add on this surcharge, you’re talking about a marginal rate of up to 42 percent or higher.”
“That’s going to hit right on the backs of many of the small businessmen and women in this country who create most of the jobs,” said Gingrey. “To put this [tax increase] on the back of that is absolutely unconscionable.”"
Government Ownership of Auto Companies and Your Next Car Purchase
News Articles: Politics, Government Ownership of Auto Companies and Your Next Car Purchase: "Most of our readers work for the federal government or are retired from the federal government so they are often closer to the political process than most Americans.
Readers think that the future decisions made by the company will reflect the administration's political agenda. 69.4% say that future company decisions will reflect a political agenda; 16% say that decisions made by GM and Chrysler will not reflect a political agenda; and 14.7% are undecided."
Readers think that the future decisions made by the company will reflect the administration's political agenda. 69.4% say that future company decisions will reflect a political agenda; 16% say that decisions made by GM and Chrysler will not reflect a political agenda; and 14.7% are undecided."
Massachusetts Sued Over Cost of Health Care - NYTimes.com
And this is the "Model" for America's Universal Health Care...be afraid....be VERY afraid.....
Massachusetts Sued Over Cost of Health Care - NYTimes.com:
BOSTON — A hospital that serves thousands of indigent Massachusetts residents sued the state on Wednesday, charging that its costly universal health care law is forcing the hospital to cover too much of the expense of caring for the poor.
The hospital, Boston Medical Center, faces a $38 million deficit for the fiscal year ending in September, its first loss in five years. The suit says the hospital will lose more than $100 million next year because the state has lowered Medicaid reimbursement rates and stopped paying Boston Medical “reasonable costs” for treating other poor patients."
Massachusetts Sued Over Cost of Health Care - NYTimes.com:
BOSTON — A hospital that serves thousands of indigent Massachusetts residents sued the state on Wednesday, charging that its costly universal health care law is forcing the hospital to cover too much of the expense of caring for the poor.
The hospital, Boston Medical Center, faces a $38 million deficit for the fiscal year ending in September, its first loss in five years. The suit says the hospital will lose more than $100 million next year because the state has lowered Medicaid reimbursement rates and stopped paying Boston Medical “reasonable costs” for treating other poor patients."
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin: Obamacare in the House: Do Blue Dogs have any bite?
“Centrist” Democrats in the House say they oppose the government health care takeover plans of their leaders and their president.
They’re barking loudly, demanding major amendments to protect small businesses and taxpayers.
But do the Blue Dogs have any bite? Or will they be bought off like many of them were on cap-and-trade and Porkulus One?"
“Centrist” Democrats in the House say they oppose the government health care takeover plans of their leaders and their president.
They’re barking loudly, demanding major amendments to protect small businesses and taxpayers.
But do the Blue Dogs have any bite? Or will they be bought off like many of them were on cap-and-trade and Porkulus One?"
The American Spectator : Wrathful Wade Rathke
The American Spectator : Wrathful Wade Rathke:
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) founder Wade Rathke wants to use the Internet to overthrow the capitalist system.
He said so in his new book, Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families, in which he serves up some community organizing war stories, and offers his thoughts on the future of organizing."
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) founder Wade Rathke wants to use the Internet to overthrow the capitalist system.
He said so in his new book, Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families, in which he serves up some community organizing war stories, and offers his thoughts on the future of organizing."
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