It Begins: Democrats Repeat ‘Lie of the Year’ on Medicare
Well, that didn’t take long:
In an effort to scare senior citizens, Democrats repeated and overheated a charge that Politifact branded the 2011 “lie of the year” upon hearing that Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has joined Mitt Romney as a running mate. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called Ryan “the architect of the Republican plan to kill Medicare” in a fundraising message sent by DCCC executive director Robby Mook. Mook explained the thinking behind making that charge in the next line, explaining that he wants to define Ryan in the minds of the American people as quickly as possible.
Remember, Politifact is a Left-leaning outfit, yet even they felt compelled to slam Democrats for their egregious distortions of Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan. This debate is just getting (re) started, so here are a few key points to keep in mind as the “kill Medicare” falsehood gets spread far and wide: More…
GOP senators again ask 9th Circuit to abandon $1M Hawaii conference
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Judiciary ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Friday warned the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals again that it should cancel its planned August conference in Hawaii, which the senators estimate will cost more than $1 million.”During this time of extraordinary debt, and given the history of opulence — including repeated trips to the Hawaiian Islands — we believe you should cancel the million-dollar conference,” they wrote in their July 13 letter to Alex Kozinski, chief judge for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. More…Essential Air Service (video)
Roll Call Vote on the Amendment
Tax dollars fund pet-shampoo ad, reality show in India
(WASHINGTON TIMES) — Every year, the federal government spends hundreds of millions of dollars to market agricultural products abroad — sending taxpayers’ money to subsidize the advertising campaigns of some of the country’s largest brand names, according to a report by the Senate’s chief waste-watcher.
Sen. Tom Coburn said taxpayer money has gone to subsidize p
rojects such as a promotion of pet shampoo and a reality television show in India sponsored by an American cotton promotor. The Oklahoma Republican said it’s time to trim the flow. More…
Send This To All the College Graduates You Know
Texas A&M Commencement Address – The students gave a standing ovation; the faculty were deathly silent!
speech is from a book Neal Bortz wrote in 1998, and NOT AN ACTUAL SPEECH HE recently gave at TEXAS A&M
Neal Boortz is a Texan, a lawyer, a Texas Aggie (Texas A&M) graduate, and now a nationally syndicated talk show host from Atlanta . His commencement address to the graduates of a recent Texas A&M class is far different from what either the students or the faculty expected. Whether you agree or disagree, his views are certainly thought provoking. More…
Another Fake Debt Ceiling Fight On The Horizon?
I remember when I was a teenager and I was constantly borrowing money from my parents because it seemed that my lifestyle had become more than I could afford. I would beg, plead, tell tales of dire misery if I didn’t get the money, lie, say “oh I promise this will be the last time I ask”, and lastly, pout! Washington D.C. reminds me too much of myself as a teenager; only these people in Washington are supposed to be adults, aren’t they? Why is all of this important? My parents finally had to put a stop to the borrowing and teach me some hard lessons about money. The same thing is happening and needs to be done in our government. More…
Environmental groups collecting millions from federal agencies they sue, studies show
By Joshua Rhett Miller/Published May 08, 2012/FoxNews.com
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In this 1999 photograph, the Wyoming Range is seen. The state’s largest roadless area had been targeted for oil and gas leasing, but those efforts were withdrawn due to Congressional action. (Courtesy: Biodiversity Conservation Alliance)
Deep-pocketed environmental groups are collecting millions of dollars from the federal agencies they regularly sue under a little-known federal law, and the government is not even keeping track of the payouts, according to two new studies. Read more:
Wanted: A Wise and Frugal Government
April 18, 2012 By Gary M. Galles
What drives domestic politics today is government income redistribution. It forms the core of virtually every fiscal battle, since every policy that gives some what they don’t pay for must be funded from others’ pockets.That gets highlighted during income tax season. The lowest 40% of earners now pay negative federal income taxes as a group (largely due to the refundable Earned Income Tax Credit), and those earning moderate incomes pay relatively small amounts. That forces higher earners to shoulder essentially the entire income tax burden, as well as the future costs of massive deficits. More…
Government Gone Wild: GSA Wasting Your Money (video)
2000 Jobs Lost and Billion $$ Lost
Dept.of Energy backed solar company lays off 2000–We Lose a Billion $$
by Stephen Frank on 04/17/2012 · 
The Obama administration is either the most corrupt in our history (of course BO is using Chicago as his role model) or the most economically illiterate.
“First Solar, a solar energy company that received a $1.46 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, announced today that it will layoff 2,000 workers in the United States and world-wide.” More…
More Corruption
Rep. Mica: GSA officials spent week in Hawaii for one-hour ribbon cutting
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that the ongoing probe into the wasteful spending habits of the General Services Administration (GSA) has uncovered that several GSA officials were flown to Hawaii for a week to attend a one-hour ribbon cutting ceremony. More…
European stock markets rocked by panic selling as debt crisis reignites
Investors demanding high premiums for holding Italian and Spanish bonds as fears of double-dip recession grow
Heather Stewart, Larry Elliott and Giles Tremlett in Madrid/The Guardian, Tuesday 10 April 2012
Europe‘s sovereign debt crisis exploded back into life on Tuesday, with markets across the continent rocked by a wave of panic selling amid renewed fears about the impact of savage austerity measures in Spain and Italy.
The mood of uneasy calm seen across Europe since the Greek bailout in February was shattered as financial markets took fright at evidence of a double-dip recession and growing popular opposition to welfare cuts and tax increases. More…
Obama now wants to control our oceans and waterways
National Ocean Policy is an executive power grab
The Obama Administration power grab continues. This time the president wants to seize more executive control over a massive piece of real estate: our oceans, the tributaries that lead to them, and the inland areas that surround those waterways. More…
Fed Boss Bernanke Promises Record High Gas Prices Through Summer
Kurt Nimmo/Prison Planet.com/March 28, 2012Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke told ABC’s Diane Swayer on Tuesday that gas prices will continue to skyrocket through the summer.
Bernanke told Sawyer gas prices “are a major problem” and he admitted they are “a hardship for lots of people.”
During the interview, he tried to pawn off the fallacy that gas prices are responsible for inflation, which he said will escalate over the next few months. More…
18 Fun Ways to Waste Taxpayer Dollars
Monday March 26th, 2012 • Posted by Craig Eyermann at 8:22am PDT •
We’ve previously highlighted some of the content of Senator James Coburn’s Wastebook project, but in introducing the 2011 edition when it came out, we skipped over some of the lower dollar expenditures that, well, were just really wacky.
Like a $592,000 study on why chimpanzees throw poop!
Fortunately, Money Morning’s David Zeiler didn’t skip over these line items. Instead, in addition to the chimp-poop-throwing study, he summarized seventeen more of the earmarked expenditures that professional politicians put forward that fall into the “What?! They spent money on what?!” category of government spending.
And here they are: More…
The President’s Men and Their Plans
Thursday March 22nd, 2012 • Posted by Craig Eyermann at 6:44am PDT •
Here’s the transcription: More…
Rep Burton all but accused President Obama of lying
GOP lawmaker says Obama not telling the truth on energy production
By Pete Kasperowicz
Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) on Thursday afternoon all but accused President Obama of lying to Americans about his record on energy production, and called on Obama to “tell the truth” when he speaks about his own energy policies. More…
Zuhdi Jasser joins Hannity to discuss Obama Admin funding MB- March 22, 2012- FNC
Glenn Beck and Kevin Freeman: The 2008 crash is economic terrorism against USA
On GBTV Glenn Beck is talking with Kevin Freeman about the 2008 crash that is economic terrorism against USA.
Who’s really to blame for America’s catastrophic financial meltdown and devastating national recession? Contrary to what the “Occupy Movement” might tell you, it’s not greedy Wall Street executives. No, as one of America’s top financial professionals reveals in this shocking new book, the real culprit is economic warfare, with our foreign enemies exploiting our lurking financial weaknesses.
Firm Sells Solar Panels – To Itself, Taxpayers Pay
A heavily subsidized solar company received a U.S. taxpayer loan guarantee to sell solar panels to itself.
First Solar is the company. The subsidy came from the Export-Import Bank, which President Obama and Harry Reid are currently fighting to extend and expand. The underlying issue is how Obama’s insistence on green-energy subsidies and export subsidies manifests itself as rank corporate welfare.
Here’s the road of subsidies these solar panels followed from Perrysburg, Ohio, to St. Clair, Ontario. More…
End collective bargaining for government unions
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The average government worker now receives hourly pay and benefits that are 44 percent higher than the average private sector worker’s. Those high costs are bankrupting state and local governments—and taxpayers—across the nation.But it doesn’t have to be this way. A package of bills being considered by the Arizona legislature would reform this unfair spoils system, protecting workplace freedom, the state’s economy, and all Arizona taxpayers.Nick Dranias of the Goldwater Institute highlighted the stark choice before the Senate Government Reform Committee on Feb. 1, 2012. Learn more at http://goldwaterinstitute.org/azreform
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Why it is important to have conservative Senators to vote
Highway bill amendment defeated that would have sent billions to Soros, Pickens, Douglas companies
The Senate Tuesday killed legislation to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to encourage companies to use natural-gas powered vehicles. The legislation also would have benefited wealthy backers of the Democratic measure, including George Soros, T. Boone Pickens, and Kevin G. Douglas.
The amendment to the highway bill required 60 votes to pass but was defeated 51 yeas to 47 nays. More…
Over-regulation dragging down capital markets, small business
By Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) – 03/13/12 02:16 PM ETIf the name of the bill didn’t give it away, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act is meant to spur job creation. Instead of taking President Obama’s approach of borrow and spend, this bill takes a look at how start-up companies in the U.S. are regulated. This new look at job creation is long overdue. More…
$50 million in subsidies for wind farms
Video: Taxpayers subsidize wind-farm generation … and non-generation
posted at 8:40 am on March 8, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Senate GOP and conservative groups clash on healthcare reform repeal votes
One group, the Restore America’s Voice Foundation, plans to spend $50,000 to $100,000 per week on television ads pressing Senate Republicans to force a vote on repeal. More…
High Gas Prices: Bad For America, Good For An Election
I I don’t need to use a lot of space telling you why high gas prices are bad for America, but I contend that they are good for an election. Until the current precipitous price increases, energy seemed absent from the overall debate. Now the GOP candidates are all talking about how they would maximize American resources to bring down the price of gas and, rightly so, putting President Obama on the defense. More…
WARNING: Country headed for ‘massive fiscal cliff’
Bernanke warns lawmakers country headed for ‘massive fiscal cliff’
By Peter Schroeder 
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cautioned Congress against taking the nation over a “massive fiscal cliff” at the end of the year, asking lawmakers to come up with more gradual plans to implement major policy reforms.
The central bank head struck a nervous tone Wednesday about what the end of the year could hold for the fledgling economic recovery, given the slew of overhauls to taxes and spending set to occur if Congress does not step in.
“Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there’s going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases,” he told the House Financial Services Committee. “I hope that Congress will look at that and figure out ways to achieve the same long-run fiscal improvement without having it all happen at one date.” Read the story here.
A Wisconsin Lesson for Congress
Over at National Review, John Fund provides a rather in-depth answer. Importantly, he says a Walker victory will mean voters view the reforms as working: More…
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