I’ve mentioned before that the Democrats were laying the groundwork for a European style Value Added Tax or VAT… I wish I could tell you I was wrong but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed that a VAT tax is “on the table” during an appearance on the Charlie Rose show Monday night: A new value-added [...]
ObamaCare Would Compel IRS to Share Tax Records with Health Care Bureaucrats
August 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If you’ve spent even a small amount of time reading through the massive House Health Care Reform bill (H.R. 3200) you know the devil is in the details. You also know the deeper you dig the more devilish the details become… Take, for example, Sections 245, 431 and 1801 which, as CBS’ Declan McCullagh, notes [...]
Congressman Eric Massa: I Will Vote Against the Interests of My District
August 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sen. Tom Coburn is right, American’s have lost faith in their government and I can’t think of a better example of why than the attitude displayed by Congressman Eric Massa of New York. Rep. Massa met with an intimate group of Netroots activists during their annual Netroots Nation gathering in Pittsburgh this past weekend reiterated [...]
Reid and Pelosi: It’s Time to Demonize Insurance Companies…
July 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi appear to have a new strategy for pushing health care reform through Congress… They’re going to demonize insurance companies: A day after formally delaying a vote on a healthcare bill and having to accept a further weakening of a public option to compete with private insurers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [...]
Steny Hoyer: Idiot
July 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From CNSNews.com (emphasis mine): House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that job growth and economic recovery would not be harmed by a Democratic plan to increase income taxes by $540 billion to pay for their health-care reform proposal because the tax hikes would not affect small businesses. Hoyer also said he could not think of any small business [...]
Mandating Unemployment?
July 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From the Wall Street Journal: Here’s some economic logic to ponder. The unemployment rate in June for American teenagers was 24%, for black teens it was 38%, and even White House economists are predicting more job losses. So how about raising the cost of that teenage labor? Sorry to say, but that’s precisely what will [...]
About that Alleged CIA ‘Lie’
July 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From the Wall Street Journal: As political spectacles go, one would be hard pressed to find anything as ridiculous as the Washington Romper Room now starring Congressional Democrats and the CIA. If only the consequences weren’t potentially so damaging for national security. The latest episode comes courtesy of Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Select [...]
Fiscal Irresponsibility: Congress’s Travel Tab Swells
July 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
You would think record budget deficits and the need fiscal restraint would curtail Congressional travel… but you’d be wrong: WASHINGTON — Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as [...]
Pelosi Seeking to Buffer Lawmakers From Federal Investigators
May 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
House speaker Nancy Pelosi is apparently working to establish a protocol on how to handle searches and wire taps of congressional offices. She says she doesn’t want to limit law-enforcement wiretaps of congressional offices, just to clarify what are appropriate terms for notifying members about searches and tapped conversations. Huh?!? The Washington Times isn’t cutting [...]
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