Americans need to take heed to the shenanigans that the Obama Administration has undertaken in response to the sequester, which began March 1. Its action in the recent air traffic control episode to slow down air travel demonstrates arrogance and indifference toward the American people. In response, Congress had to pass legislation to halt the [...]
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We were provided a joint analysis of President Obama’s budget by the House and Senate Republican Budget Committees. Here is all you need to know about President Obama’s budget proposal that was released yesteday. It is over two months late. It never balances the budget. It spends $154 billion more in 2014. Provides for additional [...]
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All of Washington is waiting for President Obama to FINALLY release his budget, which was due the first week of February. Of course, everyone is interested in different aspects of it. I am particularly waiting to see what he proposes to do with Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Supposedly, and we will know for sure tomorrow, [...]
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On Friday, March 31, President Obama proclaimed the month of April as “National Financial Capability Month.” He called on all Americans to, “observe this month with programs and activities to improve their understanding of financial principles and practices.” I kid you not. This from a man who under his four-year-plus reign has seen the national [...]
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There are more than enough egregious examples of mismanagement and inefficiency to create “Government Waste TV.” Unfortunately, no such network exists. The next best option would be a ”Daily Waste” segment on a major network. While such programming has also not yet been created on a permanent basis, between Monday, March 25 and Friday, March 29, Fox News Channel went where no network [...]
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Recently, the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard informed readers that President’s Obama’s top political appointees make an average of $142,691 annually. He notes this is more than three times the average American wage of $42,979. In addition, those which work closest with the president make anywhere from $120,000 to $172,000, with the higher end being more [...]
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Entitlements – Social Security: America has a significant, current and growing problem with both the absolute amount of entitlement spending, as well as the portion of total Federal governmental spending represented by this spending category. In this Commentary I will discuss only Social Security, and will take up the other “entitlements” separately. I chose Social [...]
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Just got hold of yet another email from Organizing for Action, President Obama’s perpetual campaign operation, about the sequester. Stephanie Cutter, the president’s former deputy campaign manager, sent the email to volunteers, lamenting how the nation was forced into the sequester because of GOP’s “obstructionism.” (As you will recall, the sequester is a process to [...]
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According to an article in The Washington Times, that’s the amount of time the President gave Republican leaders in Congress this week to discuss the sequester. Now they plan to meet again on Friday, March 1. That also happens to be the day the sequester takes effect. Wow! How does the president find the time [...]
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On the eve of sequestration, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released Prime Cuts 2013, our annual comprehensive list of spending cuts. This publication is useful at any time; it is of particular importance when Congress and President Obama are facing multiple crucial budget decisions. The automatic cuts known as sequestration, necessitated by the Budget Control Act [...]
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