Posted on March 27th, 2013 by William Christian
“Sugar, Sugar” was the Number One single of 1969. The Archies, a fictional band comprised of comic book characters, rode the bubblegum hit to even greater fame than they already enjoyed on Saturday morning television. So, given the ageless nature of these cartoon crooners, I wonder if they could be conjured up today to sing [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2011 by Leslie Paige
It’s a shame that the Obama administration didn’t pay as much attention to the details of Solyndra’s business plans and financial liabilities as it did to the details of the President’s photo op at the company’s facility on May 26, 2010. But, given the rampant mismanagement and weaknesses associated with the Energy Department’s whole loan [...]
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Posted on August 18th, 2011 by Leslie Paige
It’s a tough call; is it more dangerous for taxpayers when the President fails to deliver any realistic roadmap to help lead the country out of the current fiscal crisis (while simultaneously deriding any plans offered by others and whining about his unbelievably bad luck). Or, should taxpayers run for the hills when he deigns to pry his attention away [...]
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Posted on August 18th, 2011 by Deborah Collier
Several states believe their tax revenues are being “short-changed” by the American public, and they want Congress to do something about it. Just before the House and Senate left for the August recess, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.) each introduced the “Main Street Fairness Act.” This legislation is anything but fair [...]
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Posted on July 19th, 2011 by CAGW Staff
As the President’s failing economic policies force more and more Americans into accepting unemployment benefits, fraud and overpayments in unemployment disbursements have become disturbingly common. The Washington Post observed on July 3, 2011 that fraudulent unemployment disbursements totaled $17 billion in 2010, and a USA Today article published the next day noted, “In the 12 months [...]
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Posted on June 7th, 2011 by PJ Austin
On June 3, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Employment Situation Summary for May, announcing that the unemployment rate increased from 9 to 9.1 percent. The economy added a total of just 54,000 jobs, well below prevailing expectations and falling well short of the minimum 125,000 jobs that experts say must be added [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2011 by Leslie Paige
This little video clip appeared on RealClearPolitics today. President Obama is giving a speech up in Boston…and in this :47 second sound bite, we all get to see a perfect example of the Bizarro World that Obama lives in, along with Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid and so many others. In this clip, he has already been preening about all of the [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2011 by Leslie Paige
Yeah, we know that repitition is the key to learning. That is true for most people, but not, apparently, for those very special people in Congress. Still, kudos to Sen. Coburn and the GAO for, once again, reminding us that there is….(wait for it), waste in the federal government. Remember this the next time somebody tells [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2011 by CAGW Staff
Job training is an important activity but the federal government has shown us just how crazy it can be. According to USA Today: The federal government spends $18 billion a year on 47 separate job training programs run by nine different agencies. All but three programs overlap with others to provide the same services to [...]
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Posted on January 10th, 2011 by Leslie Paige
According to a January 9, 2011 article in The Washington Times, the House Appropriations Committee is not likely to have many staff changes, even with the election of a new chairman and new Republican Majority. Critics of a staff shakeup noted that expertise is needed when it comes to drafting spending bills. The Times article [...]
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