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Jim Meyers and Kathleen Walter Newsmax 26 Dec 2012 Longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley tells Newsmax that Republicans have a “great deal of leverage” on President Obama because they can refuse to raise the debt ceiling unless he agrees to spending cuts. The Iowa Republican also says the president wants the nation to go over the […] December 27th, 2012 | Tags: "fiscal cliff", civility, class warfare, debt ceiling, dictatorship, entitlement reforms, federal deficit, Grover Norquist, leadership, negotiations, recession, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Steny Hoyer, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Speaker John Boehner, The Club for Growth | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Economy, Entitlements, Federal spending, Health Care, Politicians, Saul Alinsky, Video | Comments are closed
You can look it up (p. 465) Editorial USA Today 11/27/2012 Do Democrats really believe Social Security doesn’t contribute to federal deficits and the national debt? They’re certainly saying it a lot: “Social Security does not add one penny to our debt, not a penny,” Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in […] November 28th, 2012 | Tags: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Democrats, federal deficit, Jay Carney, national debt, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Harry Reid, Social Security | Category: Congress, Economy, Politicians, Taxes | Comments are closed
Kimberly Morin Manchester Political Buzz Examiner 10/3/2012 The first presidential debate was held tonight in Denver, Colorado and moderated by PBS’ Jim Lehrer. The debate was focused on domestic issues and ran for 90 minutes. From the very beginning, Romney was articulate, confident and was well versed in each topic covered. Obama, without his teleprompter, […] October 4th, 2012 | Tags: Andrew Sullivan, Bob Woodward, campaign ads, Chris Matthews, debate, Democratic National Committee, Dennis Miller, Denver, Fact-checking, federal deficit, Jim Lehrer, Markos Moulitsas, Mitt Romney, negative campaigns, The Daily Kos | Category: Barack Obama, Colorado, Economy, Elections, Employment, Energy, Health Care, Politics, Progressives, Racism, sarah palin, Taxes | One comment - (Comments are closed)
Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 9/18/2011 Talk about your mixed messages! While Barack Obama goes on the campaign trail trying desperately to drum up support for a jobs plan that will cost $450 billion, the President will also deliver at the same time his plan to reduce the spiraling federal deficit and slow the runaway growth of […] September 18th, 2011 | Tags: 'alternative minimum tax', "Buffett Tax", "millionaire's tax", “American Jobs Act of 2011″, class warfare, Congressional "Super Committee", federal deficit, Warren Buffett | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Economy, Elections, Federal spending, Taxes, unemployment | Comments are closed
Mike Lillis The Hill 9/6/2011 Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats have dropped the word “stimulus” from their vocabulary. Though the House minority leader and her caucus are still pushing an economic stimulus agenda to save the economy, they’ve radically changed their rhetoric with the hope of winning over voters who saw “stimulus” as […] September 6th, 2011 | Tags: "job creation", "Make it in America", "stimulus", federal deficit, infrastructure, Nancy Pelosi | Category: Barack Obama, Economy, Federal spending, Taxes | Comments are closed
Henry Blodget Business Insider 8/4/2011
Well, it’s deja vu all over again. For anyone who followed the market crashes of 2000-2002 and 2007-2009–especially the crash of 2007-2009–the 512-point drop in the Dow feels awfully familiar. And as those market crashes reminded us, the downdrafts can last a lot longer and be a lot […] August 5th, 2011 | Tags: bailouts, federal deficit, QE3 | Category: "Stimulus" program, Banking and finance, Congress, Economy, Employment, Federal spending, unemployment | Comments are closed
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