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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s policy proposals as a candidate for president would have a dramatic effect on the federal budget.[1] To her credit, Secretary Clinton has provided a fair amount of detail on her positions. In addition, other organizations, most prominently the Tax Policy Center and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, have also provided estimates of the current candidates’ proposals. This analysis primarily relies on public statement provided by the Clinton campaign, news reports, and third party estimates, specifically from TPC, CRFB, and the American Action Forum. Based on these estimates, Secretary Clinton’s proposals would, on...

GOP throws Obama's old deficit stands back at him Dec 11, 2:17 PM (ET) By CHARLES BABINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the best Republican arguments against President Barack Obama's proposals to avoid a "fiscal cliff" come from the president himself, in comments he made months or years before his re-election. Stung by the GOP's midterm election gains in 2010, Obama took stands that differ from his current positions on raising tax rates, adjusting Social Security and other topics now dominating Washington as a Dec. 31 deadline nears. Sometimes gleefully, Republicans throw Obama's old words back at him. They portray...

If you haven't yet called your congressman about voting against Obamacare, maybe this will give you some more ammo. One of the reasons the most powerful woman in the world, Nancy Pelosi, has given for the passage of Obmacare is that it would create up to 400,000 jobs. She bases the claim on a report created by the George Soros funded, Center for American Progress which claims the bill will create between 250,000 to 400,000 jobs per year over 10 years. Like much of the Data coming out of the Progressive CAP it is laden with unsupportable claims about savings...

Not only timely and topical, but genuinely funny. And unlike the last time they hit him hard, this attack comes from the right. Who knew they had it in ‘em? Actually, spending is only a secondary concern here. The chief target is The One’s disintegrating credibility in selling his statist agenda. Never would I have guessed that the great orator’s inability to explain cost savings in ObamaCare would be the subject of late-night mockery this late in the game. No wonder his numbers are at new lows nationally and in the swing state that propelled him to the presidency.

I found this old WW II poster on line the other day and I think it is still relevant today! We need these hanging in every government building in the US!

<p>The economy, weighed down by a bloated trade deficit and higher inflation, grew at a slower pace in the first quarter of the year. The 3.9 percent rate suggested a still-sturdy recovery but raised questions about its strength in the months ahead.</p>

Considerable attention, and rightly so, has focused recently on the war against terrorism. But it would be wrong to conclude that this is the only clear and present danger confronting this nation. The United States faces a large and growing fiscal imbalance that also threatens our economy and way of life.The United States now has a gross federal debt of around $7 trillion, which works out to about $24,000 for every man, woman and child in this country.But this number excludes several big-ticket items, including accrued civilian and military retirement benefits, veterans' disability and medical care, environmental clean-up costs and...