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The Other TARP

It still remains the most overlooked aspects within the Obama Administration, that being the flirtation with the American auto industry. Now it seems, the Chrysler venture will now see Tax Payers taking a $1.3 billion haircut. Which leaves one to wonder, where exactly is the so called outrage against the Obama Administration? And on that [...]

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The Post Geithner Economy

Now that the word is spreading that Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner may be leaving after Congress raises the federal debt limit, the talk moves onto his replacement. Allow me play Devil’s Advocate here for a moment. If Obama wanted to show he was seriously at addressing the economy (and improve his poll numbers), he [...]

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When All Else Fails, Push The Class War Rhetoric

During the 2008 Presidential race, candidate Obama proposed a $50 billion ‘Emergency Economic Plan‘. This plan included issuing rebate payments of $1000 to assist with rising energy costs, extending unemployment benefits, and distributing additional funds to the states. It was planned to be funded from the excess profits of big oil companies, which the Obama [...]

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The Propaganda of Government Motors

Graphic: Black Swan Insights “It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, [...]

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House votes to overthrow ‘czars’

  By: ROBIN BRAVENDER POLITICO The House voted Thursday to dethrone nine White House “czars.”   Republicans successfully added an amendment to the continuing resolution that would leave President Barack Obama’s senior advisers on policy issues including health care, energy and others out of a job. The vote was 249-179. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) offered [...]

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Blunt, Carnahan on attack again in Missouri debate

KMOV.COM LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s leading Senate candidates clashed Friday over the economy, with Republican Roy Blunt calling the economic stimulus “a huge waste of money” that benefited a business run by Democratic hopeful Robin Carnahan’s brother. Carnahan said the stimulus had nothing to do with her brother’s wind farm and added that [...]

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GOP Legislative Agenda for 2010

FOXNEWS Rank-and-file House Republicans get their first glimpse at the GOP legislative agenda tonight, one day before the leadership team showcases the plan during a press conference and small business roundtable at a lumber warehouse in suburban Virginia. The game plan is culled from the Republicans’ “America Speaking Out” initiative, which solicited the online input [...]

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The Propaganda Of Incompetents

INVESTORS.COM Economy: As the “recovery summer” turns into a nightmare, one thing has become painfully clear: This is the most economically incompetent administration since the Great Depression. Two years into the Obama era, when the U.S. should be enjoying a booming recovery from the 2007-08 meltdown, with millions of new jobs and higher incomes for [...]

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Bob Bennett in 3rd after 1st round

By: David Cantonese SALT LAKE CITY — Three-term Sen. Bob Bennett was in third place after the first balloting at the state Republican convention Saturday, leaving considerable doubt about his ability to survive the day and qualify for the June ballot. Tea Party favorite Mike Lee took the first round vote with 28.7 percent, leading [...]

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Light At the End of the Bailout Tunnel

  By DEBORAH SOLOMON WASHINGTON—The U.S. government’s rescue of wobbly companies and financial markets is starting to look far less expensive or long-lasting than once feared. As momentum grows at companies that looked like zombies just a few months ago to repay taxpayers for lifelines they got during the financial crisis, the projected cost of [...]

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