President Obama likes to boast about how the budget deficit has shrunk over the past three years; of course he doesn’t mention that it is primarily due to sequestration imposed by Congress in the Budget Control Act of 2011. Now, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Our government doesn’t work. Shocking. But before we shut it down, the least those Bozos on Capitol Hill should do is to vote to fund the military whether the government is shutdown or not; then just lock the doors. Just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two months late and in violation of federal law the Obama administration released its long awaited budget. Not surprisingly the release drew strong rebuke from Republicans who described it as a “reheated” plan that simply reiterates past proposed tax hikes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Imagine, your school has been gathering funds from bake sales, car washes and donations for a long-awaited trip to the nation’s capital to tour the monuments, the US Capitol building and the White House. Suddenly, something called a sequester hits […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everyone who is worried about the government shutting down raise your hands. No, not you government employees; everyone else. What no one is concerned? Good choice. The only time our government isn’t digging the debt hole deeper or trashing our […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Political junkies, such this author, didn’t hear anything from President Obama in his second inaugural address that we couldn’t have scripted ourselves; but nonetheless there were some clues that the president has chosen to swing wildly left setting up at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Without the first shot being fired GOP members of the House are already waving the white flag of surrender. The House will vote this week to raise the nation’s $16.4 trillion debt ceiling for three months while denying pay for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While President Barack Obama are enjoying an Obama family Christmas in Hawaii for the fifth straight year, federal and local taxpayers will wake up on the December 26, 2012 without a solution to the fiscal cliff but another $4 million […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Its been barely a week since Stockton, California became the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy; but that didn’t stop lawmakers of the “Golden State” from approving billions of dollars this week to finance the initial segment of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…