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Heartbeat of America: Americans Understand It’s Always Better to Cut Taxes than to Increase Gov’t Spending
Jan 29, 2009
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“Do you agree or disagree with the following statement…it’s always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money?”
53% Agree
24% Disagree
22% Not sure
Rasmussen Reports; conducted January...
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The Entitlement Stimulus
Jan 29, 2009
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The more we dig into the pile of spending and tax favors known as the "stimulus bill," the more amazing discoveries we make. Namely, Democrats have apparently decided that the way to gun the economy is to spend even more on health care.
This is notable because if there has been one truly...
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Stimulus Has Plum for Lawmaker's Son
Jan 29, 2009
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A top House Republican is demanding an investigation into whether the more than $2 billion for national parks in the House stimulus package is proper in light of the fact that the chief lobbyist for the National Parks Conservation Association is the son of House Appropriations Committee Chairman...
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Linder Op-Ed: Nothing in Dem Proposal Spurs Small Firms to Hire
Jan 29, 2009
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You have all heard the proverb: “Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he can eat for the rest of his life.”
The $825 billion stimulus package we voted on Wednesday night is full of fish to hand out, but no fishing rods. I voted no.
In an economic downturn the most...
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Skeptics Fear Stimulus "Fixes" Won't Be Temporary
Jan 29, 2009
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Even before President Obama has signed a package of temporary spending increases and tax cuts into law, some lawmakers and outside budget analysts already are worrying about how to stop them from becoming permanent.
Many of the initiatives in the $819 billion stimulus plan approved by the House on...
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Roskam Op-Ed: Stimulus Plan Must Make Real Impact Now
Jan 29, 2009
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Five hundred thousand jobs lost last month, the Dow Jones industrial average teetering at 8,000, and home prices continuing to plummet - to say our economy is in need of repair would be quite the understatement.
The great challenge before Congress and President Obama must be met with an equal...
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Six Degrees of Alan Mollohan
Jan 29, 2009
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On March 22, 2004, Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) collected just over $300,000 for his re-election campaign, more than half the total that he spent for the two-year election cycle.
Of the donations he collected that day, at least $100,000 came from individuals tied to companies that have addresses...
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Vote Reveals Bipartisan Desire for a Different Approach
Jan 29, 2009
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Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s final vote on the Democrats’ borrowing-and-spending bill. In a stinging rebuke of the Democrat leadership’s partisan approach, Republicans, joined by responsible Democrats, mounted a united...
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The Myth of Universal Support: 200 Economists Oppose Democrats’ Spending Bill
Jan 29, 2009
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Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement in response to a full page ad by the Cato Institute appearing in today’s Washington Post. The ad contains the names of more than 200 economists, including three Nobel Laureates, who refute the Democrats’ big...
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Wilson Op-Ed: Tax Relief, Help for Small Businesses Way to Improve Economy
Jan 28, 2009
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This week, Congress will vote on a massive $825 billion spending package introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leadership. In an all too familiar fashion, Democrats are citing the current economic recession as an instance that demands billions in new government spending....
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