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WE NEED ENERGY POLICY THAT WORKS -- We must unlock more areas for exploration, cut through the red tape that slows production, and green light common sense projects.- RecommendationsSee All
- Danna DrummVideo: Congress Needs To Hold Obama Accountable http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/video-congress-needs-to-hold-obama-accountable/on Sunday
- Jim Duchmanwww.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_xo1uBTk8about 2 weeks ago
- Brian GriffithsEducation? John Leopold? Baseball Players? World of Warcraft?!? We've got a bit of everything tonight. Join yours truly and Greg Kline at 8 for this week's Red Maryland Radio. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/redmaryland/2012/10/05/red-maryland-radioabout a month ago
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DAILY DATA -- Adjusted for inflation, food welfare spending was relatively flat between 1992 and 2007. By the end of 2010, it had grown 66%.- LikesSee All
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DAILY DATA -- Building the Panama Canal cost about $8.7 billion in today’s dollars. The federal government will spend nearly twice as much ($16.3 billion) on local transit projects over the next decade.Republican Study Committee shared a link.
DAILY DATA -- Charter schools and homeschooling each enroll more than 2 million students in the U.S.Republican Study Committee shared a link.
OBAMACARE IS AN OBSTACLE TO A HEALTHY ECONOMY -- How is this law good for the economy if it now means full-time jobs will become part-time?- NATIONAL DEBT HURTS EVERYONE -- What kind of future do we expect to have as a country if we continue to overspend? We're at $16.2 trillion and rising everyday!
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DAILY DATA -- 32 million people were on Food Stamps when President Obama took office. Today, it’s about 47 million. In four years, the cost of the program has more than doubled.Republican Study Committee shared a link.
DAILY DATA -- Combined state & federal spending on 83 different welfare programs topped $1 trillion in FY 2011.Republican Study Committee shared a link.
THE SMITHS SPEND WAY TOO MUCH! -- Is it fair to spend so much today that our kids are massively in debt when they grow up?Republican Study Committee shared a link.
LET'S BALANCE THE BUDGET! -- Looks like we'll hit our $16.4 trillion limit by this year's end. Will the endless government spending ever stop?Republican Study Committee shared a link.
FREEDOM AND FREE ENTERPRISE CREATE JOBS -- The government can't create jobs better than free enterprise!Republican Study Committee shared a link.
DAILY DATA -- In 2011, federal and state governments spent enough on welfare to write a $59,523 check for every household below the federal poverty level.- 51 - votes needed to pass a budget in the U.S. Senate
50 - votes needed if the VP casts the tie-breaking vote
60 - most votes controlled by Senate Democrats since Jan. 20, 2009
53 - votes controlled by Senate Democrats today
$5 trillion - growth of the national debt in last 3.5 years
0 - budgets passed by Senate Democrats in last 3.5 years - THE LOWER THE TAXES, THE BETTER THE ECONOMY -- Let's make our tax code simpler, flatter, and fairer.
- GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS SURGING -- Did you know that during the eight years of the New Deal from 1933-1940, federal spending averaged 9.4% of GDP, but in the four most recent fiscal years, federal spending has averaged 24.1% of GDP? Let's balance our budget!
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DAILY DATA -- The government subsidized, tax-exempt organization that produces Sesame Street had $110 million in investments in 2010.- PLEASE JOIN US FOR TODAY'S RSC FACEBOOK FORUM - Congressman Jeff Duncan will be on and off throughout most of the day answering your questions from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. EDT. We'll also get to some of the questions asked earlier in the week. If you've ever wanted to chat with a Member of Congress about what's going on with health care, energy policy, taxes, the debt, or another policy issue, now is your chance!
- REMINDER FOR OUR NEXT RSC FACEBOOK FORUM - Have you wanted to talk with a Member of Congress about health care policy or our debt? Then please join us tomorrow for an all day chat with Congressman Jeff Duncan or ask a question right now in this thread.
- $16 TRILLION IN DEBT IS A THREAT TO STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE -- How can we expect to continue to have freedom and liberty if we eventually can't afford a strong national defense? Let's balance our budget!
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DAILY DATA -- 582,000 more people worked only part-time in September “because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job,” according to BLS.Republican Study Committee shared a link.
$16 TRILLION IN DEBT AND WHERE ARE YOUR TAX DOLLARS GOING? -- Did you know your hard earned tax dollars were spent on robotic squirrels, pottery classes, and pet shampoo products? Unbelievable.Republican Study Committee shared a link.
DAILY DATA: The $746 billion spent on 83 different programs in FY 2011 made welfare the single largest federal expense that year – bigger than Social Security, Medicare, and defense.Republican Study Committee shared a link.
WHY FREE ENTERPRISE WORKS -- There's simply no other system in which hard work, creativity, and honest competition result in happiness and earned success.- ANNOUNCING OUR NEXT RSC FACEBOOK FORUM - Interested in talking with a Member of Congress about what's being done to prevent taxes from going up or to balance the budget? Or on any other policy? Then please join us this Thursday, October 25, for our next RSC Facebook Forum with Congressman Jeff Duncan. He will be answering your questions throughout that day.
The live chat will take place in a new post on the Timeline of the Republican Study Committee page, but you can also leave a question in the comment section right here. Republican Study Committee shared a link.
WELFARE NOW THE LARGEST FEDERAL EXPENSE -- Combined state & federal spending on 83 different welfare programs topped $1 trillion in FY 2011.
We need to cut through the red tape, make our tax code simpler, flatter, and fairer, & tear down barriers to energy production. We must grow the economy - not the government - so everyone has the opportunity to be successful, happy, and independent.Republican Study Committee shared a link.
LET'S CUT OUR SPENDING NOW -- Government spending must be cut because it's unfair & immoral to pass this debt to our kids. RSC member Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-1) predicts we're just a few months away from hitting our debt limit. Isn't it time we balanced our budget?- ActivityNovemberPeople Who Like ThisVisits121