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Romney: “I Like Being Able To Fire People Who Provide Services To Me”

January 9, 2012

He might be the gift that keeps on giving to Obama. Today he said: I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. If someone doesn’t give me the good service I need, I’m going to go get somebody else to provide that service to me. While he was mainly talking about [...]

Tagged as: Bain Capital, Health Care Insurance, Mittism, Presidential Election Ads, Romney

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S & P Downgrade: U.S. Wake-Up Call!

August 8, 2011

Whether or not you view the downgrade by Standard & Poor’s as valid or not, the way that the U.S. does business–and governs, cannot continue. Entitlements are not the sole culprit here; if they were then other countries that have a more socialistic bent to the way they govern such as the  United Kingdom Commonwealth, [...]

Tagged as: energy policy, Entitlements, Federal Reserv, Leadership Failure, list of S&P AAA nations, Obama, Recession of 1937-38, Recovery, Reformed Liberal, S&P Downgrade, socialism, stimulus, unemployment

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12,000 Dow!

January 26, 2011

On the heels of Obama’s State of the Union Address, Wall Street picked up on key promises of the President to reform the tax structure, reduce corporate tax rates, and to revisit the issue of medical malpractice reform.  While Obama is wooing big corporations, the only crumb given to small businesses was correcting the bookkeeping [...]

Tagged as: 000, China, Dow Rally Reaches 12, Global Economy, Global politics, President's State Of Union Address 2011, Wall Street, Wall Street Disconnect with Mainstreet

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Michele Bachmann Delivers Tea Party Response (VIDEO)

January 25, 2011

Telling NBC that she had been approached to give a response  to the President’s State of the Union speech to a Tea Party audience, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) corrected the portrayal by the media that her speech signified a split in the Republican Party.  Armed with charts, she attacked Obama’s Stimulus Package as a failure, [...]

Tagged as: Media Portrays Tea Party and GOP, Michele Bachmann's Response To State of Union, Tea Party and Michele Obama

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Health Care Bill & The Neighborhood Drugstore

January 16, 2011

MarkdownMom, the savvy bargain hunting site today posted some of the fallout of the Health Care Reform bill on small, local businesses.  This site not only provides tips on saving money, but has proven a barometer on the economy especially concerning economic trends of businesses.  Read the full article on one aspect of the new [...]

Tagged as: cities revenue, drugstore closing, health bill, Health Care Reform, local businesses take a hit from health care bill, MarkdownMom, Small Businesses, store closings

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#1 Lesson In Governing America: You Cannot Serve Two Masters

October 3, 2010

MarketWatch’s Paul Ferrell warns that the nation is on the brink of facing anarchy by 2020 precipitated by the greed of Wall Street and other financial entities, gridlock from a leadership void that elects doctrinaires rather than visionaries, and a Second American Revolution ignited by class warfare between the haves and the rest of us.   A bleak [...]

Tagged as: Anarcy Prediction for 2020, Class Warfare, Financial Institutions, Greed, Gridlock, MarketWatch, Paul Farrell, Second American Revolution

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First $28,000 Earned Income FREE!

August 9, 2010

Former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, Robert Reich, stated on Friday, that current unemployment rates merit enacting new measures  including a jobs program similar to the 1930′s WPA for the long term unemployed who may have given up looking for a job out of despair, and an initial tax free holiday for the first [...]

Tagged as: Employment, Middle Class Stimulus Package, Reich speaks out for $28000 FREE, Robert Reich Job Growth, Robert Reich WPA, Uncertainty In Government Leads To Economic Woes, unemployment

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Your Body Mass Index Part of 2009 Stimulus Package

July 18, 2010

This is one of those little tidbits hidden in the voluminous 2009 Stimulus Package.  As part of the government’s new electronic health record that will be implemented in 2014, each individual will not only have their height and weight recorded, but body fat as well to determine obesity rates.  Further, this information will be available [...]

Tagged as: Big Brother And Your Waistline, Obama, Obama Stimulus Package, Obama to measure BMI

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“W” More Than The Middle initial for George Bush

July 6, 2010

From The Web: W” signals a double dip recession with economic growth coming to a dead halt. Irwin Kellner writing today for MarketWatch comments that Obama’s economic and political uncertainty have made things worse. Read the full article here→

Tagged as: Double Dip Recession, Large Inventories Indicate Recovery Problems, Obama Economic & Political Uncertainty

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Joke Of The Week

January 25, 2010

If Obama wants to make the health care debate more transparent he should talk to the newly-elected junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown. You can’t hide very much when  posing nude for Cosmo.

Tagged as: Obama, Obama's transparency pledge, Tea Party, U.S. Senator Scott Brown

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To Become A Real Player In Reform, Tea Party Should Make Term Limits Its’ First Order Of Business

January 12, 2010

The Ohio Valley Tea Party has announced its’ formation as a political action committee in time for  the upcoming election year.  This will enable the group to raise money and support candidates for office.  Although it’s still in the development stage, the potential of becoming a political party is there.  To grow this grassroots movement into [...]

Tagged as: Campaign Reform, citizen legislators, fiscal responsibility by government, grassroots campaign, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Lawyers and Government, lobbyists, Pelosi, Republican Contract With America, special interests, term limits, The Tea Party, Third Party, U.S. Congress

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