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Top 4 Reasons Obama Will Be Seen As A Failure

Floyd Brown  As Barack Obama moves toward the end of his career, expect to hear lots of talk about his legacy. I believe the first African-American president will be remembered kindly by the academic establishment, writing from their ivory towers, because of the historic nature of his election. But for average Americans, it’ll be a […] Continue reading →

Obama’s Budget FY2015 would hike taxes by $100 billion on the one industry that’s thriving

 The White House dropped President Obama’s FY2015 budget readout yesterday, and as the NYT rather aptly titled it, it amounted to little more than a “populist wish list” that doesn’t even try to look serious about addressing our runaway entitlement spending or ballooning national debt.  It includes a lot more of the stimulus-spending-as-growth utter crapola […] Continue reading →

Progressives� Rules Of Outrage

Derek Hunter  The thing I like about most sports are the rules and how the winner is determined are pretty unambiguous. Score more points, cross the finish line first, jump higher, whatever, and you win. Should there be any foul play or skirting of the rules, there’s an official or referee there to cry foul. […] Continue reading →

The Failure of Obama’s Aristocracy of Merit

Michael Barone  The roots of American liberalism are not compassion, but snobbery. That’s the thesis of Fred Siegel’s revealing new book, “The Revolt Against the Masses: How Liberalism Has Undermined the Middle Class.” The standard account from liberal historians over the years, and more recently in bestsellers by Glenn Beck, is a linear story: Government […] Continue reading →

About The Welfare: Here are Five Food-Stamp Myths

Michael Tanner, As budget negotiators lurch toward their December 13 deadline for funding the government, another conference committee is struggling to reach an agreement over the farm bill. Unsurprisingly, the dispute is not over the bill’s completely unjustifiable subsidies for agribusiness (both parties support those) but food stamps. House Republicans passed a bill calling for […] Continue reading →

Lies the Dems Tell Themselves

During the Obama years, a potent mythology has taken root in Democratic circles. In this narrative, Democrats are victims, martyrs even, whereas Republicans are wily tricksters. Last year, there was a hyped-up fable about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. President Barack Obama told “60 Minutes,” “When I first came into office, the head of the […] Continue reading →

Who Will Use Procedural Tricks to Fund Obamacare?

Dan Holler Although the Senate has not begun debate on the House-passed year-end funding bill that permanently defunds Obamacare (H.J.Res.59), some pundits and politicians are going to great lengths to confuse the public, muddle the message and protect Obamacare funding. In a key vote alert issued over the weekend, Heritage Action explained the importance procedure […] Continue reading →

By the Way, Food Stamp Usage is Still on the Rise

Guy Benson   Via the Wall Street Journal, 47.6 million Americans are now food stamp recipients Food-stamp use rose 2.4% in the U.S. in May from a year earlier, with more than 15% of the U.S. population receiving benefits. One of the federal government’s biggest social welfare programs, which expanded when the economy convulsed, isn’t shrinking back […] Continue reading →

Both GOP and Democrats Have Party Problems

Since last November’s election, there has been a lot of punditry about the fissures and schisms in the Republican Party. The divisions are real, and some of the commentary has been revealing. There has been less of a look at fissures and schisms in the Democratic Party. They’re real, as well. Most House Democrats voted […] Continue reading →

Obama to warn Republicans on budget tactics

President Barack Obama will use the backdrop of a busy commercial port in Florida to warn congressional Republicans on Thursday that using the threat of government shutdown or debt default puts a fragile economic recovery in jeopardy. In the second of a series of speeches on the economy, Obama is due to accuse Republicans for […] Continue reading →

We�re Going Into the Greatest Depression: �They Will Not Be Able To Pull Off the Stimulus Game Again

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo Look around and you can’t miss it. The world is on the brink… politically, economically, financially, monetarily, and militarily. Events are accelerating. Over the last decade trend forecaster Gerald Celente has been blaring the alarms.   If you’ve been paying attention, then you’ve heard them. You know we’re going under. And […] Continue reading →