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Washington experiences lower tax revenue after cigarette tax hike
The Laffer Curve brought to you in Technicolor™. Even though Washington, D.C. is one of the few cities in the country where employment growth is happening, the city has experienced…
Deadbeat States: It really is “not your money”
We already know about California trying to pay refunds and payments with IOUs. It has even withheld extra cash to cover their mismanagement. Now the list of deadbeat states is…
New Jersey governor calls out Alice in Wonderland budgeting
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stepped out in front of 200 New Jersey mayors last week and placed budget realities right out there for everyone to see. Would leaders at…
Congress ignores ‘Pay-as-You-Go’ rule in favor of jobs bill
The Congress-critters have done it once again. Last summer when pay-as-you-go legislation was passed in the House, it was political theater providing the illusion Congress was concerned about the deficit….
Census Bureau blows $2.5 million on reminder to be counted
The real problem here is the federal government and the Congress-critters think $2.5 million is a drop in the bucket, but for many Americans, it is more money than will…
Obama’s 2011 budget
The President proposes to spend $3.8 trillion of your money in the 12 months between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011. Some will focus on the $1.6 trillion deficit…
White House unveils $3.8 trillion budget monster (Update)
While distributing the largest federal budget in the history of the world, administration staffers reminded everyone the country would be running huge deficits for the foreseeable future, and there is…
Senate votes to increase debt ceiling $1.9 trillion – That’s 15%
More than a week ago, I told you about a Democrat proposal to increase the debt ceiling for the federal government by a whopping 15 percent from $12.4 trillion to…
California demands US taxpayers bail them out
This is what it has come to. The state of California is sending dignitaries from the state’s legislature to the east coast “early and often” to demand taxpayers give more…
Dodd declares – economic crisis ended when Obama took office
Just received an e-mail update from Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). It seems as though our economy is still “feeling the effects of last year’s crisis.” Now, last year was 2008,…
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