Posts Tagged ‘budget’
If I were you, I’d stop doing business with the state of California
It’s bad enough the situation in California requires the state to dish out IOUs to residents and small business owner who are owed refunds or contract payments, but now the state will not allow IOUs to be used as payment for amounts owed to the state itself.
Read MoreObama administration ignores Constitutional mandated spending
The Constitution clearly states that the role of Congress is to provide for the common defense of the United States. So therefore, the current administration has elected to ignore that requirement and stop all funding for the F-22 Raptor. I’m not suggesting that we need – or do not need – the F-22 for defense…
Read MoreLife gets better with cash to spend – until you have to pay it back
Hold firm. For the next couple of months – maybe even for the next couple of years – you’re going to hear things are getting better, President Obama’s plan is going to work. As a matter of fact, I just heard a commentator on Fox News note things are getting better so why would we…
Read MoreObama promise expires – Iraq and Afghanistan supplemental spending continues
Today, President Obama asked Congress for an additional $85 billion in supplemental funding for military and diplomatic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Feb. 24, Obama stated that military spending would no longer be “hidden” within supplemental bills, it would be included in the regular budget request. Of course, the spending was never really “hidden”…
Read MoreState Republican responds to Democrat budget
As noted in posts earlier, state Democrats from the state of Connecticut along with Governor M Jodi Rell (R) are going all in with tax increases and increased fees. On Friday, Jim posted about increased taxes and the elimination of tax-exempt status for some items. On March 31, Steve pulled specific details about increased fees…
Read MoreThe Republican budget alternative that wasn’t
On Thursday, Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) unveiled the Republican budget alternative to President Obama’s massive spending plan released days earlier. The press conference – seemingly in response to President Obama mentioning there was no Republican alternative on the table – was pretty much a joke. The video released on Boehner’s Republican leader blog (video…
Read MoreDon’t Confuse The Tea party With AIG Populism
(Editor’s Note: This commentary was written by Chris Murray, organizer of the Ridgefield Tea Party. We are posting it in it’s entirety.) Perhaps you noticed the “Tea Party” protest on Main Street in Ridgefield this past Saturday. It is important to clarify how the Ridgefield Tea Party was distinct from the headline-grabbing bus tour of…
Read MoreObama’s Budget Numbers Explained
I know. You are asking yourself, “How the heck can Obama even think of paying for a 3.6 trillion dollar budget? We don’t have that much money.”
Read MoreUh Oh
The CBO is projecting the White House underestimated the deficit by more than $2 trillion dollars from 2010 to 2019. The administration is expecting the budget deficit to total $7.0 trillion from 2010 to 2019, but CBO is expecting a total deficit of $9.27 trillion. But here’s the kicker … Nancy “Pay Go” Pelosi doesn’t…
Read MoreShades of J. Wellington Wimpy
Perhaps I am showing my age… or just the spoiled fodder of a mis-spent youth, but Obama’s budget director Peter Orszag is starting to remind me of Wimpy, the hamburger-mooching ne’er-do-well out of the old Popeye cartoons, he who would “surely pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” With Orszag, the promise is “We will…
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