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  • Map: One Day Kids, All This Debt Will Be Yours!
    Apr 3, 2012  - After decades of overspending, we owe trillions of dollars to foreign countries. It's unfair & immoral to pass this debt to our kids. Do the right thing: cut, cap & balance the budget. (Click here for high resolution image) The figures in this chart are the most recent available as of April 3,... More
  • Charts: ObamaCare in 5 Pictures
    Mar 22, 2012  - 1. ObamaCare & Things the Federal Government Can’t Do – The left circle lists things ObamaCare does. The right circle lists things the federal government cannot do. The individual mandate? Both circles. 2. You Can Keep Your Plan…as Long as It’s ObamaCare – President Obama repeatedly promised, “If... More
  • Chart: Your Tax Dollars At Waste
    Mar 15, 2012  - Every dollar the government borrows today is a dollar our children must pay back tomorrow with interest. In effect, we’re stealing their future. That isn’t fair, and it isn’t right. The federal government now routinely runs budget deficits in excess of $1 trillion, and at $15.5 trillion, the... More
  • Infographic: Obama Hits the Gas, Prices Accelerate
    Feb 28, 2012  - Gas prices have nearly doubled since President Obama’s inauguration, and energy analysts predict that more Americans than ever before will pay $5.00 per gallon this year. You might think that with gas prices soaring, he would do everything possible to boost production. You’d be wrong. (Click the... More
  • Former Democratic Rep.: I Wouldn't Have Voted for ObamaCare If I'd Known About HHS Regulation
    Feb 7, 2012  - Former Democratic congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, a Catholic from Erie, Pennsylvania, cast a crucial vote in favor of Obamacare in 2010. She lost her seat that November in part because of her controversial support of Obamacare. But Dahlkemper said recently that she would have never voted for the... More
  • CBO Projects $1.08T Deficit, Higher Unemployment
    Jan 31, 2012  - The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday predicted the budget deficit will rise to $1.08 trillion in 2012. CBO also projected the jobless rate would rise to 8.9 percent by the end of 2012, and to 9.2 percent in 2013. These are much dimmer forecasts than in CBO's last report in August, when the... More
  • The Last Time Senate Democrats Passed a Budget...
    Jan 19, 2012  - January 24, 2012 marks the 1,000th day without a budget from Senate Democrats. The last time they passed a budget, you had never heard of the iPad. Tiger Woods was only known for his golfing abilities. General Motors had never declared bankruptcy. You had never heard of Swine Flu. And the national... More
  • The Heritage Foundation: U.S. Falls to 10th in 2012 Index of Economic Freedom
    Jan 18, 2012  - Each year The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal publish the Index of Economic Freedom, intended to track the march of economic freedom around the world. Countries are graded on 10 benchmarks – from property rights to entrepreneurship – and ranked accordingly. This year, the United... More
  • Healthcare Reform Penalizes Married Couples, says Report
    Oct 27, 2011  - President Obama’s healthcare law penalizes married couples by making it tougher for them to get insurance subsidies, Republicans charge in a new report obtained by The Hill. The 22-page report from House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) concludes that married couples will get... More
  • Spending Cuts in Debt Limit Package Seen as Step, Not as Cure
    Aug 2, 2011  - By Binyamin Appelbaum There is something you should know about the deal to cut federal spending that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday: It does not actually reduce federal spending. By the end of the 10-year deal, the federal debt would be much larger than it is today. Indeed, both the... More