spending

A Response to President Obama’s Domestic Agenda

Last night, President Barack Obama addressed the nation on the state of our Union.  Like most of his predecessors, President Obama observed that the Union is strong.  Many on both sides of the aisle, however, are in agreement with Gerald Ford’s statement in his 1974 State of the Union Address that the nation is in [...]

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Time to Wake Up from the Dreams

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address failed to address the state of the national debt, which now stands at a mind-blowing $14 trillion.  Yet his language about living up to the dreams of our children is flowery indeed. Each American child born today enters the world burdened by over $40,000 in federal debt.  [...]

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Spending Leads to More Spending

Past mistakes of the Obama administration continue to haunt the federal government, which approved the allocation of $600 million to help jobless homeowners avoid foreclosure in the five hardest-hit states across the country. Instead of searching for comprehensive and viable solutions to improving the unemployment rates in the country, temporary Band-Aids are being implemented by [...]

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Just Another Fifty BILLION Dollars

After the $700B TARP bill (2008), the $152B Stimulus Bill #1 (2008), and the $500B Stimulus Bill #2 (2009), the passage of ObamaCare (2010), and continuing pressure for a business-punishing cap-and-trade policy, President Obama has sent a letter to congress urging them to endorse yet another government-sponsored, tax-payer-funded stimulus spending spree.  This one another fifty billion dollars!  [...]

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UW System Increases Tuition by 5.5%

For the second consecutive week, the focus of the Wisconsin segment of the Weekly Political Forecast is focused on the issue of irresponsible spending in the Wisconsin education system.  As a follow-up to last week’s discussion of the state of the public school system, we have decided to examine in detail wasteful spending by state [...]

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