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What, you didn’t know that? It must necessarily be true, because Obama promised that no household whose income is under $250,000 will see a tax increase, of any type! See Obama promise: But now starting July 1, 2010, a new 10% federal tanning salon tax goes into effect. This tax is part of the new health care law. So in fact, this is yet another example of the welfare state being supported by people other than “the rich.” A major theme on this website is that it’s impossible... Read More→

Following the oil spill in the Gulf last month, President Obama proclaimed a six-month moratorium on all deep-water drilling, undoubtedly in the name of safety and for the public good. However, it appears that the moratorium is nothing more but a tactic to make Obama look good as a tough action taker, and that it would not increase safety and further the economic damage following the spill. The Obama Administration represented the moratorium as a safety recommendation suggested in a report drafted... Read More→

Nancy Pelosi is on record asking the Catholic Church to push her political agenda regarding immigration reform. Now, I thought Democrats were all for complete and total separation of church and state. And here we have the Democrat Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi asking the Church to do her bidding. There must be some explanation for this outrage, but somehow it escapes me. Watch Pelosi’s comments here:  Read More →

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In the video segment below, Representative Max Baucus (D-Montana) reveals the true agenda behind the health care bill: Redistribution of Wealth “This legislation will have an effect of addressing that mal-distribution of income in America…”  Read More →

Are people in America dying in the streets while every other civilized country provides healthcare to its citizens? To answer this question, let’s first put the size of the healthcare problem in the U.S. into perspective. Counting the Number of the Uninsured in America When Obama ran for president, he touted health care reform as a big issue because there were 47 million people uninsured in America. This figure comes from the Census Bureau. And according to the Census Bureau there were... Read More→

In this video, renowned economist Thomas Sowell discusses how government intervention by the Hoover and FDR administrations prolonged the Great Depression and draws parallels to current economic problems under Obama:  Read More →

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The Senate health care bill passed yesterday along partisan lines in a vote of 39-60 Republicans to Democrats. Most polls indicate that a large majority of voters would rather not have the type of health care reform Obama and Congress are ramming down everyone’s throat. So how did the bill pass? Well, they just had to bribe a few Democratic Senators, with some of your money, for a sum totaling more than a billion dollars over the next 10 years. Senator Ben Nelson for example, got a $100,000,000... Read More→

The science of global warming is not directly related to socialism, however its political aspect as become a powerful tool statists and socialists use to pass laws and impose their ideology on the populace. The following video is a fantastic presentation about the problems with the global warming theory and a short discussion of the Cap and Trade legislation at the end. It’s over an hour long, but very captivating. Watching this is time well spent!  Read More →

In this short segment, Daniel Henninger of the WSJ talks about the American people’s lack of trust in government, and why this is a terrible time for President Obama to ask people to just trust him.  Read More →

Following Obama’s election, many of his supporters were ecstatic and thought that socialist ideas have prevailed in the realm of public opinion. However, it seems that vague campaign slogans such as “hope and change” and a candidate with a nice smile, only work as long as you don’t have to come up with specific policies to govern the nation. When they were in the opposition, the Democrats did not have to show any tangible results for their rhetoric. But now that they are... Read More→

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