Yesterday, in his weekly address, President Obama called on Americans to "summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago". This is one time when I can get behind President Obama's sentiments - although he may not like my reasons for it. What...
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on 07-05-2009
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"I think if you get into the way it was written, it's a huge tax and there's no sense calling it anything else. I mean, it is a tax ." So says Warren Buffett , Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and perhaps even more importantly, one of the President's biggest supporters in the economic...
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on 06-28-2009
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Good morning, and happy mother's day to all! Here are today's conservative articles and blog posts from around the web. Moira Herbst of BusinessWeek offers input on signs that could indicate an economic recovery has begun. Alfred Tella reports on a discrepancy in recorded job loss numbers and...
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on 05-10-2009
Filed under: cap and trade, capitalism, economic recovery, Conservating reading list, home ownership, job losses, public healthcare, tax issues, economic crisis