Earlier this week, I wrote a blog post about President Obama referring to the cash for clunkers program a great "success". Even though the president said that the program exceeded expectations, I wrote about the major questions surrounding the program that undermine the veracity of Obama's...
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John Hanlon
on 08-05-2009
Filed under: spending, Cash for Clunkers, John Hanlon
As the debate about health care reform continues and the financial realities of the liberals' reform plan become more apparent each day, new worries are arising about what the ultimate cost of reform will be to the American people. Adding to the debate is a recent story about the reality of the liberal...
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John Hanlon
on 07-17-2009
Filed under: spending, health care reform, middle class taxes
$18,000,000 to redesign a website that was lunched less than 5 months ago… that makes sense! ABC News reports: For those concerned about stimulus spending, the General Services Administration sends word tonight that $18 million in additional funds are being spent to redesign the Recovery.gov Web...
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John Gibson
on 07-09-2009
Filed under: stimulus package, spending, government
A Washington Post story today noted that, according to economist Mark Zandi, approximately fourteeen percent of the stimulus money has been spent. That article noted the following: "When the measure [ the stimulus] passed, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted that about a quarter...
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John Hanlon
on 07-08-2009
Filed under: stimulus package, spending, jobs report