President Obama wanted transparency, he said. He wanted accountability also. Nearly eight hundred billion dollars being spent in a stimulus bill was a lot of money and Obama wanted to use it to stimulate the economy and create jobs. A CBS News article from February noted that "Mr. Obama said the...
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John Hanlon
on 08-31-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, stimulus package, John Hanlon
Guess what’s in the health bill Congress has been working on? Aside from terrible policies designed to put our nation on the path to single-payer government care that will bankrupt the country and harm the health of millions of Americans, I mean. The Boston Globe reports: Tucked within is a provision...
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Alexa Shrugged
on 07-13-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, pork, health care, bike paths, jungle gyms
Is the duty of our government not the welfare of its people? Is the government not obligated to better the lives of its own citizens? Are elected officials not supposed to care for the citizens they represent? Why then is our president, Barack Obama, agreeing to send $100 billion to China and India ...
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Chris Schultheis
on 07-10-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, energy, Barack Obama, environmentalists
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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Despina Karras
on 07-05-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, cap and trade, capitalism, stimulus package, government spending, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, economic crisis, government, cap and tax, government option, federal government, founding fathers