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Blame ordinary Americans for our fiscal cliff problems

Source: The Week, Dec 12 2012, 12:33pm CST

n his January 2008 inaugural address, President Barack Obama observed that "[o]ur economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failu ...

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Obama’s budget would cut $1 trillion from US deficit

Source: Economic Times  |   May 18 2013, 3:34am CDT

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's budget proposal, if enacted into law, would cut more than $1.1 trillion from the government's projected deficits over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Friday. It would ...

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11 hours ago

Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023

Source: Sun Journal  |   May 17 2013, 10:17pm CDT

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in higher revenues for every $1 in reduced spending to achieve it, Congre ...

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22 weeks ago


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"It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity."


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15 hours ago

Primary care crunch

Source: WCAX  |   May 17 2013, 5:50pm CDT

Eva Amenta and Timothy O'Rourke will spend the next four years here, learning to be doctors. "I can't really remember a time I didn't want to be a physician and pursue a career in medicine," Amenta said. Their timing is good. The country is facing ...

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19 hours ago

Dow, S&P Rise, Obama and Congress Tumble

Source: U.S. News & World Report  |   May 17 2013, 1:44pm CDT

Like politicians, investors agree that fixing the nation's long-term fiscal situation should be a top priority. Gridlock has ruled in Washington for much of the past few years, and stock markets have posted ...

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20 hours ago

Obama budget would cut US deficit by $1.1 trillion over decade-CBO

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 17 2013, 1:30pm CDT

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Near-term U.S. deficits under President Barack Obama's latest budget plan would be higher than the most recent estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, but $1.1 trillion lower ov ...

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20 hours ago

OPINION: Obama's massive health care expansion: You're going to loathe it

Source: The Oakland Press  |   May 17 2013, 1:14pm CDT

As we approach the summer months, we get closer and closer to 2014 and the dreaded launch of Obamacare. We still face major uncertainty in how this massive takeover of health care actually will work. Families and small businesses don't ...

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21 hours ago

Couples retiring this year will need $220,000 for medical costs

Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel  |   May 17 2013, 11:53am CDT

More reasons to go single payer. misfit, I know that ignorance is bliss, but what's your excuse? You blame this on Obama (actually, I wouldn't expect anything less from you) but this study has been coming out every y ...

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1 day ago

IRS and Benghazi scandals need more investigation: poll

Source: Washington Times Blogs  |   May 17 2013, 7:26am CDT

President Obama speaks during a news conference with British Prime Minister David ... more > The vast majority of Americans believe the ongoing Benghazi affair and the unfolding scandal swirling around the ...

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By the Numbers: Internal Revenue Service

Source: CNN  |   May 16 2013, 8:35pm CDT

By Amy Roberts, CNN Library updated 9:35 PM EDT, Thu May 16, 2013 STORY HIGHLIGHTS $2,524,320,134,000 - Total taxes collected by the IRS in fiscal year 2012 3,357 - Applications received by the IRS in fi ...

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