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How many times have we heard "we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem?". This is really a more profound statement that lots of people realize. Because of the Baseline Budgeting system that the US Govt uses (which would NEVER be allowed in any kind of business), the...

That's the problem with Boehner - he sometimes tries to be too cute by 1/2. On the other hand, the Tea Party freshmen in the House need to go along with this deal if Boehner fixes it. That would be the best of all the lousy choices.

That's a good question. Unfortunately, when we combine the environmental radicals with the bureaucrats in the EPA and other entrenched liberals in the govt regulatory agencies they are able to file lawsuit upon lawsuit to delay and obfuscate the permits and other legal hurdles that have to be...

Here's a great article in the Wall St. Journal showing what could happen if we were to take advantage of our natural resources. This compares areas of two states - PA and NY - and the results that have come from the two states whose approaches are diametrically opposed to each other. Considering...

Unfortunately, these clowns are everywhere among the general population. Although we all agree they shouldn't be in any position of authority or responsibility, who put them there in the first place? Who allows them to stay there once their true colors are known? There are some incompetent...

There was a time when even the mention of downgrading the USA's credit rating would have been unthinkable. In just over three years Barack Hussein Obama has made it probable. How's that "Hope & Change" working out??

There's a situation in chess called stymied, and that's where congress is right now with these debt ceiling talks. The best the GOP can hope for is to hold their ground to keep any new taxes from being implemented. They don't have control of the Senate, so the Democrats will stop anything they...

Something else that's contributed to the rush to pharmaceutical relief is the sheltered generations that we as baby boomers have raised. Kids are brought up with an entitlement mentality, with no concept of earning self esteem by way of accomplishments or dealing with the possibly adverse...

Well - it didn't take long for this thread to hit rock bottom. Although it's another ridiculous liberal idea, it will be finessed if it passes just like any other stupid idea. Considering MD is a small state, it's just a short trip to VA or WV to their local sporting goods store. Of course...

On top of everything else, these anti-depressants are among other things, self perpetuating. If you'll notice the fine print on most all these drugs, it will warn the patient NOT to quit taking them cold turkey after having used them for several days. One must gradually wean themselves off them...

This whole subject is spot on, especially when referring to Florida. My family has some direct experience with that state and it's lackadaisical drug regulation. Our adult daughter lived there for four years, and in that short time turned from a well balanced, successful businesswoman to a...

FactCheck.org is an opinion portal, and is the first cousin to Media Matters - both dressed up as "truth detectors" being promoted by the left to counter conservative points of view. In any debate the first participant to start name-calling is obviously the one who is lacking a substantive...

Keep in mind that Factcheck.org is an extension of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the Univ. of PA. You just can't get much more liberal than they are - and I believe this has been pointed out before on this forum. As a counterpoint to their view, here's the finding of an exhaustive...

Just an additional fact or two to point out (bold emphasis mine): The one thing that's glaringly different about Obama's recession compared to Carter's is interest rates. Right now interest rates are near zero, while in the 1970s they were near 20%. I personally had a money market account in the...

That might have been a legitimate point six months after BHO took office, but reality has left it in the dust. The Obama policies own the economy now, and even some of his minions have admitted it. All these figures are the result of policies that have been implemented on his watch and have had...

The GOP is running a few ads, but they had better keep their powder dry until the actual campaign starts. Hopefully, they'll have better sense than to spend all their money and effort beating each other up in the primaries.

It's just a great example of the MSM bias that the AP would promote a story like this. In spite of all the doomsday rhetoric about the debt ceiling the SS checks will go out, the military will get paid, medicare will continue and the sun will still rise even if the debt ceiling isn't raised...

Very few people will take the time to read this Blue Oregon list, much less go to the trouble to confirm what it claims. Most will scan it; liberals will reach for the sky in praise, conservatives will reach for the Pepto-Bismol.

I did not. Nowhere in this post do I even remotely represent this info as my own. The first sentence of the second paragraph plainly attributes the summary statistics to Investors.com and the link to the full article is at the bottom of the bullet points. Same goes for the "By The Numbers" stats...

As the pols grapple with the abhorrent idea of actually having to spend less of the people's money, the president continues to champion his agenda of unlimited spending while trying to add the knockout punch - higher taxes - to an economy already on the ropes. To see where we might be headed if...