1,071 pages and 8 inches thick. That’s how big the Obama Stimulus Package–the so-called “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009–is. It’s a bill that, according to the Associated Press, stands to combine “$281 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses with more than a half-trillion dollars in government spending. The money would …
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Dec
27
2008
What Chrysler’s Full-Page Ad Should Have Said…
Earlier this week, Chrysler–one of America’s “Big 3″ automakers–took out advertisements in USA Today and the Wall Street Journal to thank America for “investing” in them. They paid $100,000 to run the full-page, color advertisements. Actually, they paid $100,000 of your money to take out an ad to thank you for money that the United …
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Dec
19
2008
Congress Getting $4,700 Pay Raise…
Joe Biden says the economy is in danger of “absololutely tanking.” Barack Obama says that the economy is “going to get worse before it gets better.” $700 billion of our tax dollars went to bail out Wall Street and financial firms. George W. Bush is giving $17 billion of our tax dollars to bail …
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