Just got hold of yet another email from Organizing for Action, President Obama’s perpetual campaign operation, about the sequester.
To Catch a Thief
‘Tis the season…for tax refund fraud. And the 2012 filing season promises to be a whooper when it comes to taxpayers’ refunds being ripped off.
The Fed Boat: A Career on Cruise-Control
On February 5, the Washington Post reported that President Obama and his emissaries – particularly in the federal-employee-intensive enclaves of the D.C. suburbs in Virginia and Maryland – were sounding the alarm of a potential furlough if the dreaded sequester (automatic spending cuts) went into effect. On Friday, March 1, with no alternative agreement among the White House, the Democratic-controlled Senate, and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, the sequestration took effect.
Snow-quester: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to (Work?)
In 2010, Washingtonians lived through Snowmageddon. Some referred to it as the Snowpocalypse.
Prime Cuts 2013
On the eve of sequestration, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released Prime Cuts 2013, our annual comprehensive list of spending cuts.
The Madness of King Barack?
Washington Post Associate Editor and uber-journo Bob Woodward has been blurting out all kinds of cogent things lately, most of it is giving the White House fits. But he is saying what many people are thinking.
It’s Getting Scary Out There…
We just received a copy of Organizing for Action’s email to their supporters. This group is the president’s restructured re-election operation, still carrying on his never-ending campaign.
Last Night’s Biggest Snub? Taxpayers
Last night, as you may have heard, America’s film industry threw itself a massive party, and while some of the attendees looked to be in danger of starving, none of them looked especially poor. Anyhow, today the media is buzzing over Ang Lee’s upset and the 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence’s win for Best Actress. However, before the Oscars began, Glenn Reynolds (of Instapundit fame) pointed out an Oscar injustice that should have moviegoers across the country livid: the billions in tax breaks and giveaways handed to movie studios each year. Here’s Reynolds, from Saturday’s Wall Street Journal.
National Debt Estimates Vary By Tens of Trillions
Trying to figure out the exact size of the national debt is a more complicated question than one may think.
The Right Stuff to Cut
Incoming Joint Economic Committee Chairman Kevin Brady’s (R-Texas) National Review Online op-ed, “What Kind of Cuts Grow the Economy,” makes it clear that the right kind of spending cuts will increase economic growth and create jobs.