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Data Point: Inflation – you have arrived!

by Skip

(H/T: Business Insider)

Data Point – Federal spending over 2010

by Skip

Perspective and Context: Now, got a better handle as to why we are hurtling towards the financial chasm? Warm and fuzzies….yeah….sure…. (H/T: The Enterprise blog)

Data Point – NH: near the top again!

by Skip

Except, being at the top of this list might not be all that desired…. (H/T:  Fiscal Times via Instapundit)

Data Point – Is the Earth overcrowded?

by Skip

The eco-weenies think that there are way to many people on the earth.  Among other things, they say we are running out of space – why else do our land use planners keep speaking "smart growth" which invariably means: Setting up regulations so as to not allow folk to live how and where they want … Read more

Data Point – what happens gun ownership goes down in Massachuesetts?

by Skip

From Truth About Guns: “But I don’t want to go on that commission. . . It’s just another example of how wrong Massachusetts has it when it comes to gun laws. Twelve years ago we had 1.5 million guns owners. Today that’s down to about 230 thousand. Gun crime has risen 200 percent. What else … Read more

Data Point – Dying in War if you are in the US Military

by Skip

• War of Independence: 2 percent (1 in 50) • War of 1812: 0.8 percent (1 in 127) • Indian Wars: 0.9 percent (1 in 106) • Mexican War: 2.2 percent (1 in 45) • Civil War: 6.7 percent (1 in 15) • Spanish-American War: 0.1 percent (1 in 798) • World War I: 1.1 … Read more

Data Point – context: Oil from Libya

by Skip

(H/T: Business Insider)

Data Point – Double dip in housing sales deepening

by Skip

(H/T: Business Insider)

Data Points: “Washington’s spending spree is over.”

by Skip

Spending?  You want spending?  Certainly, President Obama has made the US #1 in one respect – jacking up the level of expenditures by the Federal Govt.  And thus, giving us the world’s largest yearly deficits as well as piling on the national debt.

These #1’s are things I’d rather not be receiving the crowns for.  From The Corner on cutting the budget:

Clearly, we have two competing philosophies as to what constitutes “draconian.”

It’s worth looking at these figures in context. President Obama, upon taking office in January 2009, embarked on a federal spending spree of Brobdingnagian proportions. Between 2008-2010, non-defense discretionary spending increased by 84 percent (this includes the so-called “stimulus” package). The administration sold its profligacy under the pretense of “job creation.”…

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:

2008 level: $57.4 billion
2010 level: $63.7 billion
“Stimulus”: +$97.4 billion
 Increase (2008-10):
 $6.3 billion (+11%)
Total two-year increase (including stimulus):
 $103.7 billion (+181%)

*Compared to a total increase between 2000-2008 of 60 percent.

(H/T: The Corner)

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Data Points – more on debt & deficits

by Skip

From Townhall (reformatted & my emphasis): This fiscal year’s budget deficit = $1.5 trillion (largest evah!) Unemployment = still 9 to 10 percent Total government debt => more than $14 trillion "Experts say it will continue to rise exponentially unless President Obama’s over-the-top spending policies are substantially curtailed." "The ten-year deficit is actually $13.6 trillion, … Read more

Data Point – House Price Appreciation (or not)

by Skip

So, who fared worst in housing market crash?  Well, it wasn’t (H/T: BusinessInsider)

Data Point – Obamacare popular? Not so much

by Skip

Ah yes, that law that will eventually help to answer that question Are we clients ("Mommy, take care of me!"), subjects ("you work for us to pay for them!") or a sovereign people ("you’re from the Government? Get lost!") Yup, it’s Obamacare.  Now, if you have listened to Progressives for the last two years, you … Read more

Data Points – Car sales

by Skip

What we heard during the last Presidential election from the Democrats and environmental fascists is that the car industry was not providing and selling the kinds of cars that Americans want to buy.  Thus, right after Obama the election, Obama changed the CAFE standards that will effectively force smaller cars on Americans. Free choice? The … Read more

Data Points – Hey, Dean, my numbers are Scarier! I think they’ll have more impact on Tuesday than your’s will

by Skip

Dean thinks that by running against Bush, the Dems should do well.  Well, I guess hope springs – and he is certainly Hoping for a Change in the Democrat immediate future.  His main graph is of job growth under Obama’s Admin vs that during Bush.  Got news for you, Dean, Obama’s economy has to create 100,000 jobs per month just to stay even.  Not better, not worse, just even.  And that ain’t happening – even the months that showed > 100K was temp hiring for the census – subsequent job growth is < needed. 

It’s the longer term future that scares most of us:  With the deficits he’s running, Obama’s Determined Weakness strategy is working.  When you vote on Tuesday, ask yourself:

  • Is the hard left Progressive Annie McKluster, whose policies demand more of you money, really going to be a "fiscal conservative"?
  • Carol Scold-Porter – she’s been a part of this Democrat spending spree right from the get go – and agrees with every penny that Pelosi is spending.
  • Paul Hodes – On this I agree with Kelly – he’s been a fiscal conservative for all of 20 minutes – like Scold-Porter, his watch in Congress is responsible for this disaster.

1) Debt payment this year = $414 Billion. 

That is the biggest expenditure, NOW, after Social Security, Medicare, welfare, and the military.  And it is about to explode.

2) Spending by the Democrat controlled Congress and Obama is out of control:

For all of their talk, and rightfully so, of the spending by Bush, the last two years cannot be ignored – this will definitely curtail not only our National Economic Liberty but our personal Economic Liberty as well.  The popular opinion is that we have spent a Trillion bucks with little to show for it (regardless of caterwaulling by the Dems).

3) Now look at the future annual deficits that have been projected (if nothing changes): 

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Data Points – Who got stimulated, and who gets the bucks??

by Skip

Did our Founding Fathers truly believe that Government should have primacy over Society / citizens? Hardly.  Yet, that is EXACTLY what has happened the last few years – Carol Shea-Porter, Paul Hodes, and Jeane Shaheen have voted to enable this to happen. Who got the bulk of stimulus money?  The Political Class: Who is deemed … Read more

Data Point – Citizens STILL not liking Big Government (hear that, Progressives??)

by Skip

From Rasmussen: 61% of Adults think the federal government has too much power and money 66% believe America is overtaxed. Only 14% say the government has too little power and money, and 19% more feel they have about the right amount. An overwhelming 70% of Adults say the government does not spend taxpayer’s money wisely … Read more

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