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Manchester Needs a ‘Full-Time Refugee” Coordinator?

by Rick Olson

Liberals love to spend money. No doubt about it. Especially when the money they are spending taxpayer money. Despite tough economic times for the rank and file taxpayer, City Hall liberals are still crafting ways to generate new spending in an effort to expand the almighty nanny-feifdom of city government.

Cartoon of the day 6-25-11

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Nate Beeler- Tax hikes

How to Make Republicans Raise The Debt Ceiling?

by Steve MacDonald

Nullify this guy.

Maybe the House Got the Message

by Don

Perhaps the House of Representatives did get the message from last November‘s election and from polls indicating that Americans are serious about cutting deficit spending.  On Tuesday, in a bi-partisan vote (82 Democrats,  236 Republicans) the House overwhelmingly rejected President Obama’s request to unconditionally increase the debt ceiling.  Only 97 Democrats voted to continue reckless spending.  

Despite alarmist claims about not raising the debt ceiling, the Secretary of the Treasury can dispense its approximately $2 trillion revenues on a priority basis.  Our country need not default on our debt or fail to pay the military, seniors, the poor, or other critical obligations UNLESS OBAMA’s administration CHOOSES NOT TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS. 

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Break Ups, Tweet Your Weiner, And An Election Not Stolen

by Steve MacDonald

Yes, Anthony Weiner probably did tweet a picture of his Weiner to a college co-ed. He is arrogant enough. They are both adults. It’s not as if he cheated on his wife and lied to a grand jury about it. But the coverup by the left wing organs (sorry) is a glorious display of self-immolation.

“…spitting on a 5 alarm fire is being effective.”

by Skip

Anyone else see the problem with this?  Is anyone else ANNOYED with this? The bipartisan commission led by Vice President Joe Biden is looking to achieve at least $1 trillion in spending cuts, lawmakers say. “We are confident that if we keep on this pace we can get to a relatively large number,” Biden told … Read more

Federal Budget – raising the Debt Ceiling?

by Skip

Two weeks ago on GrokTALK!, we spent a bit of time talking about the deficit.  Listener Andy sent this in after the show – I thought I’d share this with you all, My memory was jogged about this when the phone rang and I was asked to join a teletown hall event and one of … Read more

US Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH): No on raising the Debt Ceiling

by Skip

I had written into Kelly’s office to see where she stood on the Debt Ceiling vote that may come anytime between now and mid-summer.  Again, the ‘Grok’s stance is a No vote – this will force the Feds to start prioritizing the use of our money (instead of paying pretty much for everything because it … Read more

Great Plan Dick

by Steve MacDonald

Dick Durbin, Richard, Rick, Ricky, Dicky, Dickard, The Dickster Durbin is suggesting an intervention for his state of Illinois. Apparently the tax and spender state implemented an internet sales tax on retailers. They were thinking that it might help them with their budget problem; I guess they left Terie “Billion Dollar Deficit” Norelli in charge of spending over there as well.

Meet Terie “Billion Dollar Deficit” Vu.

by Steve MacDonald

NH Journal is reporting more fear-mongering from the left, and from the usual suspects. Teri “Billion Dollar Deficit” Norelli (D- scaring women and children), is promising us that the Republican Budget will ‘put peoples lives at risk.

Picture of the Day 4-7-11 (Obama Pie)

by Steve MacDonald

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Obama “Talks” about Spending

by Steve MacDonald

Courtesy of Hot Air and the NRCC the Golfer in Chief (Fore!) demonstrates once more how to vote present on deficit spending, even from the oval office, in a montage of his own words on the subject.

US House kills TARP

by Steve MacDonald

I’d be interested to hear the rhetoric from Political consultant and former congressman Paul Hodes who claimed he was against TARP but voted to spend paid back TARP funds on other left-wing stimuli.

What Changed For State Workers In Wisconsin?

by Steve MacDonald

If we ignore the change in national perception based on weeks of evidence that public union employees (and democrats) are selfish, angry, violent, children what actually changed when the Wisconsin legislature and Governor Walker succeeded in passing changes to collective bargaining?

Michael Moore Is A Dumb Ass

by Steve MacDonald

Michael Moore is a dumb add, and in case you don’t want to just take my word for it…let’s go to the video.

I AGREE WITH RON PAUL!

by Skip

H/T – The Corner: Courtesy of the Daily Caller, here he [Ron Paul] is on the topic of Charlie Sheen: “Why does anybody care? The guy’s goofy, just leave him alone.“ “It seems like we’re running out of things to deal with. We have wars going on. We’re flat out broke, and we’re worried about … Read more

Two Congressmen And A Free Throw

by Steve MacDonald

HR 1 The US House just finished it’s work on HR1, cleaning up after democrats who in 2010 abrogated yet another  obligation when they found themselves incapable of writing the budget they really wanted right before an election.

The liberal-progressives wanted more spending but that was not politically advantageous.  And since the single driving-force behind all Democrat decisions is politics the budget got relegated to the back of the bus, where the electorate’s short attention spans were meant to forget that democrats were never fiscally conscious representatives–they just tried to play them on the campaign trail. 

But avoiding the high profile budget battle was more evidence that they had something to hide. The Democrat House majority was appropriately sedated and placed under observation, while the Senate saw minor adjustments but no change in leadership.  So the process of changing our spending ways would still have to go through a Democrat controlled Senate and across the desk of a President who thinks the words "spending cuts" are just a rhetorical flourish used to provide cover for more spending.

Obama’s budget is proof enough of that.

But Obama only proposes a budget.  The House is in charge of spending.  So the new Republican congress went to the back seat of the Hopey-changey bus and picked up the budget obligations abandoned by the 111th congress.  This wwas a free shot at changing the fiscal direction of the country before writing their own first official budget, which was not due until later in 2011.  It was a gimme, a free throw, but one that had to survive the democrat Senate and the Spender in Chief.

So how did it turn out?

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A Democrat’s Idea Of Tough Choices

by Steve MacDonald

Obama’s budget is out. It raises tax revenues by adding more taxes. It is reported that the deficit will increase by as much as 7 trillion dollars as a result. (That’s $7,000,000,000,000.00). It defends all the abusive spending of the past two budgets by ignoring the trillions in new spending and debt. It will set records for a third and forth consecutive trillion plus budget with record setting deficits.

I thought I’d leave you with this picture….

by Skip

As it is Town Deliberation night in my hamlet (all the townfolk go to yell at each other deliberate solemnly concerning the zoning and fiscal issues for the year (heh!).  Fortunately, we HAVE to balance the budget – unlike Obama:   (H/T: MediaBistro)  

Don’t Say There Is No Place To Cut.

by Steve MacDonald

Privatize the public school system and shift the educators, staff, maintenance, and transportation and facility costs off the books, along with converting public benefits and pensions into the same kind of programs the rest of the private markets have, and you would see property tax rates plummet.

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