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These Words Will Help You Spread Lies Like a Liberal

Last update June 26, 20132 Comments

With aggressive plans that may or may not involve Congress and will definitely not include conservatives, the White House has to be creative when it comes to passing new laws. One trick is to use lots of buzzwords with hidden meanings that cover up liberal lies only Obama supporters understand.

Filed Under: Government Ethics Tagged With: Democrats, infrastructure, national debt

Obama Transportation Infrastructure Plan Buys Debt with Revenue

Last update January 14, 2018Leave a Comment

How can more revenue create more debt? You spend your money to commit to things you know are going to cost too much in the long term, like infrastructure. From the Recovery Act to the American Jobs Act to the president’s 2013 budget proposal, transportation infrastructure spending has been a mainstay of White House economic policy.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: infrastructure, states

The Democratic Scheme for Your Future

Last update December 9, 2017Leave a Comment

There is wisdom in restraint. Knowing where to draw the line between necessity and self-indulgence is a skill that some will never master. The past two years on Capitol Hill suggest that Harry Reid is one of those people.

The phrase “winning the future” was used several times during the State of the Union address, and has since become a slogan for the newest spending behemoth endorsed by Senate Democrats.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: infrastructure

Spending Cuts Looming so Obama Shops for Infrastructure

Last update December 31, 2017Leave a Comment

The walls of the Oval Office probably seem a little closer together these days. The GOP is adamant about spending cuts, and is threatening to trim as much as $100 billion from President Obama’s budget request. Given the president’s imminent fiscal reprimand, we have to give him credit.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: federal budget, infrastructure

Federal Infrastructure Bank: Cash For a Jobless Tomorrow

Last update December 9, 20171 Comment

Chris Dodd is not seeking reelection, but he is not through with us just yet. If President Obama has his way, the senator’s legacy will include an expensive new entry on Washington’s list of handouts to organized labor.

Mr. Obama’s newest election year sop to the unemployed is a $50 billion scheme to fund public works projects with an infrastructure bank.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: Davis-Bacon, infrastructure, jobs

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