Michael Barone: Stimulus and Health Care Have Democrats on Defensive

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Stimulus and Health Care Have Democrats on Defensive
by Michael Barone
Like many Democrats over the past 40 years, Barack Obama has hoped that his association with unpopular liberal positions on cultural issues would be outweighed by pushing economic policies intended to benefit the ordinary person.
In his campaign in 2008 and as president in 2009 [...]

Steve Chapman: Obama’s Fantasy Jobs Plan

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Obama’s Fantasy Jobs Plan
by Steve Chapman
This is that wonderful time of year when a roly-poly, white-bearded fellow descends from the North Pole to lavish us with presents. So when President Obama follows suit, maybe it’s just his way of getting into the spirit of the season.
He sounded uncannily like Santa Claus the [...]

Donald Lambro: Is the stimulus superfluous?

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Is the stimulus superfluous?
by Donald Lambro
The biggest unasked question in today’s economy is whether it has started turning around before President Obama’s spending-stimulus program has fully gotten under way. There is growing evidence that the U.S. economy is showing signs of life amid increasing reports that Obama’s nearly $800 billion economic [...]

Charles Krauthammer: Bonfire of the Trivialities

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Bonfire of the Trivialities
by Charles Krauthammer
A $14 trillion economy hangs by a thread composed of (a) a comically cynical, pitchfork-wielding Congress, (b) a hopelessly understaffed, stumbling Obama administration, and (c) $165 million.
That’s $165 million in bonus money handed out to AIG debt manipulators who may be the only [...]

CNBC’s Rick Santelli is the voice of a generation!

Rick Santelli of CNBC says what’s on the mind of tens of millions of citizens (and growing)!  That 47% of the population that didn’t vote for hope and change will be heard!

Thomas Sowell: Upside Down Economics

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Upside Down Economics
by Thomas Sowell

From television specials to newspaper editorials, the media are pushing the idea that current economic problems were caused by the market and that only the government can rescue us.
What was lacking in the housing market, they say, was government regulation of the market’s “greed.” That makes [...]

Michael Barone: The Real Lessons of the Great Depression

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The Real Lessons of the Great Depression
by Michael Barone

“Not since the Great Depression.” “Not since the 1930s.” You hear those phrases a lot these days, and with some reason. As Congress prepares to pass the Democratic stimulus package, it may be worthwhile to look back at Franklin Roosevelt’s New [...]

David Limbaugh: The Worst of All Worlds

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The Worst of All Worlds
by David Limbaugh

At the risk of beating a very live horse, the worst of all the horrible things about President Barack Obama’s “stimulus” bill is that even if it worked to stimulate the economy beyond the president’s wildest expectations, it would cause a further explosion of [...]

George Will: An Insufficiency of Fear

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An Insufficiency of Fear
by George Will

The president, convinced that the only thing America has to fear is an insufficiency of fear, has warned that “disaster” and “catastrophe” are the certain alternatives to swift passage of the stimulus legislation. One marvels at his certitude more than one envies his [...]

John Hawkins: The Top Six Problems With the Stimulus

John Hawkins explores six problems with the proposed Stimulus package. Read the whole story at Townhall…
The Top Six Problems With the Stimulus
by John Hawkins

1) First of all, it’s very debatable whether stimulus bills work at all. As Walter Williams has pointed out,
“In stimulus package language, if Congress taxes to hand out money, one person [...]