Democrats Calling For $600 Billion Tax Increase

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Democrats are slowly leaking the details of their health care proposal ... calling for more than $600 billion in tax increases and a price tag exceeding $1 trillion:

Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said.

Democrats will work on the bill's details next week as they struggle through "what kind of heartbur [...]

Voters Turning On Big-Spending Democrats

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Powerline Blog has a good post last night on the fact that voters are turning on the free-spending Democrats' economic policies:

The Democrats continue to press policies on the American people of which most voters don't approve. The latest evidence is from today's Rasmussen survey, which finds 53% of voters saying that more government spending will hurt the economy:

Do increases in government spending help the economy,
hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

Voters Trust Republicans Over Democrats On The Economy

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Rasmussen Reports is out with a new poll yesterday with the news that voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on the #1 issue with voters -- the economy:

Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on six out of 10 key issues, including the top issue of the economy.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% now trust the GOP more to handle economic issues, while 39% trust Democrats more.

This is the first time in over two year [...]

Obama Deficit Continues To Grow

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

President Obama broken another record this week ... the federal deficit hit $1.8 billion -- meaning the federal government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends:

The White House raised the 2009 budget deficit projection to a staggering $1.8 trillion today. For context, it took President Bush more than seven years to accumulate $1.8 trillion in debt. It also means that 45 cents of every dollar Washington spends this year will be borrowed.

President O [...]

What Will Obama's Cap-And-Tax Plan Cost You?

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

The Heritage Foundation's Foundry blog has a good post over the weekend about the Democrats' planned national energy sales tax with cost the average American family:

Any honest economist will tell you that a carbon cap and trade scheme, if it works perfectly, functions the same as an energy tax. The Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill currently under consideration in Congress is no different. In 2007, MIT did a study on the costs of cap and trade and found that cap and trade proposals t [...]

Video: Obama Budget Cuts Visualization

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

We've seen this video popping up here and there, and after finally watching it, it's a pretty good visualization of the fiscal irresponsibility overseen by President Obama and Congressional Democrats.
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt8hTayupE 425x344]
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Another Obama Record

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Associated Press reports that the U.S. will borrow a record $361 billion in the 2nd quarter, on the way to a record $1.75 trillion deficit:

The Treasury Department said Monday it will need to borrow $361 billion in the current April-June quarter, a record amount for that period.

It's the third straight quarter the government's borrowing needs have set records for those periods.

Help restore fiscal discipline by joining Senator Ensign's Restore F [...]

Lowballing The Deficits

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Don Surber takes a looks at look at President Obama's unrealistic accounting of future deficits:

Michael Pento: "The Obama administration predicts GDP growth for 2010 will rebound to 3.2% and then increase by more than 4% for each of the next three years!"
That is unrealistic.
How unrealistic?

Over the last 11 years, the economy grew at no more than 2.7%. The trend long-term is 3%.

Pento said, "President Obama is smooth. He has an incomparabl [...]

White House Predicts Cap-And-Tax Failure

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Politico reported yesterday that President Obama's White House staff predicts that cap-and-tax will not win passage:

Officials are most pessimistic about his energy and global warming plan, with many aides doubting he will win passage of a cap-and-trade emissions reduction system, which is strongly opposed by business and Republicans.

Obama Passes The Fiscal Buck

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

By now, you know that the fiscal instanity that is President Obama's budget spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much. Did you know that it also passes the buck?

President Barack Obama boasts that he'll reduce spending on key domestic nondefense programs to their lowest levels since the 1960s, but he and Democrats in Congress are on a spending spree not seen since then.

When does Obama promise savings?

What Obama didn't say is that, under [...]

Debt Would Double Under Obama Plan

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

From The Heritage Foundation:

President Obama's plan would drive up the annual cost of government in 10 years to $32,000 for every household in America -- a jump of $8,000. The government expansion would more than doub [...]

MoveOn Fiscal Turnabout

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

MoveOn.org once ran a TV ad asking who would pay for the President's deficit spending. . .

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsrFa9jrpv8 480x295]

Who will pay for President Obama's massive deficits?
Help restore fiscal discipline by joining Senator Ensign's Restore Fiscal Responsibility Facebook group.

H/T Red State

Obama's Energy Tax To Cost You $1,000/Year

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The cost of Barack Obama's energy tax keeps spiraling higher:

President Obama's energy tax plan -- a version of the failed European "cap and trade" global warming fiasco -- may cost families $1,800 yearly in higher utility bills, far exceeding his promised $800 a year tax cut for 95% of Americans.

While campaigning, Obama admitted that his energy plan would cause electric bills to "skyrocket." Few took note, perhaps because Sen. John McCain also backed some form o [...]

Video: Obama: My Plan Makes Electricity Rates Skyrocket

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

While running for President, Barack Obama declared that his energy tax plan will make electricity rates skyrocket:

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlTxGHn4sH4 425x344]

Barack Obama: "Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." (January 2008)

If President Obama Twittered...

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

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Obama's Plan: Never Ending Deficits

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Even the mainstream media is calling out President Obama's budget proposal for its fiscal insanity:
Despite the budget cuts and tax increases in the Administration's new budget plan, federal spending and indebtedness will continue to rise as far as the eye can see.
The federal defi [...]

"What The Democrats Call 'Responsibility'"

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

What "fiscal responsibility" means to the Democrats:

H/T Power Line Blog

New Cell Phone Tax?

johnensignonline+battlebornstaff@gmail.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Barack Obama's proposed budget includes a new hidden tax hike on cell phones:

The Obama administration's proposal was loosely outlined in the new budget plan for 2009 and 2010 submitted Thursday. In that plan, the administration proposes adding a new fee to be paid by wireless carriers that license wireless spectrum from the government.

These annual fees would start at $50 million in 2009 and jump to $200 million in 2010, Reuters reported. The fees will gradually increas [...]

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Democrats Calling For $600 Billion Tax Increase

Voters Turning On Big-Spending Democrats

Voters Trust Republicans Over Democrats On The Economy

Obama Deficit Continues To Grow

What Will Obama's Cap-And-Tax Plan Cost You?

Video: Obama Budget Cuts Visualization

Another Obama Record

Lowballing The Deficits

White House Predicts Cap-And-Tax Failure

Obama Passes The Fiscal Buck

Debt Would Double Under Obama Plan

MoveOn Fiscal Turnabout

Obama's Energy Tax To Cost You $1,000/Year

Video: Obama: My Plan Makes Electricity Rates Skyrocket

If President Obama Twittered...

Obama's Plan: Never Ending Deficits

"What The Democrats Call 'Responsibility'"

New Cell Phone Tax?