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Did Obama Cut Taxes More Than Bush?

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

September 15, 2011

Over at the Center for American Progress, Michael Linden and Michael Ettinger argue that Barack Obama has cut taxes more than George W. Bush.

This isn't the first time Obama supporters have tried this tactic. During the 2008 campaign I wrote, "Barack Obama is explicitly promising to reduce federal revenues 'to below the levels that prevailed under Ronald Reagan.'" Whoever wrote this economic plan on a wet cocktail napkin ought to have just thrown the thing away at the end of the night.

Putting Straw Men Back to Work

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

September 9, 2011

If non sequiturs could create jobs, an economic boom would soon be upon us.

Trying to sell Congress on his jobs agenda before the NFL season's opening kickoff, President Obama uncorked a combative stemwinder filled with odd inferences and false choices. "Sell" might be an inapt word. The president repeatedly demanded that Congress heed his will on the grandly named American Jobs Act: "You should pass it right away." In this Capitol Hill campaign rally, Obama rather transparently dared Republicans to reject his proposal so he can run against them as a "Do Nothing Congress" next year.

Obama's in Worse Shape Than Bush

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

September 7, 2011

After weeks of dipping numbers, two new polls spell trouble for Barack Obama​.

A Washington Post/ABC News survey shows the president in decline even among his core 2008 supporters. Obama's approval rating among his 2008 voters is down to 79 percent, and on the economy it is all the way down to 70 percent. Just 69 percent of liberals approve of his performance in office, as do only 47 percent of voters between the ages of 18 to 29.

First 6th Circuit Ruling Favors Obamacare

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

June 29, 2011

The three-judge panel of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the individual mandate in its first ruling on the national health care legislation President Obama signed into law.

"Congress had a rational basis for concluding that the minimum coverage provision is essential to the Affordable Care Act's larger reforms to the national markets in health care delivery and health insurance," Judge Boyce F. Martin, appointed by former President Jimmy Carter, wrote for the majority in the 2-1 ruling, the Associated Press reported. A George W. Bush appointee voted with him and a Ronald Reagan appointee dissesnted.

Obamacare Lawsuit Moves to Atlanta

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

June 8, 2011

Today a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 11th Circuit is hearing oral arguments about the constitutionality of the federal health care bill signed into law by President Obama.

Florida has joined 25 other states and the National Federation of Independent Business in filing a lawsuit arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional. Just now on television I heard a supporter of the lawsuit arguing, "The issue goes beyond health care. If Congress can force people to buy a product, what can't they do?"

DeMint: If Boeing Broke the Law, Obama's Chief of Staff Should Take Leave of Absence

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

May 19, 2011

In a media conference call this morning, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) came out with both guns blazing against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for trying to block Boeing from opening a new plant in South Carolina.

NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon took the position that building the plant in right-to-work South Carolina rather than expanding an existing plant in unionized Washington amounted to illegally retaliating against union workers. (Boeing executives cited the union workers' past strike activity as a factor in their decision.)

House Rejects Obama, Labor-Backed FAA Amendment

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

April 1, 2011

This morning the House rejected an amendment that would have made it easier to unionize air and rail workers.

The amendment was supported by the Obama administration and the labor unions. Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) proposed allowing a National Mediation Board (NMB) ruling that abstentions would no longer be counted as votes against unionization to stand. While it sounds reasonable in theory, in practice it allows unions to be formed with as little worker support as possible.

Too Big to Fail

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

March 15, 2011

Our government in Washington has made $88.6 trillion in promises it cannot afford to keep.

By some reliable estimates, the national debt will become unsustainable by 2037. Social Security expenditures are beginning to exceed payroll tax revenues. Medicare has been in this condition since 2008. The annual federal budget deficit is almost as large the early Clinton-era federal budget. Some state governments are, pace the columnist E.J. Dionne, literally bankrupt.

The Rand Paul Budget

spectator.org

by W. James Antle, III

January 25, 2011

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has proposed a budget that will cut $500 billion in federal spending in one year. Important caveat: It has not to my knowledge been independently scored.)

Paul would abolish the Departments of Education, Energy, and Housing and Urban Development, completely zeroing out federal housing spending. The Affordable Housing Program, the Commission on Fine Arts, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment of Arts, the National Endowment for Humanities, the State Justice Institute, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are all eliminated. The Smithsonian is privatized. The defense budget is also cut, but the 6 percent decrease is less than the reductions in most domestic spending. Most other discretionary spending is rolled back to 2008 levels, in a single year rather than over a lengthy period of time.

Lois Lerner CAUGHT By Washington Post and CNN As Being Accessory to Terror Funding

dcclothesline.com

by Walid Shoebat

July 14, 2014

Based on a 2009 article that appeared in the Washington Post and a March 2013 report by CNN, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) - who authored a resolution calling for the Sergeant at Arms to arrest Lois Lerner for contempt of Congress - should perhaps point to a much more significant crime in response to any concerns that Lerner could become a sympathetic figure if she were arrested. That crime involves Lerner's alleged illegal backdating of a tax exempt approval letter for an organization whose founder does business with a State Sponsor of Terrorism, business the Post says is illegal.

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