Gene Lyons in Salon on the myriad forces that insist we can’t afford health care, but just as strongly assure us that $6.73 trillion for the war in Afghanistan is perfectly doable. (That’s $1 million per soldier, per year.) Go read the whole thing:
For all its brutality, the Taliban [...]
PHOTO INDEX: HEALTH REFORM LOGO.
PHOTO INDEX: HEALTH REFORM LOGO.
This is great!
Independent reviews of Obama's claims of job created by the stimulus bill show that the government is making up numbers. As Rep. Joe Wilson so aptly said it, "You lie!"The recovery.gov website lists a number of job creation success stories in congressional districts accross many states. For instance, in Arizona's 15th congressional district 30 jobs were created with $761,420 in stimulus money. There is one problem though. There is no 15th congressional district in Arizona; the state' [...]
Our friend Alex has been talking about taking Christina and me shooting, and we finally got a chance to head to a range run by the PA Fish and Game Commission this past weekend. Alex brought the guns and ammo, while we provided transportation and money to cover the cost [...]
Kuchera Defense Systems is part of Democratic Leftist John Murtha’s PMA Earmarking Network. Note that Kuchera Defense Industries was, subsequently, re-instated.
Journalist Gary Weckselblatt of Bucks County Courier Times reports June 13, 2009:
“The owners of a major defense contractor who donated money to Congressman Patrick Murphy have [...]

Kathy Dalkemper
Democratic Speaker Pelosi and Democratic US Representative Kathy Dahlkemper (D-Erie Penna.) advocate using The Forgotten Taxpayer’s money to give something for nothing to young adults, 19 to 26. It would be more beneficial to all to cut the pay roll taxes which would [...]
There's almost $300M in TARP money that hasn't been disbursed yet. You know, the tiny part that was supposed to go directly to job creation and the business lending Wall Street continues to show no interest in. We've been waiting months, since before Obama was elected, expecting that that mnoney [...]

I take what I want, who is going to stop me?
How does taking money from The Forgotten Taxpayer and giving to favored business as a subsidy increase productivity or increase the net worth of the common [...]