June 2011
4 posts
Washington Post: "President Obama’s Phony...
I thought I was done with posts about politicians’ difficulty with numbers for one day… And then I see Washington Post’s fact checker chimes in with this headline: President Obama’s phony accounting on the auto industry bailout. Desperation setting in?
We take no view on whether the administration’s efforts on behalf of the automobile industry were a good or bad thing; that’s a...
Total Unfunded Federal Obligations: $61.6 Trillion
USA Today looks past the oft used current debt figure ($14 trillion) to look at the complete picture including all unfunded federal liabilities: What it found is not pretty.
Corporations would be required to count these new liabilities when they are taken on — and report a big loss to shareholders. Unlike businesses, however, Congress postpones recording spending commitments until it writes a...
CBO: True cost of Fannie/Freddie bailout more than...
A new Congressional Budget Office report says taxpayers are on the hook for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at over twice the amount the Obama administration claims. The Obama administration counts only the $130 billion in cash paid to bail out the two government sponsored enterprises (GSE’s) while ignoring “the cost of the federal government guaranteeing the loans bought and securitized by...
May 2011
2 posts
April 2011
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November 2010
2 posts
It's your day
Be heard. Vote.
October 2010
7 posts
Whoops: Rail cost estimates already exceeding...
As predicted, cost projections were a bit too rosy. The real cost, says Hillsbororough Area Regional Transit officials, will be much higher.
NoTaxForTracks.com has continuously pointed to the huge costs and record of cost overruns associated with rail projects and already the evidence with this rail tax is in: (From the St Pete Times today:)
Projections by the county’s Metropolitan...
Florida Voter Guide
Have you settled on your vote for senator, governor, or attorney general? What about judges? Do you know how judges ruled on ObamaCare? Or know the ins and outs of all the amendments? Check out this Florida Voter Guide.
Fannie, Freddie Bailout Will Cost Double of...
Via HotAir quoting the Dallas News:
Rescuing mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost as taxpayers as much as $363 billion over the next three years, more than double the current amount, a federal regulator said Thursday.
The two companies could end up costing taxpayers $221 billion to $363 billion through 2013, the Federal Housing Finance Agency projected. The actual amount...
$800B later Obama learns "there’s no such thing as...
The $800 Billion lesson. In a New York Times Magazine article titled “The Education of a President”, Obama reflects:
While proud of his record, Obama has already begun thinking about what went wrong — and what he needs to do to change course for the next two years. He has spent what one aide called “a lot of time talking about Obama 2.0” with his new interim chief of staff, Pete...
Last Day to Register for General Election
October 4, 2010 - Tampa, FL - Earl Lennard, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, reminds the public that today is the last day for Hillsborough County residents to register to vote in the upcoming 2010 General Election. “Hillsborough County residents can download the registration form on our website, www.votehillsborough.org, or, they can register at any of the public libraries,...
September 2010
3 posts
Sunshine: Alan Grayson down 7 points
Let the sunshine in. From Sunshine State News Poll:
In one of the most closely watched U.S. House races in the nation, Republican Daniel Webster now holds a 7-point lead over Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Central Florida’s 8th Congressional District, according to a new Sunshine State News Poll.
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“It’s his character to say foolish things, and he doesn’t...
Senate report: New EPA rules mean "up to 798,250...
New EPA rules will outsource pollution and jobs to China.
it’s not just the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s minority contingent that fears the loss of nearly a million jobs from new EPA rules on greenhouse gases and other emissions issues. It’s also groups like the United Steel Workers, Unions for Jobs and the Environment, and experts like King’s College Professor Ragnar...
August 2010
11 posts
Aug 25th Tampa Tea Party Rally with Marco Rubio
Announcing a new Meetup for Tampa Tea Party Members: What: RECLAIM AMERICA RALLY WITH MARCO RUBIO When: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:30 AM Where: GRAND HYATT AT ROCKY POINT 2900 BAYPORT DRIVE AUDUBON ROOM Tampa, FL 33607 RECLAIM AMERICA RALLY WITH MARCO RUBIO JUST ANNOUNCED! MARCO RUBIO, CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE WILL HOLD A RECLAIM AMERICA UNITY RALLY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010...
Early Primary Voting Ends Today
Early primary voting ends today. In Hillsborough voting ends at 5pm or 6pm depending on location. See this link for details: http://bit.ly/a3gCkM. In Pinellas County early voting ends at noon: http://bit.ly/9e2uVM.
It’s time to support those candidates who believe in returning government AT ALL LEVELS to it’s proper role of LIMITED government and the Tampa Tea Party’s basic...
Key WH Allies: Don't claim ObamaCare reduces...
You have a “stimulus” that fails to stimulate and ObamaCare whose own proponents are now backtracking on its promises and admitting it needs changes. That’s some record of accomplishments to run on. Tell me again why you deserve to stay in power?
Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will...
Florida Voter Guide
Check out the Florida Voter Guide showing “candidates’ positions on Fiscal Responsibility, Limited Government and Free Markets.”
Democrats Crow That Conservatives Being Elected...
Those on the left have always tried to paint Tea Partiers as extreme and are trying to do so now that Americans are choosing more “Tea Party” conservative candidates in primaries. They seem to A) ignore the fact that most Americans see the leftist policies recently enacted and encouraged by D.C. as extreme as new polls show and B) they ignore the reason the Tea Party movement grew so...
3 Reasons Why EduJobs Bill Is Bad Policy
Obama says of the EduJobs bill that “the money will only go toward saving the jobs of teachers and other essential professionals.” Yet:
1) The Daily Caller reports that D.C. will send millions of dollars to states who’s schools are already fully staffed:
Since the new bill provides funds based on state population and the number of children in school, these states will...
Freddie Mac, major culprit in recession, asks for...
Freddie Mac, one of the Government Sponsored Entities (GSE) that was “too complicated” to reform in the “financial reform” bill and along with Fannie Mae one of the major players in the financial meltdown, is back at the trough asking for more bailout money.
Government-controlled mortgage buyer Freddie Mac is asking for $1.8 billion in additional federal aid after...
Another roundup of tea party imposters
Another article rounding up alleged “tea party in name only” party imposters around the country: in New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and in Michigan: Jason Gillman, a Tea Party activist from Traverse City, Michigan…
…caused a stir in Michigan politics in late July after he released documents he obtained from state elections officials about the so-called ...
POLITICO on tea-party-in-name-only fakers:...
POLITICO says there’s strong evidence that Democrats in some states are involved in “tea party in name only” campaign tampering dirty tricks:
“The DCCC has nothing to do with this,” said Ryan Rudominer, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
But the evidence of campaign tampering in at least two states is hard to dismiss. In Michigan, the...
Blinder Zandi Report Shows Failures of Stimulus
Even economic reports that some in the media try to use as a cheerleader for the “Stimulus” show the policy’s poor results. Alan Blinder (Princeton Univ) and Mark Zandi (Moody’s Economy) recently released a report titled “How US Policy Ended the Great Recession.” Geoff at Innocent Bystanders looks into the report’s findings:
That’s a nice spin, but if you read the report,...
July 2010
10 posts
Jersey Offers Its Own "Tea Partier In Name Only"...
This is in addition to alleged plants in Nevada and Florida and… elsewhere? If this is true, a) it’s despicable and b) shows the desperation of those on the left.
The 3rd Congressional District contest took a strange turn last week when an obscure, third-party candidate entered the fray. Peter DeStefano, the independent Tea Party candidate this fall, didn’t announce himself...
Charlie Crist Admits He Is Governed By Political...
Charlie Crist’s latest flip flop? ObamaCare. Add that to his about faces on oil drilling, teacher tenure and merit pay, Sotomayor and more. He admits he will do & say whatever is politically expedient.
He came out last year in opposition to the Supreme Court nomination of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, but now says that he “probably” took that position because he felt pressure from the GOP...
The Party Of No -- Illustrated
Ha. The obstructionist “party of no” is…
Donkey: “We need to extend Jobless benefits.”
Elephant: “I agree. Now how will we pay for it?”
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Now It Can Be Said: White House Says ObamaCare...
Despite candidate Obama’s pledge that “If you’re a family that’s making $250,000 a year or less, you will see no increase in your taxes,” the White House now acknowledges that the ObamaCare IRS-enforced individual mandate IS legally a tax. It’s estimated to cost Americans $4billion a year. After the bill was rammed through Congress and signed into law, the truth can be admitted...
Records Show Media Liberals Plotting to Bury Rev...
The Daily Caller’s review of Journolist records show liberals in media plotting to bury the Rev Wright story during Barack Obama’s run for the presidency and brand conservatives as racist.
In one instance, Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent urged his colleagues to deflect attention from Obama’s relationship with Wright by changing the subject. Pick one of Obama’s...
MassCare Mandates Incentivize Employers to End...
If Massachusetts is the laboratory for ObamaCare, consider this an explosion. The Boston Globe reports that employers have begun doing precisely what everyone knew they would do when insurance prices spiked: dump health plans. Companies that used to offer health-care coverage are paying the fines and saving money by dumping their employees into state-run coverage
From HotAir.
No Tax For Tracks
14% tax increase for flawed transportation that loses even more tax payer $ for each mile traveled and is not the “investment” some claim it to be? http://notaxfortracks.com/
June 2010
4 posts
Rally July 1st! Denounce Sham "Florida Tea Party"...
Let the the world know that the sham “Florida Tea Party” political party doesn’t represent you. Thursday, July 1, 12pm. 601 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL.
Dem Hose Representative Alan Grayson accused of funneling $28k to this tea-party-in-name-only “Florida Tea Party” political party.
The Tampa Tea Party is conducting a rally denouncing Florida Tea Party at the...
May 2010
5 posts
Obama Tax Rebates A "Bait and Switch"
The AP decided today to fact-check one of the Obama administration’s favorite claims — that they have passed so many tax cuts that Tea Partiers should be rallying to thank him. The White House unveiled a small business tax credit this week, as part of the ObamaCare bill, that they claimed would stimulate job creation. However, as the AP discovers, it may actually hinder both job creation...
Remember the promise that ObamaCare would lessen... →
CBO says ObamaCare will cost $115 billion more...
“Congressional Budget Office estimates released Tuesday predict the health care overhaul will likely cost about $115 billion more in discretionary spending over ten years than the original cost projections.
“The additional spending — if approved over the years by Congress — would bring the total estimated cost of the overhaul to about $1 trillion…
“The CBO released the...
April 2010
15 posts
WatchRemember In November from Republican Governors Association.