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Illinois and Financial Solvency Don’t Coexist
After trying to tax Illinois to governmental solvency and economic dynamism, Democrat Pat Quinn, who has been governor since 2009, now says “our rendezvous with reality has arrived.” That thought should send shivers up the spine of every Illinoisan. (more…)
This Video Should Be Required Viewing in All U.S. Schools
Since taking office, Barack Obama has signed into law twenty-one new or higher taxes including: A 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco, Obamacare Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans, a Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax and an Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals to name a few. This country’s deficit is like a black hole. It just keeps sucking more and more into it, and it leaves the state with less and less to work with. In the 32 months of the Obama White House we the people have accumulated a national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our nation’s entire history. And what do the Democrats plan to do to remedy the nation’s problems – raise our taxes and then spend the money like a GSA employee in Las Vegas. (more…)
Democratic Propaganda Machine in High Gear to Justify Obamacare
The White House has begun an aggressive campaign to use approaching Supreme Court arguments on the new health care law as a moment to build support for the measure seen as President Obama’s signature legislative achievement, hoping to shape public opinion on an issue at the center of the battle for the White House and Congress. . For the last year, Democrats in Congress and progressive groups have urged the White House to make a more forceful defense of the health care law, which is denounced almost daily by Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates. (more…)
Why It’s So Tough to Create Jobs
As the media have amply reported, there is a broad consensus that the current job environment in the U.S. economy is the worst since the 1930s. Let’s explore the state of the job market now and one of the most unique features, the lack of job creation on a scale sufficient to reduce unemployment.
Medicare Part B: What You Permit, You Promote
To all of you out there who think Barack Obama is really a nice guy and believe that Obamacare really, really won’t adversely affect you, think again. Send this to all the seniors you know – and their families, too – so they will understand who is throwing them under the bus.
Planned Parenthood Riding High On Taxpayer Money
How does this go over with those of you who choose life over abortion? According to its latest (Jan. 2012) annual report, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) received $487.4 million in tax dollars over a twelve-month period and performed 329,455 abortions. In addition, the number of adoption referrals made by the organization continued to decline.
A Closer Look at Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Here’s a quick look into the three former Fannie Mae executives who brought down Wall Street (Remember the housing bubble, and the recession?). Ice News hasn’t and we will keep reminding our readers how Democratic cronyism and corruption has almost bankrupted the United States of America.
The Silent Generation could Spell The End Of Obama
Grandma and grandpa are not happy! They are sick of the mess the Occupy Wall Street-type brats have made of our country. This is the conclusion to be drawn from a new Pew Research poll of Americans 66-to-83 years of age on our current political situation. And they will make up 17 percent of the electorate next year
About Time, Voters Blaming Obama for Failing Economy, Not Bush
For years, Barack Obama has diverted attention from his own economic failures by blaming his predecessor, George W. Bush, for the nation’s financial woes, from deficits to debt to taxes to Medicare and Medicaid spending. But that strategy has reached the end of its effectiveness, according to a new poll that reveals more people blame Obama for the failed state of the economy now than blame Bush. This could really be the end of America’s guilt trip with Barack Obama!
Obama’s 32 Months Report Card
Barack “Hope and Change” Obama wants to create a nation humbled; humiliated, casting-aside capitalism and individual freedoms for one where we the people are government controlled. This would be a system that genuflects mediocrity, steals personal aspiration and opportunity, and punishes those who strive to succeed.
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