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TAKE ACTION: Oppose The New Tax Extenders Bill – UPDATE
[activate url="http://act.libertycentral.org/9/3255/stop-deficit-spending-stop-latest-stimulus-vote-no-on-hr-4213/" target="_self" is_slanted="false"] Last week, citizens received a rare bit of good news from Washington: the Tax Extenders Bill, also known as the American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act, HR 4213, failed to pass the Senate by a vote of 45-52 (this is the same bill that passed...
Big Labor Becoming Unpopular with the American People
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has made headlines for his battle against the Teacher’s Union, the New Jersey Education Association, arguing that their salaries and benefits packages, now better than many in the private sector, are part of what’s bankrupting the state. This trend is not limited to New Jersey,...
Pay-Go Rules Don't Reduce Deficit
Bankrupting America is an organization devoted to reducing the deficit and restoring a balanced budget. Today they offer a timely reminder about the pay-go rules that Congressional leaders often tell us are essential to controlling wasteful spending. Specifically, those rules appear to have basically no impact: Earlier this week, the...
Pay-Go Rules Don’t Reduce Deficit
Bankrupting America is an organization devoted to reducing the deficit and restoring a balanced budget. Today they offer a timely reminder about the pay-go rules that Congressional leaders often tell us are essential to controlling wasteful spending. Specifically, those rules appear to have basically no impact: Earlier this week, the...
As Deficit Explodes, Congress Refuses to Budget
Business Week reports on the record-setting April deficit numbers recently reported by the Congressional Budget Office: