The Democrats are calling this a "jobs bill." More specifically .. the
"Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act." One of the largest pieces of the bill, considered the centerpiece, is a tax credit for businesses that hire workers. The problem?
Tax experts and business leaders say that businesses aren't likely to hire workers just to receive a tax break. Bill Rys of the National Federation of Independent Businesses says that they are skeptical that it is going to be a big jobs creator.
Let's begin with a quote from The Community Organizer. Here he is pushing this so-called "Jobs Bill" that would have been passed by now if it hadn't been for a bit of snow in DC.
\"If [small businesses] can get the bank loans to boost their payroll... they will do so.\"
Yeah, I know. Absurd. But what do you expect from someone who has never had a real job in the private sector - someone who has never had to make a payroll - someone who has never had to seek a business loan.
January 2010: Barack Obama says that he is ready to fight financial institutions on their "obscene bonuses," calling Wall Street executives "fat cats who are getting awarded for their failure."
February 2010: Barack Obama says he doesn't "begrudge" the bonuses of JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs executives stating, "I, like most of the American people, don't begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the free- market system."
Liberal activists are upset with Obama's latest talk about Wall Street bonuses. They are disappointed that Obama doesn't "begrudge" their success.
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice founding director Charles Ogletree says that
labeling Obama as a "professor" is a thinly veiled attack on his race. So there you go, calling someone a professor is now yet another show of racism.
Here's a little video montage of Democrats demanding action on climate change because of the mild winters. It boggles the mind. Winter is mild? MAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE! Winter is severe? MAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE! They can't lose!
There could still be some hope for climate change legislation in the Senate. Aren't you thrilled?
Freddie Mac has announced that it is going to start
buying back bad loans.
First President Obama said critics of his health care plan had no ideas worth considering. Then he said he never said that. Now he says he is eager to hear those previously unacknowledged ideas.
More from Reason Magazine ...
Democrat Senator Ben Nelson has joined a bipartisan effort to block the administration from
trying the Sept. 11th suspects in civilian courts.
Here's what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke plans to do
AFTER the economic recovery.
FoxNews has a report about an anti-Tea Party website that is being funded by labor unions and turning into a political slush fund for Democrat activists. Meanwhile, a poll on foxnews.com says that
most of their visitors think the Tea Party Movement is a "fruitless mix of racism, conspiracy theories." Ron Paul:
Neocons are infiltrating the Tea Party Movement.
According to Hank Paulson, part of our economic problem is that
we have a tax system that really encourages consumption.
Sixty percent of Americans
support a $1 per pack tax on cigarettes, which could raise $9 billion in one year.
Latest Rasmussen polls show that a majority of Americans support
cutting the size of the government workforce to reduce the deficit.
While Barack Obama has called for a spending freeze, that would not apply to education spending. In fact, Obama's FY2011 budget
is "one of the largest increases" in education spending, according to Education Secretary Arne Duncan. We are talking about a 10% increase in discretionary funding for the Department of education ... $50.7 billion. But what didn't make the cut in Obama's 10% in discretionary education spending?
The DC voucher program. A quick recap: this program was established in 2004 and provided vouchers for children to attend private schools in the DC area. The program was efficient. The voucher cost $7,500 a year per student, meanwhile a government education in DC government schools cost $18,339 a year per student. Not to mention the fact that studies showed improvements in student performance, particularly in reading. Hooray teacher's union.
"Saying No to Democracy" This from David Harsanyi, who realizes, as more Americans would if they weren't government educated, that America was NOT designed to be a Democracy .. and if we ever become one it is the end.
I mentioned this one yesterday on the air:
Obama's top national security advisor says "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda." Meanwhile, during the Bush years
it was your "patriotic duty" to question the presidency.
Here's a story about one of 24 lawsuits brought by one man in Michigan Courts. Remember as you read this that trial lawyers make their political donations almost 100% to Democrats ... and Democrats are the principal opponent of tort reform.
In the wake of John Murtha's death, Democrats are worried that they are going to
lose his seat to a Republican.
Democrats in Congress are
pointing the finger at one man in particular whom they believe is responsible for the collapse of healthcare reform.
GOP Chairman Michael Steele
plays the race card.
Another win
for government and eminent domain in the city of Chicago.
Considering the recent "Miss Me" billboard featuring George Bush,
Michelle Malkin has assembled a list of reasons why she does not miss George Bush.