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Why Is This A Bad Thing? New Home Purchases Plunge To Lowest Level Since 2000
I’m thinking this is a positive: Nov. 12 (Bloomberg)—Mortgage applications to purchase homes in the U.S. plunged last week to the lowest level in almost nine years as Americans waited for the outcome of deliberations to extend a government tax...

Surprise: House Health Care Bill Includes A 69% Increase In Capital Gains Taxes
Bet you would have liked to of known that before it passed in the House.  The Democrats are in much too much of a hurry to let anyone scrutinize these bills before they vote on them.  House Democrats are funding their new entitlement with a 5.4%...

Struggling Democrats Considering A Second Stimulus Worth At Least $250 Billion
At least another $250 billion which, if passed and combined with the earlier “stimulus” spending spree, would put us over $1 trillion in government spending between the two bills alone.That’s compelling evidence that the White House doesn’t...

12 Reasons Why Unemployment Will Hit At Least 12%
James Pethokoukis has the list.One thing I didn’t see on the list, though, is the continued rigidity in labor markets created by the huge expansion in the minimum wage over the last couple of years and the expansion of unemployment entitlements.For...

Surprise: Democrat Health Care Bill Passed Last Night Doesn’t Index For Inflation
Why is that important?  Because it results in tax-bracket creep.Inflation is when, for various reason, the purchasing power of your money decreases.  The amount of money you earn might stay the same, but the amount of stuff you can buy with that...

I Feel Like We Owe Europe An Apology
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.  I can remember being a 10 year old watching bewildered, not sure what was going on, as people clambered onto the wall and chipped away at it with hammers.  I remember there being a sense...

US Intelligence Aware “Months Ago” That Nidal Malik Hasan Was Trying To Contact Al Qaeda
Yikes:U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News. It is not known...

Michele Bachmann: Democrat Health Care Bill Is The “Crown Jewel Of Socialism”
And that’s not hyperbole.Michelle Bachman: Because this is their intention from the start, Sean. This is cradle to grave government takeover of the Pelosi health care nightmare known as this bill. I’ve got it in front of me it’s heavy. It’s...

Michelle Obama Has A Staff Of 26 Costing Well Over $1.75 Million In Salaries
Oh, and that $1.75 million price tag doesn’t include the benefits packages offered to White House staff.From Canada Free Press:Michelle Obama, as we reported on July 7, is not served by twenty-two attendants who stand by to cater to her every...

Media Fawns Over Obama Saluting Caskets Of Fallen Soldiers From Afghanistan
Taken by itself, our commander-in-chief showing respect to the fallen is heart warming.That being said, it’s hard not to see it as so much political theater intended to cover up the fact that Obama continues to be something less than a leader on...

Surprise: Cash For Clunkers Cost Taxpayers $24,000 Per Car
At that rate the government could have just bought the cars from the dealers and called it “stimulus.”  American taxpayers paid a lot of cash for those clunkers: $24,000 for each new car sold, according to a study released Wednesday.  ...

If You Tax The Rich You Get Fewer Rich People
That’s the lesson New York is learning.New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers—and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows.More than 1.5 million state residents left for other parts of the United States...

Surprise: Government Health Care Isn’t Working Out So Well For The Troops
The government health care provided to our soldiers and veterans isn’t the same thing as nationalized health care.  Those soldiers/veterans are or were employees of the government and their health benefits are part of their compensation package.  But...