Repeal The 17th Amendment

Fake Social Science looks at Gummint Spending Part 2: Red Ink and Green Eyeshades

Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:30 AM EDT

Some people think government spending is too much, some think it's too little; almost no one thinks it's 'just right'. The core question becomes: Should we decrease spending/services or increase taxes/revenues? Fake Social Science hopes to address this question in a three …

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taxes, politics, deficit, debt, spending, federal-budget, paul-ryan, bowles-simpson, fake-soc-sci, baseline-budgeting

Scott Brown Jabs at Santorum Over Secret Service and Contraception - ABC News

Seeded on Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:12 PM EDT (ABC News)

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Sen. Scott Brown joked at a St. Patrick’s Day that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s secret service detail may be the first time he’s ever “used protection.”

politics, santorum, elizabeth-warren, election-2012, scott-brown

Not a Penny More by William Voegeli, City Journal Winter 2012

Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2012 2:35 AM EST (www.city-journal.org)

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In terms of balancing the budget, there’s no way to answer that question—no mathematical basis for declaring either spending or revenues the problem.

jobs, taxes, budget, democrats, politics, republicans, deficit, debt, obama, regulation

Gasoline Prices Are Not Rising, the Dollar Is Falling - Forbes

Seeded on Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:56 AM EST (Forbes)

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Panic is in the air as gasoline prices move above $4.00 per gallon. Politicians and pundits are rounding up the usual suspects, looking for someone or something to blame for this latest outrage to middle class family budgets.

dollar, energy, oil, gold, politics

Never Trust Government Numbers - Page 1

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:50 AM EST (http://townhall.com)

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President Obama said in his State of the Union speech, "We've already agreed to more than $2 trillion in cuts and savings." That was reassuring. The new budget he released this week promises $4 trillion in "deficit reduction" -- about half in tax increases and half in spending …

budget, democrats, politics, republicans, deficit, debt, obama

Senators make boozy Super Bowl bet - TheHill.com

Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2012 10:01 PM EST (TheHill.com)

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Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday on Twitter that they’re putting their respective states’ brews behind their pigskin predictions.

senate, politics, beer, schumer, shaheen, super-bowl-bet, shaheem, pats-v-jints

Dems change rules; Senate in chaos -

Seeded on Fri Oct 7, 2011 6:55 AM EDT (Politico)

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The Senate descended into procedural chaos Thursday night as Democrats forced a change in Senate rules and shut down a GOP effort to bog down a Chinese currency bill with a series of unrelated amendments.

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Shame on you, Newsvine "Community"

Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:25 PM EDT

By EllieP

If you wonder why so many conservatives have left your ranks, I invite you to look at yourselves. Jazzman646's tribute to conservative women article was just taken down by "You" the "community." The article spawned many very interesting - and even a few respectful - debates on co …

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