‘Terrorists’ want feds to cut spending, balance budget

Sen. Al Franken's placard omitted a necessary comma.Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) turned to drama to get his point across in the debt debate. On Wednesday, Franken brought visual aids to the floor for his speech.

One placard read, “Welcome [sic] Terrorists.” No one cared that technically, without the comma, the placard made little sense. Socialists and their fellow progressives were just happy to see another insult leveled at those in Congress who have read the writing on the fiscal wall and know something must be done.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.), who also heads up the Democratic National Committee, can also be counted on for unrestrained language, otherwise known as shooting her mouth off.

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ObamaCare: More than $700 million already committed to contractors and consultants

After Democrats passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, supporters were faced with making preparations for the government to assume control of what remained of the private healthcare market. Just as Medicaid and Medicare were built on vast bureaucracies, PPACA (commonly called ObamaCare) would require the same. So far,  more than $700 million in federal funding has been obligated or spent.

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ObamaCare one of many drivers in US ‘exploding debt’

As the United States matured, borrowing became so complex it became a science unto itself. President Barack Obama wasted little time after taking office. The debt limit had to be raised again when Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was passed.

Once the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was back-doored by Democrats in the US Senate, the writing was on the wall.

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Coburn report shows 9 trillion reasons to cut, reduce federal spending

Sen. Tom Coburn's 'Back in Black' report injects common sense into the debt debate.Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) issued the report ‘Back in Black’ on Monday, and even a quick stroll through the numbers shows federal spending can be cut quickly.

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Is Obama’s cavalier attitude on social security based on pensions?

President Barack Obama has gone on record with a threat to seniors—if Republicans do not conform to his party’s demands on the debt ceiling, social security checks may not go out on August 3. What would give a president confidence he could carry out such a cavalier threat?

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GAO finds more than $125 billion in improper payments by feds

USAspending.gov provides information about how tax dollars are spent. This graph shows dollars spent on federal grants for higher education. You can click on the map, then click on each state for amounts doled out to keep the academic lobby happy. [US government graphic paid for by US taxpayers.]

As Democrats balk at Republican efforts to cut spending instead of hiking taxes, a new Government Accountability Report offers one more reason to refuse Uncle Sam a single additional dollar. Actually there are more than 125 billion reasons.

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