Keelan: Mayor Koch does Obama no favors
If one were to have read New York City’s former Mayor Ed Koch’s comments, made this past spring and summer, a conclusion might have been that the mayor dislikes President Obama with a passion.
Shumlin requests major disaster declaration from Obama in wake of Irene
“We need to get the federal assistance approved and into the state as quickly as possible,” Gov. Shumlin said.
Dunsmore: When is Obama going to fight back?
Increasingly, Democrats are highly critical of his performance. They say that the reason the Tea Party minority in Congress now seems to be running the country is that the president has been much too passive.
McClaughry: House Republicans have the right debt crisis solutions
President Obama and the Democrats are determined that the only solution is keep jacking up the debt limit, and to pay for their endless list of spending demands by hitting up “the rich” — the people now paying half of federal income tax collections, for ever more tax payments.
Stannard: Will McConnell & Co. destroy America to defeat Obama?
It’s not that McConnell can’t work with our president. It’s that he doesn’t WANT to work with our president. McConnell and Boehner never offered a peep of resistance to financing two wars off the books to the tune of over $3 trillion. They went along when former President Bush raised the debt ceiling numerous times. But now it’s a problem.
EMR Policy Insitute to Obama: Wireless Broadband is Risky, Waste of Money
At a time when it is essential to cut the Federal deficit, President Obama is gambling billions of taxpayer dollars on the theory that massive spending on risky wireless broadband technology will be worthwhile. The President proposes to spend at least $25 billion on his “Wireless Initiative” to deploy wireless signals throughout 98% of the U.S., and billions of dollars are being spent now on Smart Meters that are not bringing the benefits touted.
Pollina: Benefits for ordinary Americans dwarfed by tax cuts for rich
Who would have thought a year ago that the same “Bush” tax cuts that helped drive up our deficit and lead us into major recession would be transformed into the Obama tax cuts; different name, same strategy, same tragedy and same outcome.
Sanders: Why the Obama-GOP tax cuts will hurt the middle class
In addition to the $700 million income tax cut over two years for the wealthiest Americans, the agreement includes a 20 percent break on the estate tax and a continuation of the Bush-era, 15 percent tax on capital gains.
Sanders offered amendment, voted "no" on Obama-GOP tax deal
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday offered an amendment to let Bush-era tax breaks for the top 2 percent expire at the end of the year.
Welch, 53 House Dems oppose Obama tax deal
“America is wading into fiscal quicksand. Borrowing nearly a trillion dollars to finance tax cuts that disproportionately favor millionaires and billionaires threatens our ability to create jobs, grow the middle class and protect seniors,” Welch said. “Digging the country deeper into debt to pay for misguided tax policy is irresponsible and simply doesn’t make sense.”
