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“All of these claims are false… What’s so wild about this to me Bret is the president’s willing to be so distortive of the truth, so misleading to the American people. Honestly I think it’s sort of beneath the office of the presidency to make such claims like that.” Rep. Paul Ryan refutes Obama’s lies about the GOP budget plan. Obama wants to keep operating without any budget.

The unions aren’t done yet: they’re now trying to recall Walker from office. To do so, they will try to convince Wisconsin voters that Walker’s reforms have rendered the state ungovernable. But the evidence, so far, contradicts that claim—and Wisconsinites seem to realize it. – City Journal

It’s easy to spend other people’s money. That is how we have bankrupted the country with almost $16 TRILLION in debt that is really $24 TRILLION if you count it all. When Obama came into office your share of the debt was $34 thousand. Now it’s over $50,000. Under his latest budget it would climb to over $75,000.

Meanwhile the coincident economic activity index for the overall U.S. economy is still about 2% below the peak in late 2007. Drill, drill, drill = shovel ready jobs, jobs, jobs.

As many as 1.25 million of America’s least cared for homes are headed for auction after a year-long probe into foreclosure practices kept them off the market. – Bloomberg.com

A federal court has smacked down the EPA over reach into regulations on fracking. The Texas case could have far reaching implications for states seeking to benefit from the oil and gas boom resulting from the new technology.

A desperate Obama lashed out at Paul Ryan’s budget plan as “radical.” LOL. Obama and the Democrats have done nothing to address the debt. Stephen Hayes points out that by the end of Obama’s first term he will have increased the national debt more than all prior presidents combined.

As of yesterday, the U.S. corporate tax rate of 39.2 percent claimed the world’s top spot, edging out Japan which recently lowered its rate from 39.5 percent to 36.8 percent. (The U.S. rate includes the 35 percent federal rate plus the average rate the states add on.) That’s well above the 25 percent average of other developed nations.

At a critical time for America’s energy future, Obama’s proposed energy platform is likely to damage the economy, drive energy prices higher, and move us further away from energy independence and economic security. – IBD Editorials

Rep. Paul Ryan speaking to the “Faith & Freedom Coalition” in Wisconsin lays out what is at stake in the 2012 Presidential Election. He says Barack Obama is “committed to his ideology” that is moving us “away from the American Ideal – away from our First Principles.”