The white elephants are just too expensive to build, and they often seem to be aimed at disguising wealth distribution, either to favored unions or to favored donors.
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October 20, 2010 05:16
Public-Sector Unions Choke Taxpayers
Politicians get union political support by granting government workers generous pensions and health benefits.
October 14, 2010 07:22
Obama: After 54 health care speeches, I neglected “marketing and P.R. and public opinion.”
The president gave 54(!) speeches on health care reform, including a special joint session of Congress and prime time infomercial. And yet, he’s still of the opinion he just hasn’t explained it properly or something? We’re gonna like this turkey any day now!
October 14, 2010 07:10
New Obama appointee had role in housing crisis
Former Fannie Mae lobbyist and now National Security Adviser, Thomas E. Donilon, worked to help Barney Frank, Obama and others protect Fannie from calls for additional oversight.
October 14, 2010 04:46
A coming imperial presidency?
FBN’s David Asman explains how Obama may be using the regulatory power of his cabinets and their bureaucracies to avoid having to get bills passed in Congress. There are already hundreds of new boards, commissions and agecies created in the Obamacare, financial reform and consumer protection bills which give bureaucrats vast new powers without congressional oversight.
October 12, 2010 13:45
America only ‘mostly free’ now
FBN’s John Stossel on the expanding role of the U.S. governments impact on the country’s businesses.
October 12, 2010 04:59
Obama proposes union slush fund
No industry has spent more on this election cycle than unions.
October 4, 2010 18:39
Democrat Introduces Legislation to End Right-to-Work States
Less than a month before the mid-term elections and five weeks before a lame-duck session in Congress, Sherman has introduced legislation to eliminate state Right to Work laws all across America.
October 4, 2010 18:28
Hard to believe they’re still pushing the warming hoax a year later
On Monday Nov 30 2009, FOX News admits that leaked emails from top U.N. scientists show repeated conversations about skewing and hiding data actually showing an 11 year trend in global cooling, proving the entire man-made global warming idea was just one big scam to implement global carbon taxes on the world’s population through treaties and legislation like Cap and Trade.
October 4, 2010 07:55
Eco-terrorism pushes carbon reduction for warming hoax
This video shows people who refuse to fall for the propaganda of global warming being literally blown to pieces. WARNING: Graphic gratuitous violence depicted to pressure you into being a warming fanatic.
