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A satirical short film taking a look at the national debt and how it applies to just one family. Make sure you watch it to the end.

Some of what you have heard Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid say has been way off. Well ALG has found an infomercial that explains why. Check it out!

It seems that the President of the United States was unaware of an ATF sanctioned gun smuggling operation. From My SA Obama told Univision‘s Jorge Ramos that President Felipe Calderon wasn’t informed of the operation because he — the president of the United States — wasn’t informed either. When asked whether he knew of the weapon smuggling plan, Obama responded that it is “a pretty big government” with “a lot of moving parts.” I’ve got to be honest, it is nice to such a high ranking politician finally make a stand against our over-extended federal government. If the government were...

“This Year, Groups Of More Than 20 Workers Have Been Experiencing Premium Increases Of Around 20 Percent, Insurance Agents Say, While Smaller Groups Are Seeing Increases Of 40 Percent To 60 Percent Or More. ‘The rate of increase is phenomenal,’ said Jean Pierre La Tourette, owner of Flora Ventures, a florist with 11 employees in Newmarket, N.H., near Portsmouth.” (“As Health Costs Soar, G.O.P. And Insurers Differ On Cause,” The New York Times, 3/4/11)

Actually, the building was stormed by the minions of Barack Obama’s Organizing For America. See the video at the link.

Overview of $1.9 Trillion in Tax Increases in the President 2012 Budget View the image or download the pdf that lists the latest job killing taxes the President is now proposing.

In case anyone needs another reason for extending all of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, look no further than the continued difficulties in the U.S. job market. October 2010 marked the 18th consecutive month the official U.S. unemployment rate was stuck above 9 percent. Meanwhile, 48 out of 50 States have lost jobs since Democrats’ trillion-dollar 2009 stimulus plan. Yet as bad as those official conditions are, the Chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, Austan Goolsbee, suggests matters are actually much worse. At least Goolsbee made precisely that argument in 2003 when the occupant of the White...

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today questioned if politics is driving a new round of Medicare television advertisements featuring Andy Griffith by the Obama Administration and sought details of the ad campaign from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Camp and Herger noted that the advertisements conveniently omit any reference to the one-half trillion dollars in Medicare cuts included in the Democrat health care overhaul which result in fewer benefits and higher costs for millions of seniors. That led FactCheck.org to deride the commercial’s...

How the Democrats’ Year-end Tax Hike Will Hurt Investors Starting January 1, 2011, Washington Democrats will impose a $3.8 trillion tax hike on hard-working Americans. This tax increase will affect every American who pays income taxes through higher tax rates on individuals, families, and small businesses. As described below, Washington Democrats are targeting investors who provide the capital to help businesses grow and create jobs for much higher taxes starting next year, at a time when businesses are struggling just to meet payroll and the unemployment rate remains near ten percent.

Douglas, Right now the Judge for the Obamacare lawsuit has received all the arguments regarding the Defendants motion to dismiss and we are waiting for a hearing date. By the way, you are welcome to call the court at (423) 752-5200 and ask when the hearing will be held for case number 1:10-CV-71. Since Congress rewrote the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, courts have no obligation to set a timely hearing. Meanwhile, we know that more than 28,536 Americans that are currently in the class action want this case to move forward. So we are seeking your feedback on what...

The Florida Democrat manipulates video to make his opponent seem to urge wives to ‘submit’ to husbands. He didn’t. September 27, 2010 Summary We thought Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida reached a low point when he falsely accused his opponent of being a draft dodger during the Vietnam War, and of not loving his country. But now Grayson has lowered the bar even further. He’s using edited video to make his rival appear to be saying the opposite of what he really said. In a new ad, Grayson accuses his Republican opponent Daniel Webster of being a religious fanatic...

Bill Maher makes the case for small government, and he doesn’t even know it. Watch this video real quick and see if you catch Bill Maher suddenly becoming the poster boy for conservatives in this country.

Obama Administration’s Attack on Plans Americans Have and Like Continues As if more than one-half trillion dollars in Medicare cuts that could jeopardize access to care wasn’t enough bad news for seniors, analysis released yesterday by Avalere Health, a health care research firm, estimates that 1 in 5 seniors could lose their Medicare Part D plan because of actions taken by President Obama’s Administration. As reported by the Associated Press, these actions risk “undercutting President Barack Obama’s promise that people can keep their health plans if they like them. And it could be an unwelcome surprise for many seniors who...

How the Democrats’ Year-end Tax Hike Will Affect Small Businesses Starting January 1, 2011, Washington Democrats will impose a $3.8 trillion tax hike on hard-working Americans. This tax increase will affect every American who pays income taxes through higher tax rates on individuals, families, and small businesses. As described below, Washington Democrats are targeting small businesses – the engines of job creation and economic growth – for much higher taxes starting next year, at a time when they are struggling just to meet payroll and the unemployment rate remains near 10 percent. Among the most significant small business-related tax increases...

How the Democrats’ Year-end Tax Hike Will Affect Senior Citizens Starting January 1, 2011, Washington Democrats will impose a $3.8 trillion tax hike on hard-working Americans, resulting in higher taxes for every American who pays income taxes, as well as on small businesses, the engines of job creation. Unfortunately, Democrats have done nothing to disarm this ticking tax bomb, and even America’s senior citizens will be hit by this massive tax increase. Among the most significant 2011 tax increases that will affect seniors: * The tax rates on capital gains and dividends will rise significantly, imposing an average tax hit...

On July 24, Kimberly Dvorak, of the Examiner, and Don Amato, of the blog Digger’s Realm, broke the story about two Texas ranches outside of Laredo, Texas, being seized by members of Los Zetas drug cartel. Today, Ms. Dvorak posted a copy of the police blotter which provides a good deal of the information necessary to confirm her initial story’s claims:

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, today filed a discharge petition on H.R. 5424, the Reform Americans Can Afford Act, which would repeal the Democrats’ health care law and replace it with commonsense solutions to bring down health care costs. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), and Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) announced their support for the petition. The petition would force a vote on the bill in the House of Representatives if it is signed by a...

In an effort to appeal to the senses of any liberal audience reading this article, I am going to disregard the US Constitution at the moment. I am going to focus a bit more of the issue brought up by Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff Paul Babeu. “Our own government has become our enemy and is taking us to court at a time when we need help,” As we all know, the federal government filed a lawsuit against Arizona in response to a new law that gave local law enforcement officers more authority to round up people who are in the...

Study Finds 1 in 5 Employers Consider Dropping Health Coverage President Obama and Democrats’ grand experiment with Americans’ health care is already backfiring just mere months after becoming law. A survey of 459 employers by Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of employee benefits, finds that 1 in 5 employers are “seriously” evaluating dropping health benefits for their employees. Furthermore, 1 in 2 small businesses are bracing for higher health care premiums as a result of the law. Sunit Patel, senior vice president of Fidelity’s Benefits Consulting services warns, “Over the long run, health care reform could lead to significant changes...

Parents pay over $1,000 more; Married couples pay nearly $600 more; Expiration of 10% bracket costs taxpayers over $500 Washington, DC – The top Republican on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), today released new information from Congress’ non-partisan tax analysts showing that the Democrats’ looming tax hikes will cost millions of American taxpayers thousands of dollars in additional taxes next year. The Joint Committee on Taxation, in answering questions from Camp, confirmed that if the tax hikes go into effect as scheduled on January 1, 2011: * 31 million families will pay an average...