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  • Key Republican on New Deficit Panel, Rep. Dave Camp, Won't Rule Out Tax Increases

    08/11/2011 10:14:35 AM PDT · by GreaterSwiss · 101 replies
    CNBC.COM ^ | 8/11/2011
    Key Republican on New Deficit Panel, Rep. Dave Camp, Won't Rule Out Tax Increases CNBC.com breaking headline
  • Social Security benefits targeted in deficit meetings, activists warn

    06/10/2010 2:28:41 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 47 replies · 1,031+ views
    dallasnews.com/Washington Post ^ | June 10, 2010 | Lori Montgomery
    WASHINGTON – One of the oddest Web posts making the rounds is a series of blurry videos from Capitol Hill showing people coming and going from a closed-door meeting of President Barack Obama's new deficit commission. The mundane scenes have a sinister cast for activists who say the commission is at work on a secret plan to gut Social Security. Nancy Altman, whose group, Social Security Works, shot the footage, says the threat to the nation's primary social safety net is greater now than at any time in the program's 75-year history. "This is going to affect every single American...
  • Biggest sign that White House deficit panel is a joke: O wants to appoint Andy Stern

    02/23/2010 4:48:56 AM PST · by rightwingintelligentsia · 26 replies · 741+ views
    MichelleMalkin.com ^ | February 22, 2010 | Michelle Malkin
    Ow. Ow. Ow. I am laughing so hard I can’t breathe. Can. Hardly. Type. WaPo brings us the beyond-satire news that the White House wants to put SEIU president Andy Stern on the federal deficit panel. Now, it’s not just a dog-and-pony show. It’s a dog-pony-and-thug show. I love how WaPo uses the word “eclectic” to describe the choice. “Eclectic” is the new synonym for corruptocrat: Eclectic trio of candidates considered for Obama deficit panel: Republican David M. Cote, the chief executive of Honeywell International, has emerged as a top contender for a slot on President Obama’s commission to bring...