In 1982 half of all new business was accounted for by the creation of new companies. In 2011 that percentage had dropped to a third. WT: “Most of the service jobs are funded through fees paid to those facilities and don’t get taxpayer money, but that explanation doesn’t wash with some watchdogs and lawmakers. Lawmakers, […]
June 3, 2013
Issa: “The whole transcript will be put out. We understand, these are in real time. And the administration is still, they’re paid liar, their spokesperson, picture behind, he’s still making up things about what happens in calling this local rogue. There’s no indication, the reason the Lois Lerner tried to take the fifth is not […]
May 24, 2013
AP: “A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers is in full view again with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of using tactics that might tempt Democrats to change Senate rules that now protect the minority party. How to deal with the government’s debt and spending became the latest quarrel between the GOP’s […]
May 23, 2013
Lerner yesterday: “I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations, and I have not provided false information to this or any other committee.” Cummings: “I don’t think her counsel would have allowed her to give a statement knowing that the very purpose […]
May 20, 2013
ABC This Week made more history for Obama on Sunday. The topic concerned the focus on conservatives for special tax scrutiny over the past few years leading up to the last election. Stephanopoulos: “What does the president believe? Does the president believe that would be illegal?” Pfeiffer: “I can’t speak to the law here. The […]
May 18, 2013
Rep Kelly: “This has nothing to do with political parties. This has to do with highly targeted groups. This reconfirms everything the American public believes. This is a huge blow to the faith and trust that the American people have in their government. Is there any limit to the scope where you folks can go? […]
May 16, 2013
Obama yesterday: “I’ve reviewed the Treasury Department watchdog’s report, and the misconduct that it uncovered is inexcusable. It’s inexcusable, and Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it. I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the IRS, given the power that it […]
May 15, 2013
Obama State of Union 2010, spoke about the Supreme Court Citizen United decision: “Last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations to spend without limit in our elections. I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful […]
May 15, 2013
NY Post: “As a metaphor for big government, it is hard to top the Justice Department’s seizing of journalists’ phone records from The Associated Press. Unless, of course, you think the best example is the Internal Revenue Service turning the screws on groups it viewed as conservative and, therefore, unworthy of fair treatment. Or maybe […]
May 15, 2013
Politico: “ The town is turning on President Obama – and this is very bad news for this White House. Republicans have waited five years for the moment to put the screws to Obama – and they have one-third of all congressional committees on the case now. Establishment Democrats, never big fans of this president […]
June 5, 2013
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