The conference report on the ODAB is out, all 1,434 pages of it, with more government growth and less of the fake tax cuts, which now will be only $13 per week. The real cost of this thing, according to the CBO, will end up being $3,270,000,000,000 because most of the spending isn't temporary. At least they're going to stick it to those rich CEOs who got bailed out, though!
Politically, it looks like this thing is going to sail to passage. Mitch McConnell seems to be willing to let it go to a vote without a fight, and the Blue Dog Democrats (including Sanford Bishop and Jim Marshall) who are supposed to care about budgets and deficit spending all of a sudden have quit caring. Arlen Specter's willingness to give in and vote for the ODAB leaves him with a higher approval rating among Democrats than among Republicans.
I told you yesterday about Henrietta, the woman who went to beg President Obama for a house, then ended up getting one from a generous wife of a Republican Florida state House member. Well this isn't the first time she's been asking for government help. Let's face it; the woman is hooked on government. Just goes to show the addictive government is.
A new Rasmussen poll shows that 56% of Americans oppose more bank bailouts.
The economy might be starting to break, with retail sales ending a six-month drop in January and new jobless claims dropping slightly. All of this without a stimulus, and despite the fact that we have a President, Congress, and media that are constantly telling us the economy is worse than it really is.
Liberals are upset that an Obama nominee for the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs might actually apply cost-benefit analysis before any knee-jerk increases in federal regulations.
The ethanol business is struggling, despite getting billions of dollars worth of subsidies from the federal government. Maybe the market just doesn't want ethanol.
Liberal Senators want to use the outline from the Center for American Progress to impose what would be a "Fairness Doctrine on Steroids." The Acting FCC Chairman would prefer to push "media diversity."
The federal government has built only 32 miles of the 700 mile border fence that was ordered by Congress in 2006.
Guess who's going to be paying the bills for the octuplets?
According to at least one Muslim cleric, Valentine's Day is worse than AIDS, Ebola, or Cholera. The religious police in Saudi Arabia are even confiscating everything red. I wonder if these weird beards know how ridiculous they look and sound…
State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond says that we are witnessing the beginning of a Darwinian job market. Isn't that how it always is?
Will Jack Kingston be running for Governor? I'd rather see him run for Senate.
Hank Aaron might be declared the home run king again.
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