The Messiah might have a fight on his hands after all over the "stimulus" package. There are plenty of people on Capitol Hill who are less than thrilled about adding to the already $1.2 trillion budget deficit. We did get a glimpse into the mind of the Messiah today, when he said that "only government" can fix the economy. He's also playing the fear card, saying that there could be a generation of lost earnings without his "stimulus" plan. With his plan, there will be multiple generations of earnings seized by government to pay for it.
Mark Impomeni makes the political case for Republicans to oppose the "stimulus" package, but Mitch McConnell doesn't seem to be listening.
The Federal Reserve is trying to figure out how to end the emergency support loans they gave to the financial sector.
Guess who wants a bailout now? The porn industry.
Obama also says that he plans on looking at Social Security and Medicare spending as part of a deficit reduction plan. Either he'll turn them both into pure welfare programs via means testing or he'll do nothing. Taking bets?
A sled dog race in Minnesota was cancelled because there was too much snow.
Senate Democrats are admitting that they made mistakes in their handling of the Roland Burris situation. They didn't realize how bad it would look for them to keep a black guy out of the Senate. Of course, they also probably didn't realize that Burris isn't as innocent as they originally thought. These little details might come out later.
A new report shows that taxpayers spend about $200 billion a year complying with the tax code. That money would stay with the taxpayers under the FairTax.
The U.S. House will vote next week on an extension of the SCHIP program, which Henry Waxman says is a "down payment on national health insurance." Just wait—they want socialized medicine, they might just get it. After all, they've already proven themselves apathetic to deficit spending.
San Francisco wants almost $2.2 billion in federal "stimulus" funds. We'll compare that to Warner Robins' request today.
Five members of the Georgia Congressional delegation have cosponsored the federal balanced budget amendment. Now they have to act responsibly.
Conservative actor Gary Graham writes on the new Big Hollywood blog that he is one pissed off dude. This is a must-read.
Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel is warning lawmakers against shortening the early voting period. It might be perceived as racist.
74% of Georgians want to vote on a penny sales tax for local transportation issues.
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