Cost of Government Continues to Grow and Shows No Sign of Stopping

Every year, Americans for Tax Reform Foundation calculates how many days the average American must work to earn enough income to pay off the regulatory and spending burdens at the local, state and federal levels of government. The findings, released in the Cost of Government Day report, have become more disheartening with each passing year of the Obama Administration. In 2011, Americans must work until August 12 to pay off the full costs of government. While most taxpayers may consider their government debt paid when they file taxes each April, the true costs of government extract a far greater toll from the working public.

Federal spending plays a huge role in the Cost of Government Day (COGD), with Americans toiling 104 days this year just to pay for federal outlays. The creeping regulatory burden, however, presents a much more larger threat to American prosperity and portends a much later COGD . While the costs to sustain the regulatory regime continue to grow, just as perilous is the economic damage caused by an onerous and capricious regulatory state.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/08/12/cost-government-continues-to-grow-and-shows-no-sign-stopping/#ixzz1V1MAgzV9

Group that Attacks Republicans Exposed!

Perhaps you’ve heard of the organization called the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The mainstream media (and Rachel Maddow) darling is often described as a “nonpartisan watchdog.” Newspaper reporters and cable news commentators want you to think that this collective is keeping tabs on Washington and making sure that both sides of the aisle play fair. Don’t be fooled: CREW is as partisan as they come.

To find out the truth about CREW, go to CREWExposed.com. Here you’ll find a wealth of information about the hyper-partisan activities of this “nonpartisan” group. Among the nuggets:
 Overall, CREW targets Republicans or right-leaning organizations with Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Federal Election Commission (FEC), and congressional ethics complaints eight times more frequently than Democrats;

• 76 percent of CREW FEC complaints were aimed at Republicans/right-leaning groups,

• 100 percent of CREW IRS complaints were aimed at Republicans/right-leaning groups,

• 75 percent of CREW complaints/requests for action with the House Ethics Committee, and 83 percent of CREW complaints/requests for action with the Senate Ethics Committee, were targeted at Republicans;

• CREW has filed 51 lawsuits, 75 percent of which have been aimed at Republicans or the Bush Administration. Only 18 percent were aimed at Democrats.

When one looks at those who work at CREW, these facts aren’t surprising: An analysis of current and past staff members revealed that exactly zero had worked for Republicans or right-leaning organizations before joining CREW. Many of them had worked for Democratic legislators like Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden or liberal organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. And the organization was founded by, among others, Mark Penn, a close ally of the Clintons. townhall.com

Where does CREW get their funding? You may or may not be surprised. Here’s a hint: A billionaire originally from Eastern Europe has kicked in some funds. Click here to find out more.



So is CREW a nonpartisan watchdog or Democratic lapdog? Go to CREWExposed.com and you’ll find the answer is pretty obvious. Check out the site and share this with your friends so they aren’t duped by the next news article that features CREW propaganda.

Today’s headlines were supposed to be the political obituary of Scott Walker.

Today’s headlines were supposed to be the political obituary of Scott Walker.   The Union red shirts were supposed to be celebrating in joy today as Walker was to be vanquished.   It did not quite go according to script.

Should we be celebrating?

Not yet.  This battle is anything but over.

The GOP lost two seats.  That was not a surprise.  The radical left cherry picked the districts they wanted to go after.  They picked what they thought were the six weakest.  Dan Kapanke had an up hill fight all the way and Randy Hopper is involved in a nasty divorce amid allegations that he not only has a girlfriend twenty years his junior but helped her get a job with the Walker administration.

Considering the baggage Hopper took with him into the election, it is no surprise that he lost.

The media has been obsessed with the recall of the Republican Senators but has almost totally ignored the recall of two Democratic state senators that will happen next week.

 teapartynation.com

U.S. Debt Crisis: Deal Wasn't Enough

Steep drop in world market openings following S&P's U.S. credit downgrade sends message to lawmakers and investors that debt deal in Congress was not enough to avert potential U.S. economic turmoil.http://www.foxnews.com/

S&P officials defend US credit downgrade

Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer, On Saturday August 6, 2011, 7:14 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Standard & Poor's says it downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating because it believes the U.S. will keep having problems getting its finances under control.
S&P officials on Saturday defended their decision to drop the government's rating to AA+ from the top rating, AAA. The Obama administration called the move a hasty decision based on wrong calculations about the federal budget. It had tried to head off the downgrade before it was announced late Friday.

But S&P said it was the months of haggling in Congress over budget cuts that led it to downgrade the U.S. rating. The ratings agency was dissatisfied with the deal lawmakers reached last weekend. And it isn't confident that the government will do much better in the future, even as the U.S. budget deficit grows.

Bailey Comment: Anybody with any common sense would agree with these people. As long as we have the same idiots running our government it will only keep getting worst!

Eight Billion Dollars for the U.N. -- The Other Budget Scandal

For the past few weeks, we here in the U.S. have been obsessed with the debt ceiling increase and our massive budget deficit. At the same time another budget that we spend an inordinate amount of money on has flown under the radar during this vociferous and contentious debate.

While we are in an unprecedented age of austerity and the U.S. has been flirting with default, the United Nations has continued its unchecked and profligate spending.  

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/08/06/eight-billion-dollars-for-un-other-budget-scandal/#ixzz1ULTRGGaY

Beneath Jobs Report Surface Lies Some Ugly Truths

Before getting too excited about the modest uptick in net job creation and a slight downward move in the unemployment rate, it’s probably worth a look under the hood.

As is usually the case, there is far more than meets the eye to the Labor Department’s report that the economy added 117,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent.http://www.cnbc.com/id/44033486

Bailey Comment: Can you believe it, I found this on a leftest network.