Former Naval Officer Chris Edwards Announces Run for CD 1 »
(Las Vegas, NV) – Former naval officer Chris Edwards promised to attack the problems plaguing Nevada and the nation as he announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for Nevada’s First Congressional District today. “Nevadans, like many Americans, are continuing to face crisis after crisis. They are suffering hardships they couldn’t even imagine a few years ago – unemployment, a housing crisis and an out of control national debt, just to name a few,” [...]
To Congress For Spending Our Grandchildren Into Perpetual Indebtedness: The Franklin Solution »
(Thomas Mitchell/4th St8) – Our duly elected representatives back inside the Beltway swamps insist they are doing us a favor by ratcheting up the federal debt. Obama is asking Congress this week for $1.2 trillion in additional borrowing authority that would raise the debt ceiling to $16.4 trillion. (That is merely a figure of speech. They blew the ceiling off long ago.) Since Obama took office, the debt has risen 42 percent, but I’m sure [...]
Congress Tries To Rob Banks, Consumers Hit In Wallet »
(Chuck Muth) – Congress, without a doubt, is the anti-Midas: Everything it touches turns to that stuff you scrape off the bottom of your shoe after walking blindfolded though a cow pasture at the stroke of twelve on a moonless night. Here’s the latest example: As we all know, banks are as popular today as the bubonic plague. Big banks. Little banks. Nationwide banks. Community banks. Investment banks. Any banks. All banks. Heck, in this [...]
Mystery Science Theatre – Kate Marshall »
(David Mansdoerfer) – As many of you will remember, Mystery Science Theater 3000 starred Joel Robinson and his robot sidekicks as they watched and commentated on terrible science fiction movies. Well, as I have read through thousands of campaign websites (both good and bad), I think that someone needs to start calling politicians out for what they list on their websites. Today, I will pull sections from Kate Marshall’s campaign website (www.katefornevada.com/issues) and provide a [...]
Senator Harry Reid’s Magical Debt Plan »
(David Mansdoerfer) – Today, after reading Senator Reid’s debt ‘plan’, I burst into hysterical laughter. Initially, or as the media would like us to think, it looked like Sen. Reid’s ‘plan’ would bridge the gap between House Republicans, Senate Democrats and President Obama. However, in Reid’s ‘plan’ to magically reduce the deficit by $2.7 trillion, there is little in the way of actual new savings. Let’s take a look at how Senator Reid plans to [...]
The So Called Debt Ceiling Disaster »
(David Mansdoerfer) – The question of the hour – can the United States federal government default on its debt? Today, after the federal government reached its debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion dollars, the United States is again faced with the question on how it will manage its debt payments. In a letter to Senator Michael Bennett, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner noted, “A default would inflict catastrophic, far-reaching damage on our nation’s economy, significantly reducing growth, [...]
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