Fighting to Preserve Liberty in America
President Obama laid out his jobs plan and its more of the same. Tax more. Spend more. Calling more taxes, savings and more spending, investment. Is this president incapable of learning from his mistakes or is he going “all in” for a class warfare strategy to get reelected?
Boeing 787 Dreamliner photo by craezer
Yesterday, the House passed a bill that would prevent the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from telling Boeing, America’s largest exporter, that it couldn’t build a factory in South Carolina, a Right-To-Work state. Boeing built a $750 million factory (with their own money, not yours) and hired 1,500 workers, before the NLRB stepped in and called this union retaliation. But no jobs are being eliminated back in Washington state, in fact, Boeing has added 2,000 jobs.
Photo by Ted Abbott
Can we now drop any pretense that Joe Biden is anything but a CINO (Catholic in Name Only)? On his latest state visit to China, Biden gave a speech that should be characterized as other than “just Joe being Joe.”
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A contentious battle has concluded today with the passage of the debt limit deal. It was a hard fought battle where no one is entirely happy with the outcome. Before we leave this field of battle, we should take stock of the accomplishments and the players involved.
When last she held the Speaker’s gavel in the 111th Congress, Nancy Pelosi failed to pass a budget at all. This was the first such failure since 1974. But somehow Republicans are obstructionists. When asked in May of this year about the Senate passing a budget, Harry Reid had this to say, “It would be foolish for us to do a budget at this stage.” Foolish. But somehow Republicans are obstructionists.
Two-faced can be such an overused term, but on the other hand two doesn’t seem to be enough to capture Harry Reid.
Tim Bishop is in a tough spot. He can’t rely on earmarks to get himself reelected, those have been banned. He has a reputation of strong constituent service but if you peel back that onion you will see that the service is based on helping folks deal with the massive regulatory programs he typically votes for. Run on his record? His record consists of voting with Nancy Pelosi 97% of the time; in return the leadership gave him his share of pork to pass around and “buy” votes.
He can’t seem to say it enough, the economy is in the tank because of those tax breaks on corporate jets. Well, he didn’t exactly say that, but instead of the trillions of dollars in spending that he demanded and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid delivered, somehow a tax break that amounts to $3 billion over ten years is center stage in the budget battle.
Actual Unemployment vs. Stimulus Sales Pitch
It was a very close race, one of the last decided in the country. Out of 180,000 plus votes the final margin of victory was just under 600 votes. In that election Tim Bishop successfully managed to hide from his record and instead he took advantage of a late Republican primary that was hotly contested and pounced with a campaign of personal attacks on his opponent that was just enough to carry the eight weeks until Election Day. His opponent, Randy Altschuler, wants a rematch and it appears the race will be decidedly different.
The oil companies announce their first quarter earnings and they are good news for the oil companies and their investors. Not to let an opportunity pass, Congressman Tim Bishop, against a backdrop of $4 per gallon gasoline prices, introduces legislation titled, “The Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act.” On his own website he admits that this legislation “will not impact gas prices for American consumers.” The legislation’s purpose is to eliminate a tax credit for the oil companies, not all oil companies just the five largest. It also doesn’t address subsidies to other energy companies such as ethanol, wind, solar, coal, geothermal, and a $7,500 tax credit if you buy a Chevy Volt. Why not?
