Archive for April, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
This is an outstanding, if somewhat depressing, resource listing all earmarks for all House members and Senators for fiscal 2009.
“The Congressional Pig Book is CAGW's annual compilation of the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. The 2009 Pig Book identified 10,160 projects at a cost of $19.6 billion in the 12 Appropriations ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
“Overall, Ardo said, there have been approximately 110 exceptions to the hiring freeze.”
The Budget 2009-2010 is ramping up for debate and vote. Let us see if, once again, our elected officials vote for a faux budget.
The enacted Pennsylvania General Fund budget of 2008-2010 cynically and misleadingly projected revenues ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Casablancapa’s Captain Renault ably presents the disturbing and obvious partisanship in Attorney General Tom Corbett’s prosecution. I am told that no Senate Republican Staffer has even been called before the Grand Jury. Is there not enough evidence already in public domain to indict Republican State Representative and former Speaker of ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Warnings…. Ahead of the Curve by Wall Street Journal and Club for Growth Back in September 2008, Warnings about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the Wall Street Journal and the Club for Growth were warning us about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and Countrywide and Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines ...
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
You can follow the National Debt on Twitter well over 11 TRILLION and climbing and sinking us.
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