Workers Call Bain Capital Film Inaccurate

Hoax or fact, the recent video used by Newt's super pac has fallen to the truth. The employees interviewed on the film claim every thing was doctored an they were not told what the film was about. In fact they claim Bain capital actually helped them

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Why are we still paying over $3 a gallon for gas

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Bloomberg to Protesters: Congress, Not Banks, to Blame for Mortgage Crisis

NEW YORK -- In a clash of New York City mayors past and present, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Mayor Ed Koch took opposing sides at a panel discussion Tuesday over the Occupy Wall Street protests -- with Bloomberg coming to the defense of banks and Koch angrily calling for c …

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Republican Senator Calls on Obama to Cancel Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Bonuses

A Republican senator is calling on President Obama to cancel the $12.8 million in bonuses that were approved for 10 executives at the government-seized mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that received a $170 billion taxpayer-funded bailout.Read more:

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Obama uses executive orders as a political tool

"I know he's desperately interested in trying to blame anybody else, but he's the president of the United States, he set the agenda, he got everything he wanted. And it didn't work

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Who pays for Obama's Medicare plan? Hint: Not seniors

Obama's proposal, which was unveiled Wednesday as part of a $4 trillion debt reduction plan, would save $340 billion in Medicare costs over 10 years, the president said.

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Obama signs 2011 budget deal into law

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama signed the budget agreement covering federal spending for the remainder of the current fiscal year on Friday, an administration official said, bringing an end to any remaining fears of a government shutdown.

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Keynesianism and the crisis

The only way to understand the Great Crisis and how to deal with it is through the economics of John Maynard Keynes and his closest followers. For the details see my new book, Maynard's Revenge: The Collapse of Free Market Macroeconomics (Harvard University Press).

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If Obama Had Kept His Campaign Promises, We Wouldn't Have a Deficit Today

President Obama pledged Wednesday "to act boldly now" on the huge deficits. But alas his newly revealed budget for 2012 is no better at cutting the deficit than was his first attempt just two months ago.

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defense department budget history

With all the talk about cutting the DOD budget I thought it might be interesting to see how the budget has been over the past decade.

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The Myth of the Clinton Surplus

Time and time again, anyone reading the mainstream news or reading articles on the Internet will read the claim that President Clinton not only balanced the budget, but had a surplus.

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No, Bill Clinton Didn't Balance the Budget

Let us establish one point definitively: Bill Clinton didn't balance the budget. Yes, he was there when it happened. But the record shows that was about the extent of his contribution.

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Help CAGW Restore Fiscal Sanity to Washington

Citizens against Government waste ad.

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Reid reluctantly agrees to moratorium on 2011 earmarks

WASHINGTON -- He was once the most vocal Capitol Hill defender of congressional earmarks, but Sen. Harry Reid said Thursday he had little choice but to agree to a moratorium on earmarked spending for at least this year.

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Earmarks Requested for 2011

Taxpayers Against Earmarks, Inc. ("TAE") is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to educating and engaging American taxpayers about wasteful government spending and the misguided practice of earmarks.

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Obama Bundlers-- Who and how much?

Bundlers are people with friends in high places who, after bumping against personal contribution limits, turn to those friends, associates, and, well, anyone who's willing to give, and deliver the checks to the candidate in one big "bundle."

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4 ways we're still fighting the Civil War

Before battle, his lips would quiver and his body went numb. When the shooting started, some of his comrades burst into maniacal laughter. Others bit the throat and ears of their enemy.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court race canvass continues

(CNN) - Waukesha County vote totals may have caused a stir in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election Thursday, but as vote results from additional counties become official, Justice David Prosser continues to lead JoAnne Kloppenburg.

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A cage match that's bad for the country

(CNN) -- Please don't get me wrong: As an American, I would swell with patriotic glee if the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development were unable for a few hours or even weeks to do their dirty business.

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Waste in Government fund Check it out and talk about it

Citizens against Government waste has put together a list of plausable cuts to our out rageous spending. Check it out and see if we can agree on anything.

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6 months, 7 Band-Aid budgets

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- And on the 190th day of the fiscal year, Congress passed ... yet another temporary spending bill. This one -- the seventh -- is billed as a bridge to a real budget that would set spending levels about $38 billion below where agencies started the year.

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