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Video: Will Taxing the Rich Fix the Deficit?

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Chuck Norton
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Obama Gave Chinese Solar Producer Suntech $337 Million…Now Bankrupt

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Chuck Norton

With so many of these green energy boondoggles it looks like this – Obama hands over tax-dollars to a fund raiser who is an owner in a junk “green energy company”. Said owners pay themselves in a big way, give … Continue reading →

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Obama Budget Goes After Charities

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Chuck Norton

Most charities help the wounded, the ill and/or the poor. Obama constantly claims that Republicans want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor and the old, but Obamacare and his budget do exactly that. Democrats often blame … Continue reading →

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Rand Paul Has By Far The Most Successful Poll-Tested Platform On Immigration Reform (video)

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Chuck Norton
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Obama Medicare Cuts Raise Middle Class Premiums

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Chuck Norton

Of course “cuts” doesn’t tell the whole story. That money, $714 billion, was not returned to the taxpayer, nor was that money used to pay the debt, nor was it returned to those who have paid into medicare for decades. … Continue reading →

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Study: Obamacare To Increase Claims Costs 32 Percent. White House Response Misleading…

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Chuck Norton

By Chuck Norton This is what happens when you add 21 new taxes to healthcare and insurance, 20,000 pages of new regulations (so far) and hundreds of new mandates on insurance, many of which make no sense. The IRS estimates … Continue reading →

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NBER: CRA and other leftist policies lead to mortgage collapse

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Chuck Norton

Those who are regular readers of Political Arena are not surprised by this as this writer has penned over a dozen articles on this very subject. The piece below is certainly written with a partisan attitude, but in this case … Continue reading →

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If There’s No Inflation, Why Are Prices Up So Much?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Chuck Norton

If the official inflation rate is next to zero, how come prices are going up so much? Sarah Palin was blasted by reporters and the Wall Street Journal in 2010 for pointing this out and explaining how food and fuel … Continue reading →

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Fed-Ex Founder: Govt regulations make it very difficult to start an industrial business today (video)

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Chuck Norton

And this is a fact, as of March 13, 2013 these are just the Obamacare regulations, over 20,000 pages (photo below). The tax code is over 60,000 pages. Apple founder Steve Jobs, according to his book, told Obama that government … Continue reading →

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Universal Studios Drops Health Insurance For Part Timers

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Chuck Norton

Related: IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Cost $20,000 Per Family Aetna CEO: Health insurance premiums will double because of Obamacare Our Health Law Category – LINK Via The Inquisitir: The  Universal Studios theme park resort in Florida will end health insurance for … Continue reading →

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IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Cost $20,000 Per Family

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Chuck Norton

Your employer might cover part of it, or the taxpayers may cover a part of it, but no matter who pays, the cost of insurance is going way up, while at the same time driving down the available resources for … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: increased jobless “the latest sign of stability”

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Chuck Norton

THIS is the degree the elite media will go to spin for this president. Remember when they said that the Bush recovery was a jobless recovery and his unemployment rate was 1% better than Clinton’s, which the press reported as … Continue reading →

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Unemployment up to over 12 million jobless (video)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Chuck Norton
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Foreign holdings of U.S. debt hits $5.48 trillion

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Chuck Norton

While we are raising your taxes and borrowing money from China to study Klingons…. AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign ownership of U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record level in October, a sign that overseas investors remain confident in U.S. … Continue reading →

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New York Times finally admits Reaganomics worked

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Chuck Norton

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Warner Todd Huston: After 30 years, The New York Times has admitted that Reaganomics worked. The inadvertent revelation comes in a November 29th article by Binyamin Appelbaum chronicling the steadily falling tax burden Americans … Continue reading →

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73% of new jobs created are government jobs…..

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Chuck Norton

John Nolte is on a roll lately with columns that are just home runs as far as content and quality of analysis. Read this one carefully. John Nolte: While the media pants with exhilaration over a dip in the unemployment … Continue reading →

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Youth Unemployment Highest Since WWII

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Chuck Norton

Ben Shapiro: Barack Obama has made quite a hubbub over the course of his presidency about education for young students, and jobs for young workers. Unfortunately, it seems he’s failed on both counts. According to a recent study produced by … Continue reading →

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Aetna CEO: Health insurance premiums will double because of Obamacare

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Chuck Norton

Of course Aetna is far from the first to say this. This very writer’s insurance premiums went up 12 times. Famed economist and statistician Dr. John Lott: So much for Obama’s promises.  From Bloomberg News: Health insurance premiums may as … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg poll shows more support Boehner tax plan, Bloomberg News spins it to favor Obama

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Chuck Norton

You mean the reporters lied by omission to create a false narrative? Say it ain’t so…. The Daily Caller (excerpt): The poll asked respondents, “President Obama has said he will not negotiate with Republicans on cuts to entitlement programs, including … Continue reading →

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Average Wait Time for Surgery in Canada 17.7 Weeks

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Chuck Norton

At least it is starting to improve after years of socialized medicine bringing quality down to the gutter. Largely because of the efforts of Prime Minister Harper and his TEA Party brand of economic conservatism have been introducing reforms and … Continue reading →

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Obamacare rules tax investment and capital far more than Clinton era levels

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Chuck Norton

So the only way to get a break, is to get favors legislated for you into the tax code. Or have the means to use lawyers and tax accountants to game the system as most possible, which isn’t an option … Continue reading →

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Middle Class Households Poorest in 43 Years

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Chuck Norton

But Obama says that he is transferring wealth to protect the middle class…… The only ones who get rich when government transfers wealth is government, because they transfer a LOT more to themselves per person than they do to the poor. CBS … Continue reading →

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Two-thirds of millionaires leave Britain to avoid 50% tax rate

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Chuck Norton

It is an undeniable truth of life that wealth, capital and labor go where they are treated well. It is this economic truth more than any other that prevents socialism, communism, fascism, and kleptocracy from yielding positive economic benefits in the long … Continue reading →

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Smaller insurance companies going away thanks to Obamacare

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Chuck Norton

As we have said several times before and even when yours truly wrote for his old college blog, consolidation is a goal of the progressive secular left. What is consolidation? It is when smaller players are driven out of the … Continue reading →

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Is your state a “death spiral” state?

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Chuck Norton

Are private sector workers are outnumbered by folks dependent on government in your state? If so don’t buy a house in that state, rent. The list from the worst, New Mexico with a 1.53 ratio to Ohio with a 1.00 … Continue reading →

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Some political strategists do get it…

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Chuck Norton

Jay Heine is one that has always “gotten it”. Political Strategist Jay Heine: You want to know why we lost ground in 2006, 2008 and 2012? We elect/select candidates that tell us what we want to hear, who are “electable”, … Continue reading →

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Latino voters are culturally no different than the population at large, believe Democrat’s false narratives

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Chuck Norton

There is some very wrongheaded thinking in part of the establishment GOP. They believe that in order to get in power Republicans should pander, and move to the left. Those who hold such a view actually seem to believe that … Continue reading →

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Why the Obamacare insurance mandate WON’T help those with pre-existing conditions (video)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Chuck Norton

The way the Obamacare health insurance mandate is structured is unsustainable. It creates what is called an “adverse selection spiral” (death spiral); meaning that if people act for their own best interests within the Obamacare structure, the more it weakens … Continue reading →

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Obama’s IRS targeting small business, less focus on mega-corps

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Chuck Norton

Breitbart News: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recoups $702 in taxes for every hour it spends auditing small businesses, versus $9,173 an hour for auditing large corporations. But under Barack Obama, audits of small and medium-sized businesses have skyrocketed. So … Continue reading →

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New Tax Hikes Motivating Small Businesses to Sell

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Chuck Norton

Going Galt. Wall Street Journal: A looming increase in the capital-gains tax rate next year is fueling sales of some privately-held businesses. Many business owners—mostly founders who could gain a lot from a sale—are looking to close deals before next … Continue reading →

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