Thursday, March 19, 2009

Rick Santelli's Chicago Tea Party

Rick Santelli's Chicago Tea Party

Newt Gingrich “Partners” With Tax Day Tea Party

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:33 PM PDT

In 1994, Newt Gingrich, along with several other prominent Republicans introduced their "Contract with America" after taking a majority control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. The Contract called for a renewed faith in Washington D.C., namely in the Republican Party, asking for Americans across the country to put their faith [...]

National debt hits $11 trillion

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:55 PM PDT

According to a CBS News blog, this equates to about $36,000 of debt for every man, woman, and child. Here are some even more chilling statistics: It just took a little over five and a half months to go another trillion dollars into debt. To put this in perspective, it took our government 191 [...]

Climate plan may cost $2 trillion, Healthcare plan $1.5 trillion

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 10:28 AM PDT

According to a Washington Times article, President Obama’s climate plan may cost three times as much as the initial estimate of “cap and trade” legislation over an eight year period. And on the healthcare front, Obama’s plan for universal coverage could end up costing more than double the original estimate over the next decade. [...]

Citigroup’s chief economist to advise US Treasury Secretary

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 08:26 AM PDT

No, it’s not a typo. Lewis Alexander, Citigroup’s chief economist, is being tapped to counsel US Secretary Treasury Timothy Geithner. According to the article, he was quoted as saying in December 2007 that while he believed the housing market would remain weak well into 2008, it was more likely that the economy would [...]

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