Nations Debt: $166 Billion in one day
The nation’s debt leapt $166 billion in a single day last week, the third-largest increase in U.S. history, and it comes at a time when Congress is balking over higher spending and debt has become a key policy battleground.
The one-day increase for June 30 totaled $165,931,038,264.30 – bigger than the entire annual deficit for fiscal year 2007 and larger than the $140 billion in savings the new health care bill will produce over its first 10 years. The figure works out to nearly $1,500 for every U.S. household, or more than 10 times the median daily household income.
Daily debt calculations jump and fall, and big shifts are common. But all three of the biggest one-day debt increases have occurred under the tenure of President Obama, and all of the top six have been in the past two years – an indication of just how quickly the pace of deficit spending has risen under Mr. Obama and President George W. Bush.
Obama Nominee: “We need to Redistribute Wealth.”
Weren’t those the same sentiments echoed by the giants in the school of thought formerly known as Communism (aka Progressivism)? Think it’s funny Obama is bypassing the Senate to immediately put this guy into action. “Any health care funding plan…must redistribute wealth…Excellent Healthcare by is by definition redistribution.” See it in this clip (about the 1:40 mark).
WH: Obama filling Medicare post, bypassing Senate
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama intends to use the congressional recess to bypass the Senate and appoint Dr. Donald Berwick, an expert on patient care who’s drawn fire from the GOP, to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, the White House announced late Tuesday.
Are We Sure More Government Oversight Is Needed?
Obama Ratings Still Falling…
Could this be even more of an indicator of what is to come in 2012? From the ratings drop reported earlier, new polls suggest things are getting worse. What I found even more alarming is that 64% are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country…65%?!?!?
Other highlights of the research:
- How do Americans approve of congress? Only 13% gave congress a rating of good or better. (Ouch…I’d hate to be up for re-election in November).
- How do Americans approve of the President? Only 40% gave Obama a rating of good or better; I will note that this was up 1% from exactly one month ago.
- How much confidence do you have that the government in Washington D.C. will make progress over the next year on the most important problems facing the country? 10% said they have a lot of confidence.
- 60% are in favor of States making cuts to meet budget demands instead of federal government bailing them out (with cuts in road maintenance and public transportation being the most favorable areas).
- 60% are opposed to raising taxes
Sample size political demographic: Republican–24%; Democrat–31%; Independent–35%; No pref–5%; Other–5%. America is speaking loudly. Will manifest itself come November.
White House, Google violate lobbying pledge
Why can’t we ever get away from corrupt government? Why does this not surprise me.
Maybe a $150 billion company with 21,000 employees and 20 percent profit margins doesn’t count as big business or a special interest if it talks about “changing the world from the bottom up, not from the top down,” as President Obama put it.
Maybe a millionaire who spends his days leaning on policymakers to benefit his company isn’t a lobbyist if he calls himself an “Internet evangelist.”
Or maybe Google’s cozy relationship with the White House — exposed more clearly by e-mails recently made public through the Freedom of Information Act — is just one more instance of the administration’s actions contradicting Obama’s reformer rhetoric about battling the special interests and freeing Washington from lobbyist influence.
Timothy P. Carney: White House, Google violate lobbying pledge
Conservatives Still Outnumber Moderates, Liberals
In 2010, Conservatives Still Outnumber Moderates, Liberals.
Is this a precursor to 2010 elections? Maybe so.
Obama’s ratings continue to fall
President Barack Obama’s job performance rating has dropped to the lowest level of his presidency as Americans grow less confident in his leadership, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday.
Obama’s rating stood at 45 percent in the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, down 5 points from early last month. For the first time in the survey, more people — 48 percent — say they disapprove of Obama’s job performance.
A majority of respondents, 62 percent, said the country was on the wrong track.
Forty-nine percent of those surveyed rate Obama positively on “strong leadership qualities,” down from 70 percent when he became president and a drop of 8 points since January.
The poll also showed growing concern over the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and slipping confidence in Obama’s handling of the environmental disaster that has shut down rich fishing grounds and soiled the coastlines of four U.S. states.
Al Gore was focus of sex crime
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office confirmed today that a woman who alleged unwanted sexual contact by Al Gore reported it to police in 2006, and the prosecutor’s office was briefed by the Portland Police Bureau in late 2006 and January 2007.
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Top Democrat: Permenantly Extend Bush Tax Cuts
A top Democrat signaled for the first time that the party might scale back plans to permanently extend Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class, as deficit worries grow in Congress.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said in a speech Tuesday that Democrats would have to consider passing only a short-term extension of the middle-class tax breaks, which expire at the end of this year. In the longer term, taxes likely will be going up, at least for some people, he suggested.
“As the House and Senate debate what to do with the expiring Bush tax cuts in the coming weeks, we need to have a serious discussion about…whether we can afford to permanently extend them before we have a real plan for long-term deficit reduction,” the Maryland Democrat said in prepared remarks to Third Way, a centrist Democratic think tank, in Washington.
Popular Opinion in Line with the Conservative Right?
I’ll let you be the judge, but more and more polls are beginning to be more in line with the conservative right.
These polls suggest all right-leaning agendas:
- More military action
- Stricter immigration policy (in this case a double-whammy—military to enforce immigration)
- Military action to support Democracy and rebuttal any socialist-communist beliefs
- Against nationalized, government ran anything (Oil Industry, Banks, and Healthcare)
- Is the “Socialust” Hope for Change ObamAgenda ran its course? You be the judge.
Here’s the latest snap-shot from Rasmussen Reports.
67% Say Military Should Be Used On Border To Stop Illegal Immigration
Rasmussen Reports – Fri May 28, 10:51 am ET
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of U.S. voters say military troops should be sent to the Mexican border to prevent illegal immigration. A new Rasmussen Reports nationwide telephone survey finds that just 18% are opposed and another 15% are not sure. Full Story »
46% Oppose More Government Regulation of Financial System, 37% Favor
Rasmussen Reports – Thu May 27, 11:04 am ET
Forty-six percent (46%) of Americans oppose more government regulation of the U.S. financial system as Congress pushes through such legislation in hopes of having it for President Obama to sign into law by July 4. Full Story »
47% Say U.S. Should Aid South Korea Militarily
Rasmussen Reports – Wed May 26, 4:30 pm ET
As the saber-rattling increases on the Korean Peninsula, 47% of U.S. voters think the United States should provide military assistance to South Korea if it is attacked by its Communist neighbor to the north. Full Story »
65% Oppose Nationalization of U.S. Oil Industry
Rasmussen Reports – Tue May 25, 11:09 am ET
The Obama White House now says the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst oil spill in U.S. history, but most voters still don’t think a government takeover of the oil industry is a good remedy. Full Story »
63% Favor Repeal of National Health Care Plan
Rasmussen Reports – Mon May 24, 10:05 am ET
Support for repeal of the new national health care plan has jumped to its highest level ever. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Obama in March.
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