Jeffrey A. Setaro

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A Commonsense Stimulus Plan

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Michelle Muccio offers a simple commonsense stimulus plan: I like it, suspending payroll taxes for a year would have a far more immediate effect than anything in the plan being rushed through congress. Personally, my idea of a stimulus plan would be: Make the Bush Tax cuts permanent. Cut the corporate tax rate from the […]

Breaking: House Democrats Pass Stimulus Package

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House Democrats today voted to pass the pork laden so called “Stimulus Plan” without a single Republican vote. The final tally was 246-183, with 7 Democrats joining all 176 house Republicans in voting no. 1 Democrat voted present. Update: Here’s a list of the Democrats who voted against the bill: Bobby Bright, Alabama Peter DeFazio, […]

Breaking News: Senator Judd Gregg Withdraws Nomination for Commerce Secretary

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Still Looking for details, but I’m hearing reports that  Sen. Judd Gregg (R- New Hampshire) has withdrawn his name from nomination for Commerce Secretary. Here’s the Via Drudge: For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 12, 2009 Senator Gregg Statement on His Withdrawal for Consideration of U.S. Commerce Secretary Sen. Gregg stated, “I want to thank the […]

The Biggest Idiot On Capitol Hill

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I was all set to name Chuck Schumer the biggest idiot on Capitol Hill for his remarks on the stimulus bill this morning. Via Michelle Malkin: The Senate is about to pass the Turbaconducken stimulus package. Sen. Schumer took to the floor about 20 minutes ago to fear-monger. He referred shamelessly to the “economic 9/11″ […]

Stupidity Run Amok: Teacher Placed On Leave For Facebook Photo

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I’m slowly working my way through the stories that I bookmarked over the weekend… Most of them aren’t blog worthy but this one: Teacher placed on leave for questionable Facebook posting BEAVER DAM (WKOW) — Beaver Dam school officials placed a middle school teacher on administrative leave after discovering a photograph of the teacher with […]

Stimulus Bill’s Healthcare Provisions Hazardous to Your Health

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Buried in amongst all the questionable spending and policy provision of the democrats Stimulus plan is what amounts to a socialized medicine Trojan Horse. The bill calls for, among other things, the creation of a new government bureaucracy, called the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. The goal of the new bureaucracy  is to reduce […]

Tom Coburn: The Stimulus Package Is More Debt We Don’t Need

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I wanted to mention Sen. Tom Coburn’s Op Ed in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, but I didn’t get chance. Coburn gets right to the heart of the matter this pork stuffed crap sandwich “will not only fail to stimulate the economy, but could seriously delay economic recovery.” As the Senate considers a massive $1.1 […]

Daschle Withdraws Nomination

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Former Senator Tom Daschle has with withdrawn his name from to be Barack Obama’s secretary of Health and Human Services. Former Democratic Senate leader Tom Daschle  withdrew his name from nomination to be President Barack Obama’s secretary of Health and Human Services today. The action occurs after revelations that Daschle failed to pay $128,000 in […]

Daschle’s Tax Evasion

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By now you’ve all heard about Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Daschle’s tax shenanigans. Tom Daschle, President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of Health and Human Services, paid about $140,000 in back taxes and interest after questions surfaced during the vetting of his nomination, according to documents being prepared by the Senate Finance […]

Cash for Clunkers???

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The Wall Street Journal has details on ongoing talks between auto industry officials and lawmakers on a plan aimed at  reviving vehicle sales. Under the proposal consumers who replace older gas guzzlers with new fuel-efficient cars would be eligible for federal tax credits of as much as $4,500. Auto-industry officials are in advanced talks with […]