Archive for the ‘Democrats’ Category

August 18, 2010 1

My favorite ad of the season: Crazy!

By Dennis in Democrat Curruption, Democrats, New Jersey Democrats, Obama
July 27, 2010 1

Groundhog day on Democrat Lies on Tax Cuts

By Dennis in Democrats, tax increase, tax lies

Just when you thought that the current congress and administration couldn’t channel George Bush any more to cover for their own significant issues, along comes the expiration of the ‘Bush Tax Cuts’ or as the Democrats call them, the ‘Bush Tax Cuts for the Rich’.  This entire argument when Bush was in office was a [...]

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June 4, 2010 0

Trentonian: NJ isn’t Venezuela!

By Dennis in Chris Christie, Democrats, Governor Christie, New Jersey Democrats, New Jersey Taxes, New Jersey spending

This editorial in today’s Trentonian was so good I had to share it in its entirety.  The link is here. Dear New Jersey Democrats, you aren’t Hugo Chavez and N.J. isn’t Venezuela Regarding your demands in the state legislature that the state government make like a Hugo Chavez and go after the wealthy for more [...]

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December 30, 2009 0

Shocking News: NJ Tax Receipts Down

By Dennis in Chris Christie, Corzine, Democrats, less tax receipts, spending problem

The Star Ledger today reported that New Jersey tax receipts are down: From January through September, New Jersey collected $20.34 billion in taxes — a loss of one of every seven dollars collected in the same period in 2008. The decline in New Jersey mirrored the experience of state governments nationwide in 2009, according to [...]

December 8, 2009 0

NJ Democrat Pols: Borrow more before Christie gets here!

By Dennis in 2.7 billion, Corzine, Democrats, borrowing, budget deficit, debt

Didn’t we just listen to the Governor of New Jersey progress through a re-election campaign and claim that he was the fiscally responsible one after many years of irresponsible government? Of course, his rap was much less believable when he last responded to a Schools Construction Corporation (the NJ government agency that manages public school [...]

November 6, 2009 8

Unemployment at 10% and where is congress? Why spending of course.

By Dennis in Democrats, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, federal spending, health care bill, job losses

From the AP: The Labor Department said Friday that jobless rate rose to 10.2 percent, the highest since April 1983, from 9.8 percent in September. The economy shed a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, less than the downwardly revised 219,000 lost in September, but more than economists expected. The jump in the jobless [...]

October 15, 2009 0

Foreclosures at a record high – and what is our government doing?

By Dennis in Democrats, economics, foreclosures

CNN Money today reported that home foreclosures are at a record high: Despite concerted government-led and lender-supported efforts to prevent foreclosures, the number of filings hit a record high in the third quarter, according to a report issued Thursday. “They were the worst three months of all time,” said Rick Sharga, spokesman for RealtyTrac, an [...]

September 9, 2009 0

Corzine’s silence on why he should be re-elected

By Dennis in Corzine, Democrats, election for nj governor, negative campaigning, no record

We are back after some much needed rest, relaxation and contemplation over politics and the state of our state and the country. I tried successfully to avoid news of New Jersey politics as I was out of state. It was much harder to avoid the next saga of Obamamania as the national news was pre-occupied [...]

August 25, 2009 0

Democrats announce major astroturf push!

By Dennis in Democrats, astroturf, fake demonstrations

Politico today announced that Democrats would be making a big healthcare push. The article begins with a laudable goal: Faced with a souring public mood on health care reform, Democrats and their supporters are launching a national grassroots push Wednesday to show lawmakers that the majority of Americans still support overhauling the system. Grassroots. I [...]

July 7, 2009 0

House Democrats want higher taxes for healthcare. Big shocker.

By Dennis in Barack Obama, Democrats, House of Representatives, federal spending, healthcare reform, wasted spending

The word is that House Democrats will be proposing higher taxes on “high” wage earners to pay for their healthcare proposals. From Bloomberg: Two people familiar with closed-door talks by committee Democrats said a House bill probably will include a surtax on incomes exceeding $250,000, as Congress seeks ways to pay for changes to a [...]