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| January 6th, 2012 by Cindy in Get The Facts
Investors Business Daily – Occupy Party vs. Tea Party Comparison -…
The Democrats have said that the Occupy Party was their answer to and “just like” the Tea Party. The data below conclusively indicates otherwise. Amazingly, this listing only covers reported actions and events.
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REPORTED
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OCCUPY PARTY
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TEA PARTY
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ARRESTS
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4149+
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0
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DEATHS
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7
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0
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RAPES
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12
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0
|
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ARSON DAMAGE
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$10,000,000.00
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$0
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PUBLIC DEFECATION
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YES
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NO
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ANTISEMITIC RANTS
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12
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0
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COST TO TAXPAYERS (11/9)
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$19,327,487.00+
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$0
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PUBLIC MASTURBATION
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3
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0
|
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MOLOTOV COCKTAILS THROWN
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10
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0
|
|
FIGHTS STARTED
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YES
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NO
|
|
CHILDREN EXPLOITED
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YES
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NO
|
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POLICE CARS DAMAGED
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2
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0
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PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS
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YES
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NO
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DRUG POSSESSION ARREST
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YES
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NO
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CONCEALED WEAPON ARREST
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YES
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NO
|
|
DRUG OVERDOSE
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YES
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NO
|
|
THEFTS
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YES
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NO
|
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BURGLARIES
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YES
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NO
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VANDALISM ARREST
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YES
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NO
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TRESPASSING ARREST
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YES
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NO
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NON FATAL SHOOTINGS
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1
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0
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PUBLIC URINATION
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YES
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NO
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URINATION ON OTHERS
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YES
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NO
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ISRAELI FLAGS BURNED
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2
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0
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AMERICAN FLAGS BURNED
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1
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0
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AMERICAN FLAGS DANCED ON
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1
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0
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AMERICAN FLAGS DESECRATION
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25
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0
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FELONY ASSAULT ON AN EMT
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1
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0
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HEAD/BODY LICE OUTBREAKS
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1
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0
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TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAKS
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1
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0
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MURDER
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1
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0
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SUICIDE
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1
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0
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SHOTS FIRED AT WHITE HOUSE
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1
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0
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SCABIES OUTBREAKS
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1
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0
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OBAMA ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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PELOSI ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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CAIR ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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SOCIALIST PARTY ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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NAZI PARTY ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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COMMUNIST PARTY ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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BIDEN ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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HUGO CHAVEZ ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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BLACK PANTHERS ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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HEZBOLLAH ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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MARXIST UNION ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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9/11 TRUTHER ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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BOLSHEVIK ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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IRAN GOVERNMENT ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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AYATOLLAH ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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NORTH KOREA ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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FARRAKHAN ENDORSED
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YES
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NO
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| March 3rd, 2011 by Cindy in Get The Facts
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January 2009 |
TODAY |
% chg |
Source |
| Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. |
$1.83 |
$3.104 |
69.6% |
1 |
| Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) |
$43.48 |
$99.02 |
127.7% |
2 |
| Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) |
$38.74 |
$91.38 |
135.9% |
2 |
| Gold: London (per troy oz.) |
$853.25 |
$1,369.50 |
60.5% |
2 |
| Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL |
$3.56 |
$6.33 |
78.1% |
2 |
| Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL |
$9.66 |
$13.75 |
42.3% |
2 |
| Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob |
$13.37 |
$35.39 |
164.7% |
2 |
| Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall |
7.6% |
9.4% |
23.7% |
3 |
| Unemployment rate, blacks |
12.6% |
15.8% |
25.4% |
3 |
| Number of unemployed |
11,616,000 |
14,485,000 |
24.7% |
3 |
| Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim) |
2,779,000 |
2,840,000 |
2.2% |
3 |
| Real median household income (2008 v 2009) |
$50,112 |
$49,777 |
-0.7% |
4 |
| Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10) |
31,983,716 |
43,200,878 |
35.1% |
5 |
| Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10) |
7,526,598 |
9,193,838 |
22.2% |
6 |
| Number of long-term unemployed |
2,600,000 |
6,400,000 |
146.2% |
3 |
| Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) |
13.2% |
14.3% |
8.3% |
4 |
| People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) |
39,800,000 |
43,600,000 |
9.5% |
4 |
| U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings |
5 |
9 |
n/a |
10 |
| Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10) |
29.9 |
23.5 |
-21.4% |
11 |
| Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date) |
140 |
164 |
17.1% |
12 |
| U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate |
89.76 |
82.03 |
-8.6% |
2 |
| U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) |
1,575.1 |
1,865.7 |
18.4% |
13 |
| U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) |
8,310.9 |
8,852.3 |
6.5% |
13 |
| National debt, in trillions |
$10.627 |
$14.052 |
32.2% |
14 |
Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation’s history.
Over 27 times as fast!
Metaphorically, speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane 27 times faster . . .it would be doing 1,755 MPH!
This is a disaster!
Sources:
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration;
(2) Wall Street Journal;
(3) Bureau of Labor Statistics;
(4) Census Bureau;
(5) USDA;
(6) U.S. Dept. of Labor;
(7) FHFA;
(8) Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller;
(9) RealtyTrac;
(10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ;
(11) The Conference Board;
(12) FDIC;
(13) Federal Reserve;
(14) U.S. Treasury
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| November 16th, 2010 by Cindy in Get The Facts The burden of regulation on Americans increased at an alarming rate in fiscal year 2010. Based on data from the Government Accountability Office, an unprecedented 43 major new regulations were imposed by Washington. And based on reports from government regulators themselves, the total cost of these rules topped $26.5 billion, far more than any other year for which records are available. These costs will affect Americans in many ways, raising the price of the cars they buy and the food they eat, while destroying an untold number of jobs. With the enactment of new health care laws, financial regulations, and plans for rulemaking in other areas, the regulatory burden on Americans is set to increase even further in the coming year. Continue reading from The Heritage.
| July 12th, 2010 by Cindy in Get The Facts Source for the unemployment figures: a spreadsheet taken yesterday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics website. Republican period: January 1995-December 2006. Democrat period: January 2007-June 2010. Click here for chart.
| April 16th, 2010 by Cindy in Get The Facts About 47 percent of U.S. households will pay no federal income taxes for 2009. Either their incomes were too low or they qualified for enough credits, deductions and exemptions to eliminate their liability. That is according to projections by the Tax Policy Center, a Washington research organization.
In recent years, credits for low- and middle-income families have grown so much that a family of four making as much as $50,000 will owe no federal income tax for 2009, as long as there are two children younger than 17, according to a separate analysis by the consulting firm Deloitte Tax LLP:
Continue reading article from NCPA…
| April 15th, 2010 by Cindy in Get The Facts What is the right of Initiative? It is the right of citizens to propose state laws or constitutional amendments which after they have collected enough signatures, the proposed legislation is placed on the geneal election ballot for the approval (or rejection) by the Texas voters.
What is the right of Referendum? It is the right of citizens to repeal laws passed by the state legislature that the citizens feel are harmful. They do this in the same way as the initiative, collecting signatures and having the proposition placed on the general election ballot for approval or rejection by Texas voters. The legislature passed law cannot go into effect until the paople have voted.
Please note that this is not endorsed by We The People-Longview. It is for you to decide. If you would like to learn more, please visit their website for more information: Initiative For Texas.
| March 14th, 2010 by Cindy in Get The Facts Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods as the nation struggles through its longest period of high joblessness in a generation. Critics are taking aim, saying that the Depression-era program created as a temporary bridge for laid-off workers is turning into an expensive entitlement.
- About 11.4 million out-of-work people now collect unemployment compensation, at a cost of $10 billion a month.
- Half of them have been receiving payments for more than six months, the usual insurance limit.
- But under multiple extensions enacted by the federal government in response to the downturn, workers can collect the payments for as long as 99 weeks in states with the highest unemployment rates — the longest period since the program’s inception.
Continue reading article.
| January 29th, 2010 by Cindy in Get The Facts Weather-wise it has been a very cold January, and politically the Scott Brown Senate victory has chilled Washington Democrats even further. But if the Democratic economic policies continue nevertheless, this year will be nothing like the bitter economic January we will be living in a year from now, says Pete du Pont, Chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis and a former Governor of Delaware. Government spending has already hugely increased, and so has the size and scope of government, but next year there will also be substantial tax increases for a great many Americans. Coninue Reading article from NCPA.
| October 12th, 2009 by Cindy in Get The Facts The most recently added czar is Kevin Jennings, the “Safe Schools” czar. Please read about his colorful past at FoxNews.com.
Glenn Beck’s website has a total listing of czars and their biographies. Nine of these czars have been appointed by the Senate: California Water czar, Drug czar, Government Performance czar, Intelligence czar, Regulatory czar, TARP czar, Weapons czar and Technology czar.
For more info on the history of czars go to Wikipedia and the White House Blog.
It is not so much the number of czars that is concerning but what some of them have said and done in the past.
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