Facts Are Stubborn Things

  • Obama Floats Another Middle Class Tax Hike Trial Balloon
    Aug 25, 2009  - Facing ever larger deficits as the result of massive federal spending and the failure of the President’s stimulus plan to meet its stated goals, the White House again admitted today that the President may increase taxes on middle class families starting next year.  While President Obama had previo... More
  • Democrats Yank Middle Class Tax Relief from National Energy Tax Bill
    Jun 24, 2009  - In the middle of the night, Democrats yanked any energy tax relief for American families from their National Energy Tax bill (the cap-and-trade scheme under Waxman-Markey) and replaced it with a further expansion of their welfare program --- energy stamps.    This change renders t... More
  • Media Excerpts of Health Care Announcement: Vague, Unenforceable & Unusable by Congress
    May 11, 2009  - New York Times: …If history is a guide, their commitments may not produce the promised savings. Their proposals are vague — promising, for example, to reduce both “overuse and underuse of health care.” None of the proposals are enforceable, and none of the savings are guaranteed. Without such a gua... More
  • Democrat Leader Boasts: Government-Run Health Plan Will Eliminate Private Insurance, Create Single-Payer System
    May 1, 2009  - Democrat Chief Deputy Whip and Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) recently admitted that the push for a government-run health insurance plan is nothing short of an attempt to destroy the health insurance 174 million Americans currently have and create a single-... More
  • Even With Optimistic Unemployment Predictions, Obama Budget Disputes President's Claims of Job Creation
    Apr 30, 2009  - President Obama stated in an April 29, 2009 press conference that his economic stimulus plan has already “created or saved 150,000 jobs.”  That statement is at odds with steep continued job losses since the President signed the stimulus law on February 17, 2009 – including 663,000 jobs eliminated in... More
  • Analysis: 7 out of 10 Lose Their Employer Health Insurance Due to Government "Option"
    Apr 29, 2009  - As part of their health reform agenda, many Democrats are attempting to impose a government-run health insurance plan on millions of Americans.  They say this “option” will create “choice,” but a recent study proves it will force millions of Americans to lose their current health insurance, especial... More
  • President Barack Obama's First 100 Days
    Apr 28, 2009  - Higher taxes for families & small businesses No reform, but more deficit spending on health care More welfare checks & fewer paychecks  Raises taxes during an economic downturn: The President’s budget, as passed in the Senate and the House, contains hundreds o... More
  • Stunning Omissions and Revelations from EPA Analysis of the Waxman-Markey Plan to Tax Energy
    Apr 24, 2009  - Washington D.C. - The EPA released an analysis this week which gives an in-depth and surprising look at the Waxman-Markey energy tax plan. Revelations: Slower economic growth and bigger deficits at home lead to job growth in China and India: The EPA analysis assumes lower GD... More
  • Data Shows Democrats Stimulating Unemployment Check Writing, Not New Jobs
    Apr 23, 2009  - Washington D.C. - In light of today’s Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support hearing on “Implementation of Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the Recovery Act,” Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and ISFS Subcommittee Ranking Member John Linder (R-GA) release... More
  • Orszag: Geithner Wrong, Administration Will Push Forward with Tax Increases on Charitable Contributions, Home Ownership
    Mar 9, 2009  - Study shows tax increases would reduce philanthropic giving by $4 billion FACT: During hearings in the Senate last week President Obama’s plan to tax charitable contributions and home ownership met head-on resistance forcing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to back away from the President’s plan... More