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To: SeachRE who wrote (163909)	1/15/2010 9:05:58 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

As Pelosi schmoozed in the media glow with GM CEO Ed Whitacre Jr., Fiat-Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne and United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger, tea party activists protested outside in the cold, objecting to this tilted and unfamiliar world in which the political class in essence runs two-thirds of what was once America's proud Big Three. While Washington is trying to save for political reasons companies that should be left to live or die on their own, these hardy people were attempting to save a principle that inspired the founding of our nation. And unlike Washington, they don't require the use of other people's money. Politicians are welcome to visit car shows, as they have every right to attend movies, concerts, plays and sporting events. Their public duties should not bar them from legitimate private amusement. It's OK for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to say he felt "like a kid in a candy shop" at the car show. We get what he meant. But when the speaker of the House gets "behind the wheel of Detroit's auto show," as the Detroit Free Press reported, and is "thronged by reporters and cameras," it's further confirmation that our republic is losing its way.

To: SeachRE who wrote (163909)	1/24/2010 6:04:43 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 173976

“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com By John Stossel January 20, 2010 In a Reason Magazine interview last year, Ted Balaker asked me about my hopes for the incoming Obama administration. "Maybe Obama will be financially responsible," I said [1]. I’m so inclined to wishful thinking. It's now been one year since Obama took office. He promised fiscal responsibility. Then he broke lots of those promises. Here is a list of some: Promise #6: No Tax Increase on Families Making Under 250k “Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase - not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes,” Obama said in a September 2008 town hall meeting in Dover. Reality: In his first year in office, he proposed Cap and Trade, which would be a fat tax on everyone. He increased the cigarette tax by 159 percent, and now we have that proposed tax on fancy health care benefits. During the campaign, he criticized John McCain for just suggesting that. “My opponent can't make that pledge [not to raise taxes] and here’s why: for the first time in American history, John McCain wants to tax your health care benefits," he said in the same speech. But now it's Obama who wants to tax health plans: “This reform will charge insurance companies a fee for their most expensive policies,” he said in his health care address to Congress. Promise #5: Ban Earmarks "We are going to ban all earmarks,” Obama said at a press conference on January 6, 2009. Reality: The first spending bill he signed had over 9,000 earmarks [2]. Promise #4: I Won't Force Americans To Buy Insurance During the campaign, Obama attacked Hillary Clinton: “She believes we have to force people who don’t have insurance,” he said in a primary debate in January 2008. In a Feb. 2008 CNN interview, he added [3]: “If a mandate was the solution, we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating that everybody buy a house.” Reality: This September, he told Congress: “Under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance.” Promise #3: Health care negotiations will be on C-SPAN Obama promised at least eight times [4] that "we’re going to do all the negotiations on C-SPAN, So the American people will be able to watch.” Reality: They haven’t been there. Well, briefly. C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb said [5], “The only time we’ve been allowed to cover the White House part of it was one hour inside the East Room, which was kind of just a show horse type of thing.” Promise #2: Putting bills online Obama promised “When there’s a bill that ends up on my desk as President, you the public will have five days to look online, and find out what’s in it before I sign it.” Reality: He broke that promise when he singed his first bill, the Fair Pay Act. He's broken it since, for instance on the Credit Card Bill of Rights and an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Promise #1: Cutting spending On the campaign trail, Obama promised to cut spending several times. In the second presidential debate, he said that “actually, I am cutting more than I’m spending. So it will be a net spending cut.” In the third debate, he reiterated: “what I've done throughout this campaign is to propose a net spending cut.” Of course, Republicans made claims like that, too. Bush Sr. is famous for his “Read my lips. No new taxes” line. Bush Jr. made statements like “Prosperity requires restraining the spending appetite of the federal government.” Reality: Here’s a graph: [6] Under both parties, government’s appetite grows. But look how sharply the line rose after Obama took office. Spending increased 2 TRILLION dollars -- more than any year in history. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2642 - Release Date: 01/24/10 01:33:00 YouTube - Videos from this email Reply Reply to all Forward