Fiscal Responsibility

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• Saving Your Tax Dollars, Bottom-Up

  
  White House.gov Blog — Authority: 774
  Click here to see the video. The President made clear early on that part of the way he intended to change the way Washington does business is by looking in every nook and cranny of government both for waste and abuse, and for ideas on how to root it out. Speaking in the Diplomatic room today, he had a chance to ...
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• Remarks by the President on the SAVE Award and Making Government More Efficient and Effective

  
  White House.gov — Authority: 827
  11:21 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  Good morning.  Before I begin, I want to say a brief word about the historic vote which took place early this morning.  The United States Senate knocked down a filibuster aimed at blocking a final vote on health care reform, and scored a big victory for the ...
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• President Obama Announces Agencies to Save $19 Billion in Contracting Reforms

  
  White House.gov — Authority: 827
  1:42 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello.  Good afternoon, everybody.  You know that I am from Chicago, so let me first say that with the place where I live covered with snow I’m finally starting to feel like home.  And I am sorry to drag you guys out in this weather, but I wanted to speak briefly to you about the ...
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• One Again Teachers Union Shows Kids Don’t Matter

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 675
  -By Warner Todd Huston A recalcitrant teachers union in Florida once again shows that reform for the sake of the kids doesn’t interest it. A federal program called Race to the Top bestows federal money on any district that institutes merit pay and reforms its schools. Guess who hates the idea. Yep, you guessed ...
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• Nothing You Do Matters to the Government

  
  Punchinello's Chronicles — Authority: 112
  Have you ever wondered how the government (at all levels) can continue to do some of the harebrained stupid things we’re reading about? Have you thought that a little common sense would go a long way toward getting the economy going again? So how come it doesn’t happen? Why does it seem that politicians repeatedly ...
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• The Daily Show on Dealing with the Debt

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 464
  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c You’re Welcome - Debt Ceiling www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Getting rid of our debt? Why, all it takes is some alchemy, animal cruelty, and a really creative stimulus plan ...
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• Bernanke Endorsed by Senate Banking Committee, Supports Limited Fed Audit

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  Yesterday, in a bi-partisan vote , the Senate Banking Committee approved Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernankes nomination to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman. The vote wasnt in any doubt, although the closeness of the margin, 16 to 7, does indicate the contentiousness of Bernankes nomination. The ...
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• This Week in Deficit Hawks

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  On Thursday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), in an attempt to become more " relevant ," held a hearing in search of fiscal remedies to the countrys growing $12 trillion debt. Rather than provide a platform for exploring different options, though, Lieberman lined up witnesses to trumpet a special congressional ...
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• Julie Fosbender's SAVE Award Story

  
  White House.gov Blog — Authority: 774
  Visitors who camp in National Forest Campgrounds are required to pay a fee to cover the costs of the services (toilets, trash removal, etc) they receive while camping.  If a Forest Ranger isn’t present to collect these fees in person, campers are directed to deposit their fee into a fee tube. When a Forest Ranger ...
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• Huston Prescott's SAVE Award Story

  
  White House.gov Blog — Authority: 774
  Back in September when I submitted an idea for the SAVE Award program , I never thought that I would be selected as one of four finalists. I honestly didn’t expect it to be forwarded for someone to actually read. Imagine my surprise when I received a phone call in early December telling me I was in the “final ...
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• The Current Debt Is Inherited, But Future Deficits Are Chosen

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 464
  The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued this report this week, which claims that “President Obama Largely Inherited Today’s Huge Deficits.”  The headline chart is shown above, which proves the point that President Bush’s deficit financed tax cuts and deficit-financed wars account for most of the ...
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• Christie Dickson's SAVE Award Story

  
  White House.gov Blog — Authority: 774
  I first found out about the President’s SAVE Award through an email which was circulated throughout the Social Security Administration (SSA) encouraging employees to submit their ideas for participation in the Presidents SAVE Award. I felt that there would be so much competition and so many great ideas that would ...
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• Are the Fiscally Conservative Democrats Scared or Just Tired?

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 464
  I find this story in today’s Washington Post troubling, because it contains the names of quite a few Blue Dog Democrats or otherwise fiscally-responsible Democrats I’ve worked for at the House Budget Committee and House Ways and Means Committee.  From the story (my emphasis and references added): House ...
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• Obama Says He Gives ‘Better Gifts’? Don’t Ask the Brits About That One

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 675
  -By Warner Todd Huston On yet another appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show, President Barack Obama broke his own arm patting himself on the back telling the talk show maven that he gives better gifts than he gets. As Chicago’s Lynn Sweet reports , “When it comes to gifts, President Obama says he gives ‘nicer ...
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• Science, Smoking, Healthcare, All Prove Gov’t Can’t be Trusted

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 675
  -By Warner Todd Huston Just sit back and let big daddy government show you the way. The Democrat Party is assuring us that they know better because they have science, educated people, doctors, all that “expertise” in their control and further more they “care” about us all and they want us to know that ...
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• Legislators get brand new toys while citizens will feel impact of budget cuts

  
  Dee's 'Dotes — Authority: 118
  While budgets are being slashed, Utah legislators have and will reap the benefits of new technology: brand new laptops and cell phones. The justification for this? According to an article in the Deseret News : ….legislative leaders point out that the new computers were authorized several years ago when the ...
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• So 2010 is all about jobs, fiscal responsibility and the deficit but not immigration reform?

  
  culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — Authority: 529
  And people think am a cynic when I say Democrats are not going to do anything that will shake the "all enforcement, all the time" nativist framing of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. From Coming Up In 2010: All About The Deficit | TPMDC : Top aides on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue say 2010 will be the year of ...
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• Christmas Comes Early for the IRS

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  With the Houses clearance of the $447 billion omnibus spending bill on Thursday and the Senate expected to pass the same legislation this weekend, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is set to finally get that substantial boost in funding this year. During appropriation mark-ups earlier this year, Congress allocated ...
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• Democrats and the debt ceiling

  
  Letters in Bottles — Authority: 141
  “The bill’s already been run up; the credit card has already been used. When you get the bill in the mail you need to pay it." - Rep. Dave Obey Congressman Obey, why the hell were you spending with a credit card in the first place? The numbers getting tossed around show just how fiscally irresponsible the ...
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• What Child Is This

  
  Sanity Sentinel — Authority: 123
  "One of the central goals of this administration is restoring fiscal responsibility". - Barack Hussein Obama, Brookings Institution, December 8th 2009 Through the first two months of fiscal year 2010, the Obama administration has racked up $292 billion in deficits, according to the Congressional Budget Office ...
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