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Big Government » Blog Archive » Big PhRMA Payoff: Hidden Tax on Pedialyte, Prenatal Vitamins, and Pain Relievers Oh yes we have all heard our Democratic congressman and our President tell us again that only the rich will pay higher taxes, but what about those taxes hidden ion the Health Care Bills of both the [...]

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Big Government » Blog Archive » University of Michigan Study Confirms Link Between Financial Bailout and Corruption There is a new study from a couple of academics at the University of Michigan, who found significant relationships between lobbying and bailout money, as well as a greater chance of getting bailouts depending on a bank’s ties [...]

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President Obama said the bills are 95% alike.    I guess math was not his forte either.   Hey, he can still do a hot job reading the teleprompter, so give the guy  credit for something, okay?  BB A comparison of key components in the House bill that was approved last month and the Senate bill heading [...]

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There are two interesting articles on the who, how and how much buys our congressmen and women. Through the first three quarters of 2009, Washington lobbyists have spent $2.5 billion lobbying the federal government, a pace that will shatter the $3.3 billion record lobbyists spent last year. Senators overseeing health bill debate have received millions [...]

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Big Government » Blog Archive » Earmarks Buy ObamaCare Posted using ShareThis We Americans are contemptuous of the bribery and corruption that goes on in other governments around the world and insist they clean up their governments or we will withhold funding or other aid, but we tolerate the bribery that goes on constantly in [...]

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The Weekly Standard ACORN has too many friends in Washington and no matter how many times they are seemiongly thrown under the bus they rise again. Senator Roland Burris an Illinois Democrat, is claiming credit for a provision in Harry Reid’s “manager’s amendment,” unveiled Saturday morning, that could funnel money to ACORN through the health [...]

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I keep several web sites on my home page so I can keep up and one of the most informative is Big government. I highly recommend this web site to anyone who wants accurate and timely news. Just a few topics available today: . **CLOTURE**: 60-40 Middle-of-Night Senate Vote Closes off debate on ObamaCare… 2. [...]

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RSC Update: Monday, December 21, 2009 From the Chairman Early this morning, Senator Reid and his Democrat colleagues advanced their latest health care disaster with a dead-of-night vote on a bill larded up with handouts for certain Senators only to secure their votes. This is an atrocity that we must not take sitting down. It might [...]

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Morning Bell: The Health Care Fight Has Just Begun – Inbox – Yahoo! Mail The Health care reform fight has just begun.  Now we have out there a bill in writing that will without a doubt be the one to pass the House and be placed on President Obama’s desk.  For the first time in [...]

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