I saw these great info graphics from Forbes earlier today and had to share.  All the red lines below are people moving out.  Lot’s of people headed to low tax, concealed carry, business friendly Texas, hmmm….  There are more examples from Forbes here. How about Milwaukee, WI ? (Get away from some of the worst [...]

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Brandon on April 15th, 2010

It seems the supposed recovery is a little superficial/government fueled.  Could ObamaCare be just another way to keep up this spending blitz and artificial nominal GDP increase? Charts HT: Dad29

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Graphic Source: Gateway Pundit Original Article:  The Washington Post President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget will generate nearly $10 trillion in cumulative budget deficits over the next 10 years, $1.2 trillion more than the administration projected, and raise the federal debt to 90 percent of the nation’s economic output by 2020, the Congressional Budget Office reported [...]

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When given the option (in this case the “public option” of socialized healthcare) people will ultimately pursue the best care.  In the case of the Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams, that means getting away from Canada’s socialized system to be cared for in the US, where we have a private system that provides the highest quality [...]

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Brandon on January 11th, 2010

Jobs Created/Saved All too often now, we await breathlessly the next month’s job creation/job loss number on the new or in the paper.  Heck, our President claims to save or create jobs (with our tax dollars mind you) but, when it comes down to those numbers are meaningless.  They used to mean something, when the [...]

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The words people use tell us a lot about the true message of a document or group, this has never been more true than in the healthcare bill that the Democrats and President Obama are trying to force on the American people. The American Taxpayers Union has the details: “For example, in Reid’s bill, the [...]

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Brandon on October 30th, 2009

You heard that right, 13 new taxes! The one that bothers me the most? The new HSA taxes and limits.  Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are a responsible way for Americans to take control of their healthcare spending and save for the future. What do the Democrats do with it? Limit it!  They know what’s good [...]

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Brandon on October 20th, 2009

Sen.Baucus , President Obama and the rest of the Democrats have quite the spending spree planned.  Good thing they changed their accounting so more of the spending comes after the initial 10 year horizon, otherwise John Q Public never would have fallen for it…. This chart from The American Spectator does a great job of [...]

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Today Apple computer left the US Chamber of Commerce, and most of it’s consumers, in search of a pat on the back from Greenpeace and other far left environmentalists.  In a move that was a slap in the face to all it’s loyal customers (including this blogger), Apple has come out hard against average consumers [...]

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Brandon on September 8th, 2009

As predicted in my first post on the $8000 free downpayment giveaway passed by Obama and the Democrats in congress, the bad math behind the liberals’ attempts to revive a big government fueled recession with more big government are already becoming evident. It seems that when you give people money so they can overcome “oppressive” down [...]

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