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NJ Gov. Christie Evades Government Spending in Union Giveaway

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Jim

Bloomberg reports that New Jersey’s unfunded public employee pension liability increased by $5.5 in 2012, which is a 13% increase in the states total unfunded pension liability. As I have written before in the case of Obama’s $761.5 billion accounting … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, Political Discussions | Tagged Barack Obama, Bloomberg, Bosch Fawstin, Chris Christie, corruption, debt, debt ceiling, deficit hawk, deficit reduction, deficits, Elise Young, New Jersey, pensions, public employee unions, Terrance Dopp, unfunded liabilities | Leave a comment

Obama Using Accounting Cheat to Hide $761.5 Billion in Deficit Spending

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Jim

Federal Times reports an OPM announcement that the unfunded liability for federal employee pensions is $761.5 billion– the size of a TARP bailout. Today private companies, like Ford, have been pouring their profits into pension liabilities instead of new jobs, … Continue reading →

Posted in President | Tagged Barack Obama, corruption, debt, debt ceiling, deficit hawk, deficit reduction, deficits, pensions, unfunded liabilities | 5 Comments

Raising the Debt Ceiling, a False Controversy

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Jim

In January 2013, our Congress voted to temporarily suspend the federal debt ceiling [HR 325]. This political grandstanding was designed to stick President Obama with the tar baby of our federal debt and distract Americans from that fact that Congress … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Political Discussions | Tagged appropriations, Balanced Budget Act, Barack Obama, debt, debt ceiling, deficit hawk, deficit reduction, deficits, Frank Wolf, John Boehner, Mo Brooks | Leave a comment

Open Letter to Gary Johnson

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Jim

Personally, I prefer to write about political policy over campaign tactics; however, this video and script offers a few interesting points related to Selfish Citizenship: (1) history as facts from reality to use as a guide, (2) understanding that success/improvement … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, President | Tagged Albert Gallatin, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, C-SPAN, civil society, Congress, deficit hawk, drinking age, election, Freedom Party, Gary Johnson, history, James Carville, James Garfield, Libertarian, President, Reform movement, Republican, Ross Perot, spoils system, Tea Party, The Contenders, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny | 9 Comments

Tag Archives: deficit hawk

NJ Gov. Christie Evades Government Spending in Union Giveaway

Obama Using Accounting Cheat to Hide $761.5 Billion in Deficit Spending

Raising the Debt Ceiling, a False Controversy

Open Letter to Gary Johnson

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