WASHINGTON – Congressman Chris Lee (NY-26) yesterday urged Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to reject a “severely misguided” proposal that would force veterans to pay for treatment of service-related injuries.Currently, veterans only have to use private insurance when they receive care from the VA for medical issues that are not related to service injuries. At [...]

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Earlier I wrote a post and  did not mean to disparage day labourers.  Believe it or not I am actually a plumber, my name is not Joe though. I admired the real Joe the Plumber because I did see myself in him. I have a small plumbing business that was hanging in there until the [...]

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The AIG Bonus scandal remains the biggest story in Washington. The Conservative has covered it quite nicely.
I am amazed by the faux outrage being expressed by so many Congress members. It is clear that they realize that the public is about fed up with bail-outs, stimulus, etc., etc., etc. They are terrified of suffering any negative [...]

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If Sen. Chris Dodd feels so strongly about his support of the stimulus bill that allowed AIG to pocket millions in bonuses, he might find a friend in Democrat Scott Murphy who will bring that same attitude to Congress if elected on March 31st, according to Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy Wednesday.”It might be [...]

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This is the change we were promised — welfare advocates stormed the state capitol yesterday, upset with Governor Paterson’s proposal to up their benefits by 10%.  They’re hoping for 30%. 
From the Associated Press:
“This is my first experience being on government assistance, I’m not too familiar with the struggle,” said Charles, of Yonkers. “But I’m going [...]

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Did you catch Christina Romer, an economic advisor to President Obama, on Meet The Press Sunday?
Here’s what she had to say:
WASHINGTON – The economy is fundamentally sound despite the temporary “mess” it’s in, the White House said Sunday in the kind of upbeat assessment that Barack Obama had mocked as a presidential candidate.
(snip)
During the fall [...]

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Earlier I wrote a post on why AIG got the bonuses.  Since then I have learned that Senator Chris Dodd (D) Connecticut is trying to create a law that taxes the money at 90%. This sounds like righteous indignation that is spreading across America.   The only problem I have  found is that it was Dodd [...]

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