Will once again set's aside the political pandering and discourse so readily raised by both sides of the political aisle with a needed dose of reality and perspective. Why we should avoid government health care in a well laid article. Stem-cell research, what are the consequences and alternatives? How valid is the position taken by many of our politicians in favor of certain research techniques? Where does abortion fit in with this? Is it a matter of pro-choice and pro-life? Or does it extend beyond that? Here are some articles that have taken on some of these questions. Obama's tax plan meets opposition, to no surprise. The best explanation Gheithner could muster for support of the tax hikes is that they wouldn't occur until the economy would supposedly be safely out of the recession. If they aren't good for us during a recession how do they become good after one? This is, in my opinion, how the government plans on paying for the ridiculous amount of spending that has happened in the name of stimulus and budget. It is like we are forced to take out a loan and pay the interest on it, but only if you make over $200,000. Let us all try to make under $200,000. May I suggest a salary cap for anyone that doesn't want to pay more taxes? Others defend this as fairness, since when is the federal government the authority on fair, really? They decide what is fair and then write laws to even the playing field'? The real winner is the federal government. I think fair is when the law applies evenly to all people. To me that sounds fair. The census in the west wing, how a stastical effort has become a political play.
Goodbye bipartisanship? Unlikely, it would have had arrived before it could leave. Just saying it is bipartisan does not make it so. That would be when both parties work together to make good legislation, not throw unreviewed legislation on the table for the vote without actually working it out in a truly bipartisan fashion.
Sen. Graham calls Obama AWOL, but backs it up.
Let's give Tom Daschle some credit, it is important to remove yourself from prominent positions or nominations when you are involved with illegal activity like tax evasion. Honest mistake or not, it bodes poorly for your party and the current administration. Now their could be some critics who claim, "He only withdrew after he was caught." I can agree that may be the case, but he withdrew. Unlike many other public servants who continue to fill government positions even after their dirty dealings were revealed. Here are some links to articles on Tom Daschle's withdraw.
Signs of a real plutocracy. It is one thing to be rich and in power, it is another to overlook law infractions so that those in power can maintain it.
Here is one more cabinet appointment with a sketchy record, and like other members of the democrat party currently in power it is a sketchy tax record.
And I guess some are okay with his inability to pay taxes as long as he provides healthcare for all America. For reals? Do the ends now justify the means? I guess it does if you are talking about healthcare but not if you are talking about the security of a nation.
Canadian article on tax evasion and the cabinet members who practice it.
A breakdown of the woes of President Obama's cabinet. Good to hear they are so qualified. What does that even mean anymore?
The first man with tax problems, Timothy Geithner, placed on Obama's cabinet. If he really just made a huge financial mistake and failed to pay a large sum of money to the government, then I can see it as forgivable. However that is the best case scenario and even the best case doesn't make his case to be Treasury Secretary. Can't handle your own finances, here's the countries, try this. Makes sense.
Stimulus plan passes 255-178 in House.
House Republicans try to push proposal, hoping for some consideration before the current stimulus bill is put to the vote.
Ah to be science and free of ideology. Obama's siding with science appears wise, however does science side with science? Isn't science an ideology itself? Here are some links to President Obama's remarks on siding with "science."
Goodbye bipartisanship?
And Limbaugh responds in his usual fashion. Take it for what it is worth, though I think it is important to hear how someone responds to accusation or criticism.
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