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Archive for May 25, 2011

Porkulus: Cash for Tax Cheats

Townhall.com

When President Obama signed the trillion-dollar stimulus law in 2009, he proclaimed that he was “keeping the American dream alive in our time.” The stimulator-in-chief failed to mention that billions would be spent keeping American tax scammers afloat on our dime.

At a congressional hearing on Tuesday, federal auditors reported on the latest porkulus spending gone wild. According to a new General Accounting Office audit conducted over the past year, nearly 4,000 stimulus recipients received $24 billion in Recovery Act funds — while owing more than $750 million in unpaid corporate, payroll and other taxes. Among the tax-cheating federal contractors and grant winners who raked in stimulus bucks, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found:

– Two social services groups with nearly $3 million in unpaid taxes each received more than $1 million in stimulus awards.

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Journalist: Pawlenty prepared, qualified

OneNewsNow.com

Russ Jones
5/24/2011 9:30:00 AM

Gov. Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota)The editor of Tea Party Review says while Tim Pawlenty may not be a “charismatic” candidate, he brings experience and a record that instantly qualifies him for the Oval Office.

Republican Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota, kicked off his 2012 presidential campaign before a crowd Monday in Des Moines, Iowa. As the GOP field begins to settle into place, Pawlenty, along with his wife Mary, held a town-hall event in the first caucus state of Iowa. The pro-life candidate is a former Catholic who has become an evangelical Christian.

Dr. Steven J. Allen, editor of Tea Party Review, says Pawlenty’s legislative experience has prepared him for the Oval Office.
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Democrats Say U.S. House Victory Sends Message on Medicare

Newsmax.com

Wednesday, 25 May 2011 08:24 AM

By Newsmax Wires

Democratic national leaders touted Kathy Hochul’s victory in an election for an open congressional seat in a western New York district that traditionally has been safe GOP turf as a clear sign of public opposition to the Republican plan to privatize Medicare.Analysts cautioned about reading too much into the election results from one congressional district, even one long controlled by Republicans. Still, they said the Democratic win should make Republicans nervous about voters’ reception to their Medicare proposal.Don’t count Rep. Paul Ryan among the nervous, the author of the budget plan involving Medicare, who defiantly predicted on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning that the Democrats would ramp up what he described as their “Mediscare” tactics. The Wisconsin Republican denounced the Democratic attacks as “demagoguery.”

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