Shea-Porter Statement on Proposal Released by Co-Chairs of the Fiscal Commission

Washington, DC. – Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter released the following statement on the proposal released by the co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission. 

 

“The draft proposal by the co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission is just unfair.  The burden is overwhelmingly placed on middle class and low-income families, as well as our nation’s seniors.  I sincerely hope that major changes are made before any final recommendation is released.”    



CHQ - Tony Blankley: Tea Party is a revolt of the middle class

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Tony Blankley:  Tea Party is a revolt of the middle class
Washington Times - Tony Blankley writes, "The tea party movement will assert middle-class values, economic nationalism, patriotism and other concepts derided by post-modern elitists. The movement's central tenets -- small government, decentralization of power and end to profligate spending -- are precisely what [historian Christopher] Lasch prescribed to restore American democracy. The elite's fear and loathing of the tea party movement is rooted in the recognition that the real change is only now coming."

Watch this terrific Ron Johnson ad -- because it's true
YouTube -- Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson is overtaking incumbent liberal Russ Feingold in polls, and this recent ad will help you understand why. Mr. Johnson explains our Social Security system is a Ponzi scheme, and Russ Feingold has been part of the problem. Mr. Johnson shows that articulating conservative principles is, well, pretty darn easy.

Conservative Republican John Raese has eased ahead of Democratic favorite Gov. Joe Manchin in West Virginia special election Senate race -- Rasmussen Reports

New York conservative Senate nominee Joe DioGuardi may end up being the unlikely Senate-tipper -- American Thinker

Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold is a prime example of the career Washington insider that Americans want replaced in November -- Pajamas Media

If Republicans are serious about reducing government, why wouldn't they look to Ron Paul to write their "Pledge?" -- American Conservative
 
Local Tea Party group may have uncovered massive vote fraud in Texas -- Washington Examiner

The national media's (surprise!) hypocritically disparate treatment of Christine O'Donnell and Joe Biden -- Human Events

Minority Leader McConnell's spot-on op/ed about protecting political speech -- USA Today

Over seven in ten Republicans support the aims of the Tea Party according to a recent poll -- Wall Street Journal

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Len Britton for US Senate VT - A Tax Hike Will Be Devastating to the Middle Class

The Heritage Foundation just released a report detailing the effects on Vermont’s economy if the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts are allowed to expire.  According to the report, over a ten year period in Vermont, 1,625 jobs would be lost annually, households will lose nearly $5,000 in disposable income, and total receipts from individual income taxes would increase by a whopping $879 million.

“Senator Leahy has supported this tax increase from the beginning, even at a time when Vermonters are still losing their jobs and continue to struggle to provide for their families” explained Len Britton.  “If more than 1,500 Vermonters a year will lose their jobs as a result of a tax increase, it’s safe to say that this issue effects more than the rich. It will be devastating to the middle class.”

Heritage’s report also found on a national level, investment in housing, business, and personal savings would all decline.  Combine all of these statistics, and it is unlikely that economic recovery will arrive in the foreseeable future.  A vote on whether or not to allow expiration of the tax cuts has been postponed by Congress.

 

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Why Our Government Wants Open Borders
Empty Talk on Immigration Reform and Border Control
Who wants America flooded with illegal aliens?  Who wants our prisons full, our schools overcrowded and our hospital waiting rooms loaded with freeloaders?  The answer is obvious.  Call them what you will, conservatives, "the rich and powerful" or "big business," our open border problem is a huge moneymaker for our real "freeloaders," those who receive government largess and pay no taxes at all, America's rich and infamous.

EXXON corporation didn't pay a cent of taxes last year.  Few corporations pay anything and most Americans who make over $5 million a year pay a smaller percentage of income tax than a food stamp recipient.  Millions of Americans moved "offshore" years ago, like Halliburton did.  Paying the bill for illegal aliens falls on the middle class, folks who don't have "nannies" or gardeners or pool boys.  Who is really raking it in?.
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