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Tax Cut Compromise $858 billion Boondoggle – Endangers US Credit Rating

Originally published December 16, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 16, 2010. 1 Comment

Tax Cut Compromise $858 billion Boondoggle – Endangers US Credit Rating

By Shelli Dawdy This is a continuation from yesterday’s article about the Tax Cut Compromise. If Democrats’ want to play class warfare, perhaps the debate should include such vivid examples of where this kind of rhetoric can ultimately lead if it is allowed to stand unchallenged. In Soviet Russia, upper-middle class peasants known as kulaks […]

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Obama – GOP Tax Compromise is a $858 billion Compromise of Principle

Originally published December 15, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 15, 2010. 1 Comment

Obama – GOP Tax Compromise is a $858 billion Compromise of Principle

By Shelli Dawdy Webster’s online dictionary provides some example phrases for some words. I find one of the

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Soaking the Rich: Why Warren Buffett is All Wet

Originally published November 28, 2010, By Linda. Updated November 28, 2010. 1 Comment

Soaking the Rich: Why Warren Buffett is All Wet

There has been a lot of discussion lately about taxing the “rich” among us. In a recent ABC News interview, Nebraska’s own Warren Buffett stole a line from Dickens’ character Oliver Twist — “Please, sir, I want some more.” Oliver, an eight-year-old orphan, sought another portion of gruel at the workhouse where he was brought […]

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