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Tax Cuts HURT Small And Medium Businesses

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-08T15:52:15-08:00

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF). I am a Fellow with CAF. Much of the public believes that tax cuts "create jobs." A recent Rasmussen poll found that 59% of voters believe cutting taxes is better than increasing government spending as a job-creation tool. ...

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Dear Conservatives Please Explain What "Big Government" Means

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-08T10:48:26-08:00

Conservatives complain about "big government." Can any conservatives reading this please leave a comment explaining what you mean by "big government?" Thanks.

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Did Bush Leave Us Bankrupt, Corrupt, Ungovernable?

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-06T20:00:44-08:00

From Open Left When you sell the farm, the farm's gone. Is it already too late for America? I’m starting to think that the anti-tax, anti-government conservative movement that started in the mid-70s, elected Reagan and led to the terrible Bush Presidency may have effectively destroyed the...

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Jobs Chart Everyone MUST See

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-05T14:05:12-08:00

Look at this chart of jobs under Bush vs Obama:

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Senator Shelby's "Holds" Show Need For National Industrial Policy

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-05T08:40:00-08:00

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF. Senator Shelby is placing "holds" (filibusters) on ALL OF the President's nominees, all by himself Richard Shelby puts hold on...

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Roots Of Conservative Failure: Bush Called Deficits "Incredibly Positive News"

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-04T18:59:14-08:00

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture. I am a Fellow with CAF. Lest we forget where the huge deficits and debt came from... On August 25, 2001, just seven months after taking office, George W. Bush learned that his budgets had already...

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A Song About Buying From China

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-04T18:46:12-08:00

Buy, Buy American Pie by The Capital steps

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Who Is On Main Street's Side?

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-04T11:33:15-08:00

Republicans Chase Wall Street Donors Last week, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio made a pitch to Democratic contributor James Dimon, the chairman and chief executive of J.P. Morgan, over drinks at a Capitol Hill restaurant, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Boehner told...

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Low Taxes Destroy Our Small Businesses

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-04T11:15:00-08:00

This post originally appeared at Speak Out California. Remember last year when the Republicans laid out the price of a budget deal and it was a giant tax cut for the biggest corporations? So in the middle of a revenue crisis they forced ... less revenue. Well, imagine that you are a struggling...

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Understanding The Credit Crisis

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-03T21:52:19-08:00

Tonite we watched the 2006 documentary movie MAXED OUT. This movie came out two years before the financial collapse and you see it coming every second as you watch people being scammed into taking on more and more debt, and the tricks that are played on them, the fees, the lies, the bush...

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Who Owns The People's Resources?

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-03T17:56:44-08:00

Who owns the resources -- oil, gas, minerals, water, etc.? Over at Open Left David Sirota writes about The Politics of Oil/Gas Taxes Moves to New Geographic Battlegrounds Twenty-eight states have severance taxes on such commodities - that is, taxes assessed when the commodity (in this case,...

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Obama's Radical Agenda

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-03T08:01:52-08:00

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF). I am a Fellow with CAF. Conservatives are constantly talking about Obama's "radical, far-left agenda." "At last!", I said. Hearing their whines and complaints I became hopeful that our government would finally serve We,...

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Cut What?

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-01T22:45:38-08:00

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF). I am a Fellow with CAF. Here’s an easy way to win an argument with a conservative over taxes and spending. Hand the conservative a piece of paper, a pencil and a calculator and ask him or her to write down exactly what...

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Republicans Wont Ever Say WHAT Spending To Cut

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-01T14:41:12-08:00

Have you ever noticed that while always calling for spending cuts Republicans will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever say WHAT spending they mean to cut? Bill Scher noticed, too: Sen. McConnell, If We're Really Spending Too Much, Why Can't You Say What You'd Cut?g We're supposed to...

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SOTU - A List Not a Vision

Dave Johnson — 2010-02-01T11:39:44-08:00

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a Fellow with CAF. In last week’s State of the Union speech President Obama talked about jobs. It was a great speech. It was SO satisfying to see...

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