Back in the good old days of 1995, when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress for the first time in anyone’s memory, conservatives began clamoring in earnest for a balanced federal budget. President Nixon submitted the last black-ink account in 1974, and trillions of debt had accumulated since that memorable year. Now was the time, said the newly installed [...]

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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as American Dependence, Budgets, Campaign 2008, Government Waste, Health Insurance Debate, Video at 4:35 PM UTC

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     The deadline for closing the last remaining FEMA trailer parks in Louisiana is fast approaching and, as I predicted some days ago, bleeding heart reports are beginning to hit the wires. Just today an Associated Press story was picked up by my local paper, The Press-Enterprise. Beginning with the headline — “Katrina victims face new worry” — [...]

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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as American Dependence, Core Values, Welfare at 4:29 PM UTC

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     With the furor surrounding Pastor Jeremiah Wright ebbing and flowing, Barack Obama on Sunday tried, again, to diffuse the brouhaha. Assuring viewers on “Fox News Sunday” the presidential election would not be determined by race, the junior Senator from Illinois zeroed in on what he believes is the core campaign issue. “I’m absolutely confident [...]

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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as American Dependence, Campaign 2008 at 4:55 PM UTC

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