Bob McCarty Writes

Brace yourselves, conservatives:  While President Barack Obama used his appearances on the Sunday talk shows to push for government-run health care, he also fired what could be considered an Oval Office “missile” aimed squarely at conservative talk radio.

During a poignant segment of his interview the president that was broadcast on FACE the NATION this morning [...]

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“Financial comfort in an uncertain economy.”
That was the headline of a news release I read this morning for something called “The Mattress Wallet.”
At first blush, I suspected the news release was either a promotion for some kind of financial advice seminar.  Then I thought it might be something individuals could use to literally keep money [...]

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The U.S. Postal Service expects to save more than $100 million annually through a series of cost-cutting steps, but a handful of other steps reportedly being taken by the agency during its economic crisis will raise both cash and eyebrows.
Eighty district offices will be closed, according to a recent news release.  In addition, more [...]

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Only two weeks after they began running ads about the Fair Tax serving as “jumper cables” for the economy, the folks at FairTax.org announced this morning another full-page ad promoting the national retail sales tax that is proposed as a healthy alternative to the income tax system.
The text of the full page ad, running in [...]

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When I heard President Barack Obama mention in his speech to a joint session of Congress tonight the notion of “lifting ourselves” out of the current economic crisis, I felt compelled to republish a Winston Churchill-inspired My Personal Litmus cartoon.

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