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Debt-Flicks: The Carney Shuffle

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Debt-Flicks: The Carney Shuffle

Earlier this week White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that the president has made an “efficient and effective” government a “cornerstone” of his administration and that they take their role as “stewards of the taxpayer dollar very seriously.”  But to cut the wasteful spending, you gotta move your muscle.  There’s a brand new dance, it’s called the Carney Shuffle.

The Carney Shuffle

The Stewards Of Our Taxpayer Dollars:

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Think Obama hasn’t raised taxes? Think again.

Sunday, May 26th, 2013

From Heritage: President’s Budget Increases Taxes by $1 Trillion Over Ten Years:

[For more details on the President’s FY 2014 budget, see “Net Tax Increase in Obama’s Budget Over $1 Trillion,” by Curtis Dubay, The Heritage Foundation, May 16, 2013.]

Where Does Your Tax Dollar Go?

Monday, April 29th, 2013

ICYMI, on Tax Day, Heritage provided a useful chart showing federal spending, by percent, laid out on an image of a dollar bill. As it happens, we at Western Free Press did the same thing last year. Below are the two charts. Notice how entitlement spending is going up (this time, Social Security)? Note that eventually, entitlement spending will crowd out all other spending, consuming all revenue.