After wasting time last week on playing politics, Senate Democrats now finally appear interested in discussing issues related to the economy. But unfortunately, they’ve decided to prioritize another political exercise instead of seriously doing something to foster economic growth. According to The Wall Street Journal, “The Senate will consider a bill this week aimed at […]

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St. Louis County government is “the biggest bargain in our town.”  –Charlie Dooley ‘‘Last week, we learned that the Dooley/Temporiti trash scheme may cost St. Louis County millions of dollars in damages to the private trash haulers they tried to run out of business, and now we learn that hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars […]

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Not only is Ike “lost.” He’s also either pretty stupid or desperate to be hitting up Government Motors for campaign cash. Unbelievable! Politico: “Auto giant General Motors restarted its long-dormant political action committee this summer and has already sent money to more than 40 incumbent members of Congress…Much of the money went to powerful members […]

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Hat tip: MOWatchdog [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/0AzHAFC9d64″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: CDT: Bond advice aids budget for stimulus (5/31/09) “Although the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry was lobbying for the China hub facility in St. Louis, there had been no testimony about it. Jason Van Eaton, who was formerly on Bond’s staff, lobbied for the […]

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Tea Party Treaty 1) I believe that the Health Care Reform bill (Affordable Care Act) should be immediately repealed as an un-Constitutional extension of governmental powers according to Article I of the US Constitution, and thus a burden on the people’s rights as recognized by the 9th Amendment.  2) I believe the government should reduce […]

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This fall, we are likely to hear a lot of rhetoric about the tax provisions which expire on December 31st. Many on the left suggest President Obama would be giving you a tax cut by extending current law. That may be the way the media and “inside the beltway” crowd want to spin it, but […]

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Hat tip:corrigan4exec Under incumbent Charlie Dooley St. Louis County has lost 40,000 jobs. It’s time for new leadership. Vote Bill Corrigan for County Executive and say goodbye to the status quo and hello to a better, stronger future.   [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/LyZcD1d9xFE” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]  

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Six months ago, President Obama signed his massive, unpopular health care bill into law and today the White House is “celebrating” that anniversary. But beyond the Obama administration, there aren’t many people celebrating this flawed law today. If anything, this anniversary puts in stark contrast how wrong Democrats were about this bill. In a must-read […]

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Democrats were apparently telling each other “Happy 6 month #hcr anniversary!” yesterday, but there’s not a lot to be happy about as seemingly every day there are new stories about how the mandates in the health care law will increase premiums, even though Democrats promised they would go down. CONNECTICUT: “Health Insurers Are Asking For […]

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 Source: St. Louis Business Journal Like most entrenched incumbents this year who are trailing their opponents, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley seems to be avoiding debating his upstart challenger Bill Corrigan. According to a campaign press release, the campaign – including Bill Corrigan personally – has tried several times to get Mr. Dooley to […]

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