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There have been a lot more hot dog carts on the street.
Chihuahua must be staying busy.
You two really have no idea how dumb you come off as to sane, employed people.
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Oops! Sorry Kids… Obama Forgot to Tell College Students He Cut Pell Grants Before Election
During the election this year the Obama Campaign released this online ad targeting young voters.
Obama told American youth that he kept his promise to make college more affordable.
He forgot to tell them he cut Pell Grants.
The information was released this week.
The Examiner reported:
Sorry, college students. President Obama has cut your access to Pell Grants by 33%; he just forgot to mention it before Election Day.
During the recent campaign, President Obama claimed credit for increasing funding to the Pell Grant program, which provides college funds, free from repayment, to millions of students. However, an email sent out Tuesday to some Dallas college students is revealing a detail the President forgot to mention: the time a student can receive a Pell Grant has been cut, by as much as three years. With Pell Grants for the fall semester now dispersed, colleges are informing students of their options, bringing the cuts to light.
The email, sent out by the Dallas County Community College District, informed students of the changes to the Pell Grant program. It revealed that the number of semesters a student could receive a Pell Grant had been cut from 18 semesters down to 12. It is a detail likely unknown to most students; in fact, the cut in grants has gone largely unreported by the media.
Sorry kids
During the election this year the Obama Campaign released this online ad targeting young voters.
Obama told American youth that he kept his promise to make college more affordable.
He forgot to tell them he cut Pell Grants.
The information was released this week.
The Examiner reported:
Sorry, college students. President Obama has cut your access to Pell Grants by 33%; he just forgot to mention it before Election Day.
During the recent campaign, President Obama claimed credit for increasing funding to the Pell Grant program, which provides college funds, free from repayment, to millions of students. However, an email sent out Tuesday to some Dallas college students is revealing a detail the President forgot to mention: the time a student can receive a Pell Grant has been cut, by as much as three years. With Pell Grants for the fall semester now dispersed, colleges are informing students of their options, bringing the cuts to light.
The email, sent out by the Dallas County Community College District, informed students of the changes to the Pell Grant program. It revealed that the number of semesters a student could receive a Pell Grant had been cut from 18 semesters down to 12. It is a detail likely unknown to most students; in fact, the cut in grants has gone largely unreported by the media.
Sorry kids
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BronkOH!bama has found a way to lower unemployment
LESS PEOPLE!
U.S. Birth Rate Plummets To Lowest Level Since 1920…
Welcome to Obamaland.
(WaPo) — The U.S. birth rate plunged last year to a record low, with the decline being led by immigrant women hit hard by the recession, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
The overall birth rate declined by 8 percent between 2007 and 2010, with a decrease of 6 percent among U.S.-born women and 14 percent among foreign-born women. The decline for Mexican immigrant women was more extreme, at 23 percent. The overall birth rate is now at its lowest since 1920, the earliest year with reliable records.
The decline could have far-reaching implications for U.S. economic and social policy. A continuing decline would challenge long-held assumptions that births to immigrants will help maintain the U.S. population and provide the taxpaying work force needed to support the aging baby boomer generation.
The U.S. birth rate — 63.2 births per 1,000 women of child-bearing age — has fallen to just over half of what it was at its peak in 1957. The rate among foreign-born women also had been declining in recent decades, according to the report, though more slowly.
But after 2007, as the worst recession in decades dried up jobs and economic prospects across the nation, the birth rate for immigrant women abruptly plunged.
The fall is not because there are fewer immigrant women of childbearing age, but because of a change in their behavior, said D’Vera Cohn, an author of the report, adding that “the economic downturn seems to play a pretty large role in the drop in the fertility rate.”
LESS PEOPLE!
U.S. Birth Rate Plummets To Lowest Level Since 1920…
Welcome to Obamaland.
(WaPo) — The U.S. birth rate plunged last year to a record low, with the decline being led by immigrant women hit hard by the recession, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
The overall birth rate declined by 8 percent between 2007 and 2010, with a decrease of 6 percent among U.S.-born women and 14 percent among foreign-born women. The decline for Mexican immigrant women was more extreme, at 23 percent. The overall birth rate is now at its lowest since 1920, the earliest year with reliable records.
The decline could have far-reaching implications for U.S. economic and social policy. A continuing decline would challenge long-held assumptions that births to immigrants will help maintain the U.S. population and provide the taxpaying work force needed to support the aging baby boomer generation.
The U.S. birth rate — 63.2 births per 1,000 women of child-bearing age — has fallen to just over half of what it was at its peak in 1957. The rate among foreign-born women also had been declining in recent decades, according to the report, though more slowly.
But after 2007, as the worst recession in decades dried up jobs and economic prospects across the nation, the birth rate for immigrant women abruptly plunged.
The fall is not because there are fewer immigrant women of childbearing age, but because of a change in their behavior, said D’Vera Cohn, an author of the report, adding that “the economic downturn seems to play a pretty large role in the drop in the fertility rate.”
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Did you see that article yesterday on Obama's affect on the sunshine?
Apparently since he;s been in power average sunshine ha decreased by 30 minutes a day.
Unreal.
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IT’S LIKE HE DOESN’T REALLY CARE OR SOMETHING: Report: Obama’s “fiscal cliff” offer to Republicans calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes and end of debt ceiling in exchange for … nothing, basically. “Even more unbelievable than the ‘offer’ itself is the fact that the our hack media will go on painting Republicans as the unreasonable ideologues in this equation.”
The GOP should demand open negotiations, on C-SPAN, or just walk away
The GOP should demand open negotiations, on C-SPAN, or just walk away
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Nobody has to paint the GOP as unreasonable obstructionist ideologues, they've done a fine job of that all by themselves for years, dragging their heels on every piece of legislation to go through congress, even those with which they agree.
I see that some GOP congresscritters are coming to their senses and abandoning the insane pledge to Grover Norquist and considering some tax increases in order to deal with the deficit and national debt. It simply is not possible to address this issue through cuts in spending alone, despite what Mr. Norquist may believe. It also can't be addressed trhough tax increases alone, but a combination of the two.
Perhaps now the House GOP will attempt to negotiate in good faith rather than submit bullshit proposals that they KNOW will be rejected in the Senate.
One can hope.
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Very true. Much of Obamacare was originally their idea, afterall.
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after thinking about it, Obama wants us to jump off this cliff. Obama will get his tax increases, will get the democrats military spending cuts, and will blame this on the house Rep.
going over this "cliff" is a win for obama. no wonder he's going on a 20 day vacation
going over this "cliff" is a win for obama. no wonder he's going on a 20 day vacation
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You make a nice NIGGER, haha, Tee Hee
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Five Overreactions To Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Proposal
By Scott Keyes on Nov 30, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Yesterday, the Obama administration unveiled its proposal to avert the looming fiscal showdown. The plan included $1.6 trillion in increased taxes on the rich over the next decade, $400 billion in savings to be found in Medicare and other social programs, $50 billion in stimulus spending to begin next year, and an end to current debt ceiling rules.
This proposal is not new. It reflects the very policies Obama not only put forth in 2011, as Kevin Drum noted, but also campaigned on extensively this year. They are the very policies that the American public voted for in November when they granted Obama another four years. Exit polling also showed that 60 percent of voters wanted to see income taxes increased for wealthy Americans.
However, these facts didn’t stop conservatives from acting as though Obama had proposed the “Kill All The Puppies Act of 2012″. Here are five overreactions to Obama’s plan:
Worse than surrender in the Civil War: Leading conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer likened Obama’s proposal to the terms of surrender offered to Confederates in the Civil War, only the president’s deal was worse. “It’s not just a bad deal, this is really an insulting deal… Robert E. Lee was offered easier terms at Appomattox and he lost the Civil War,” said Krauthammer.
Out of a fairytale: Writing in her Wall Street Journal column, Kimberley Strassel lambasted the plan as “something out of Wonderland and Oz combined.” She went on to argue that Obama wasn’t negotiating in good faith. “The most frightening aspect of the White House proposal is that it wasn’t an error.”
“Nothing good can come of negotiating further”: RedState editor Erick Erickson, whose counsel congressional Republicans regularly seek, advised the GOP to pack up, go home, and take the country over the cliff. “Nothing good can come of negotiating further,” Erickson wrote. “The GOP should pass what they want and promptly go home. Let the Democrats stay and sort things out. Dive.”
“I’d walk out”: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman, said that his Party ought to walk out of negotiations, saying Obama’s proposal was solely meant to “provoke” House Republicans. Speaking on his morning show, Scarborough detailed what his reaction would have been had he been in negotiations: “I would have said, ‘We’re all busy people, this is a critical time, if you’re going to come over here and insult us and intentionally try to provoke us, you can do that but I’m going back to work now.’ And I’d walk out.”
“Congress should dive headlong off fiscal cliff”: After a lengthy column detailing how going over the fiscal cliff “would shock the economy,” Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson advised GOPers to “dive headlong off fiscal cliff” following Obama’s proposal. “Republicans don’t have a lot of good choices right now,” Tucker wrote. “They might as well try it.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/11/30/1264031/fiscal-cliff-overreaction/
Five Overreactions To Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Proposal
By Scott Keyes on Nov 30, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Yesterday, the Obama administration unveiled its proposal to avert the looming fiscal showdown. The plan included $1.6 trillion in increased taxes on the rich over the next decade, $400 billion in savings to be found in Medicare and other social programs, $50 billion in stimulus spending to begin next year, and an end to current debt ceiling rules.
This proposal is not new. It reflects the very policies Obama not only put forth in 2011, as Kevin Drum noted, but also campaigned on extensively this year. They are the very policies that the American public voted for in November when they granted Obama another four years. Exit polling also showed that 60 percent of voters wanted to see income taxes increased for wealthy Americans.
However, these facts didn’t stop conservatives from acting as though Obama had proposed the “Kill All The Puppies Act of 2012″. Here are five overreactions to Obama’s plan:
Worse than surrender in the Civil War: Leading conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer likened Obama’s proposal to the terms of surrender offered to Confederates in the Civil War, only the president’s deal was worse. “It’s not just a bad deal, this is really an insulting deal… Robert E. Lee was offered easier terms at Appomattox and he lost the Civil War,” said Krauthammer.
Out of a fairytale: Writing in her Wall Street Journal column, Kimberley Strassel lambasted the plan as “something out of Wonderland and Oz combined.” She went on to argue that Obama wasn’t negotiating in good faith. “The most frightening aspect of the White House proposal is that it wasn’t an error.”
“Nothing good can come of negotiating further”: RedState editor Erick Erickson, whose counsel congressional Republicans regularly seek, advised the GOP to pack up, go home, and take the country over the cliff. “Nothing good can come of negotiating further,” Erickson wrote. “The GOP should pass what they want and promptly go home. Let the Democrats stay and sort things out. Dive.”
“I’d walk out”: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman, said that his Party ought to walk out of negotiations, saying Obama’s proposal was solely meant to “provoke” House Republicans. Speaking on his morning show, Scarborough detailed what his reaction would have been had he been in negotiations: “I would have said, ‘We’re all busy people, this is a critical time, if you’re going to come over here and insult us and intentionally try to provoke us, you can do that but I’m going back to work now.’ And I’d walk out.”
“Congress should dive headlong off fiscal cliff”: After a lengthy column detailing how going over the fiscal cliff “would shock the economy,” Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson advised GOPers to “dive headlong off fiscal cliff” following Obama’s proposal. “Republicans don’t have a lot of good choices right now,” Tucker wrote. “They might as well try it.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/11/30/1264031/fiscal-cliff-overreaction/
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If Past Is Prologue: T Minus 5 Months Until The Next Recession
Just under two months ago we noted, somewhat comedically, that the Fed's researchers were 'confused' that its models (the wonderful DSGE) pointed to 'explosive inflation' given its current ZIRP regime. Perhaps those same PhDs will also be surprised to note that, based on the 44 month average length 'out of recession', that the next recession (as proffered by the NBER) is due to begin March 2013 (though of course, the resolution of the fiscal cliff and a renaissance in Europe will hold off the next recession forever, right?)...
Just under two months ago we noted, somewhat comedically, that the Fed's researchers were 'confused' that its models (the wonderful DSGE) pointed to 'explosive inflation' given its current ZIRP regime. Perhaps those same PhDs will also be surprised to note that, based on the 44 month average length 'out of recession', that the next recession (as proffered by the NBER) is due to begin March 2013 (though of course, the resolution of the fiscal cliff and a renaissance in Europe will hold off the next recession forever, right?)...
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Obama wants to push America over the cliff. Then he will get his higher taxes and government aka the obama regime can take more control
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