As public employee pension and benefit costs continue to rise, local governments are delivering fewer and fewer services to constituents. A new study found that local governments spending more to provide less is becoming a pretty widespread problem. Local governments…
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Obama Slashed Funding For Prevention Of Domestic Bombings
by Lonely Conservative • • 19 Comments
As a follow up to Steny Hoyer’s not-so-subtle insinuation that the Boston Marathon bombing would not have happened if not for the sequester, here’s a report from the Daily Mail on how President Obama cut funding to prevent domestic bombings.…
Tours For The Public The Only Thing Cut By White House
by Lonely Conservative • • 8 Comments
Why am I not surprised that the only cuts to the White House budget are public tours? Obama would rather disappoint school children on class trips to make a point than to make any real cuts. He won’t stop taking…
Obama Already Cut Spending? When? Where?
by Lonely Conservative • • 8 Comments
President Obama just finished up his “blame the republicans” press conference. He repeated the outrageous claim that he has cut over $2 trillion from the deficit. Where did he make those cuts? Look at his deficits compared to past presidents.…
Oops! Education Propagandist Caught In A Lie
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
The Washington Post picked up on a bit of a whopper delivered by Education Department propagandist Arne Duncan. The descriptions of the post-sequester landscape that have been coming out of the Obama Administration have been alarming, specific–and, in at least…
Pelosi Says Congressional Pay Cut Is Beneath The Dignity Of The Job
by Lonely Conservative • • 11 Comments
Our country is $16.5 trillion in debt. Lawmakers haven’t passed a budget, let alone a balanced budget in years. They’re bankrupting our children, yet Nancy Pelosi believes that a pay cut for congressmen is beneath the dignity of the job.…
Obama’s Part Time Economy
by Lonely Conservative • • 9 Comments
We’ve gone over this before, but it’s worth repeating. Obamacare is forcing employers all across the United States to cut the number of hours employees can work in order to stay in business and remain profitable. When my better half told…
Florida Denny’s Franchisee Cutting Employee Hours, Adding Obamacare Surcharge
by Lonely Conservative • • 7 Comments
The Obamacare fallout continues. Employers were waiting to see if there was a chance at repeal before cutting hours and laying off employees. Now that they know we’re stuck with the rotten law they’re doing what they have to do.…
Obama Admin Shuts Down Millions Of Acres From Shale Drilling
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
Maybe I’ll just start every new post with “Told ya so.” This news is not the least bit surprising to anyone who has been paying attention. The Interior Department on Friday issued a final plan to close 1.6 million acres…
Twitter Fails Tonight After Debate
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
I’ve tried to send tweets out only to get a message that I’ve gone over my daily limit for tweets. Wow! Who knew I had a daily limit for tweets? I tried to send Ken Gardner a tweet telling him…
Texas Cut From Exit Polls, But Not New York, Or California?
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
I saw earlier the that the AP and networks are cutting exit polling in a number of states but I wasn’t able to look into it at the time. It had slipped my mind until Charles B sent me the…
Full, Complete Romney Video Not Full or Complete, Plus Media Ignores Obama Gaffes
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
The progressive website Mother Jones claims that they published the full and complete secret video recorded at a Mitt Romney fundraiser that’s the subject of the latest media uproar. The only problem? It isn’t full and it isn’t complete. There’s…
Romney Camp Rolls Out Plans to Cut Federal Spending
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
Mitt Romney’s website includes his plan for curbing federal spending, but the media is always focused on things other than policy. The Romney campaign is trying to change that and refocus on issues that matter. According to The Daily Caller,…
In 2009 Obama Vowed to Veto Any Bill Undoing His $700 Billion Cuts to Medicare
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
Listening to Obama and his surrogates out there attacking Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for proposing Medicare reforms for Americans younger than 55 is enough to make your head explode. It’s so completely and blatantly dishonest, I guess they just…