Happy tax day! Despite the fact that the federal government is now raking in more tax dollars than ever before, there is still a huge deficit because federal spending is so out of control. President Obama’s budget calls for trillions…
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Obama’s Budget Never Balances Yet He Assures Us It Doesn’t Spend Beyond Our Means
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
Boy, wouldn’t it be nice if the main stream media was independent from the White House? If so, they would probably question President Obama when he makes statements like this: “It’s a budget that doesn’t spend beyond our means, and…
More On The Obama Budget – $800 Billion Tax Hike, $7.3 Trillion In New Debt
by Lonely Conservative • • 11 Comments
OK, so we’ve already heard that President Obama’s proposed budget contains some imaginary cuts to Social Security and Medicare, but what other goodies are in there? As it turns out, it’s chock full of tax increases and new debt. …
Harry Reid Won ‘Whopper Of The Week’ For $2.5 Trillion Deficit Reduction Claim
by Lonely Conservative • • 17 Comments
During a speech on the Senate floor last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid falsely claimed that the Democrats have reduced the budget deficit by $2.5 trillion. It’s such a gross lie it’s almost laughable, and earned Reid the “Whopper…
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.…
Report: Obamacare Will Add $6.2 Trillion To National Debt
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
Democrats love telling us that Obamacare will lower the deficit. They also said it would reduce health insurance costs, and since all of our premiums continue to rise we know that’s not true. Now another government study contradicts the claim…
Video: Rand Paul Mocks Obama’s ‘Absurd’ Claims That He Reduced The National Debt By $2 Trillion
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
On Fox News Sunday Senator Rand Paul mocked President Obama’s “absurd” claim that he reduced the national debt by $2 trillion. He told Chris Wallace that the national debt has risen by $6 trillion since Obama took office, so it’s…
Obama’s ‘Deficit Neutral’ Proposals Would Cost Taxpayers $83.4 Billion
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
President Obama laid out his far-left, collectivist second term agenda during his State of the Union address this week. He claimed that his long list of new spending proposals won’t add a dime to the deficit. It’s a shame nobody…
Delusional Pelosi Denies Deficit Is Due To Spending Problem
by Lonely Conservative • • 12 Comments
The federal government has been running record deficits for years. But Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats continue to insist that they don’t have a spending problem. Pelosi said so this morning on Fox News Sunday and hinted that they want…
Whose Debt?
by Lonely Conservative • • Comments Off
President Obama and his allies continue to blame George Bush for the massive debt problem we have. Unfortunately, the facts don’t back them up. Before the Democrats took control of congress in 2007 the deficit was almost gone. It didn’t…
In 2012 Social Security Was $47.8 Billion In The Red
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
Democrats like Harry Reid tell us there’s no problem with the funding of Social Security or Medicare. Unfortunately, as usual the facts tell a different story. In fiscal year 2012 Social Security was $47.8 billion in the red, or as…
November’s Budget Deficit Was A Whopping $172 Billion
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
The tax hikes President Obama is proposing for the rich wouldn’t come close to even covering last month’s budget deficit, which was a whopping $172 billion, putting the country on track for another year with a deficit of over $1…
‘The Big Money Is In Those Middle Class Tax Cuts’
by Lonely Conservative • • 8 Comments
President Obama and other members of the Destructive Party keep telling us that they only want to raise taxes on “millionaires” making more than $250,000. We all know that there aren’t enough rich people in the United States to cover…
Good Grief – Senate Democrats Want More Spending In Deficit Reduction Deal
by Lonely Conservative • • 5 Comments
Because the Republicans ran some terrible candidates in Senate races the Democrats now think they have a mandate to raise taxes and increase spending! The lunacy continues. Senate Democrats, feeling confident from their net gain of two seats in last…