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This morning, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama, continued the downward ratchet of the level of income at which Barack Obama intends to confiscate income.
Obama started at $250,000, then said $200,000.
Joe Biden then dropped the bar to $150,000 three days ago.
And now, Bill Richardson says that “there is a tax [...]

(a) He talks about economics
(b) He says he believes in lower government spending
(c) Even the left-leaning Associated Press says he’s misleading voters
(d) All of the above
For today’s installment of answer (d), see today’s AP article on Obama’s infomercial last night:
“Obama’s prime-time ad skips over budget realities”
(I wonder if the recent massive criticism of how in-the-tank [...]

In a speech in Sarasota, Florida on Thursday, Barack Obama said he “will eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses and start-up companies that are the engine of job creation in this country.”
Sit back and think about that for a minute, especially in combination with what he said to Joe the Plumber.
What does Obama think [...]

Many of our volunteers across the country have been leading the fight against the Real ID Act, which was passed by Congress in 2005 without any discussion. It was slipped into an unrelated bill and the public did not have a chance to review the legislation. But there has been a growing backlash against Real [...]

In case you missed it, here is Barack Obama’s $5 million infomercial that aired last night on CBS, Univision, BET, Fox and NBC. Time will tell whether this message has an impact on the election. It’s clear that John McCain’s path to the presidency looks more and more difficult. This could either be the tipping [...]

A dose of economic reality just as Americans need it most:
see “Paving the Road to France”, by Brian Wesbury and Robert Stein, 10/27/08
http://www.ftportfolios.com/Commentary/EconomicResearch/2008/10/27/paving_the_road_to_france

Adam Lerrick of the American Enterprise Institute writes in today’s Wall Street Journal  about the perils of Barack Obama’s tax plan.  The most troubling part of Lerrick’s commentary is the ability, or inability, of the American economy to recover from Obama’s plan to redistribute wealth.  He writes:
The economic tides will not stand still while Washington experiments with European-type [...]

Here is what the country is about to get more of if liberals take total control of Congress and the Presidency. Rep. Barney Frank says we need to put concerns about the deficit to the side, and usher in a dose of Keynesian economics.

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The Heritage Foundation’s Nina Owcharenko explains the differences between Senator Obama and Senator McCain when it comes to health care.