North West Florida Republican

Under Governor Charlie Christ, Florida unemployment rates have continued to climb. Even with his embracing of President Obama, Charlie Christ still hasn’t been able to stop the tide of joblessness in the state of Florida. Later this year, Florida is set to break the all time high for unemployment at over 12 percent.
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Imagine, if you will, that the Democrats actually believe in change for the good of everyone.
Our country continues to face the same fundamental challenges it faced yesterday. Our health care system still needs reform. Wall Street still needs to be held accountable. We still need to create good jobs. And we still need to continue [...]

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The Stimulus Bill H.R. 1 was passed through both the Senate and House. Here is how our Congressmen voted.
On the original House Bill both Congressman Jeff Miller(R) and Congressman Allen Boyd(D) voted “No” on the Bill. Yet when the version passed the Senate, Congressman Allen Boyd changed his vote to “Yes” on the [...]

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In a discussion with the folks over at Politico, Senator John Kerry(D) made it quite clear that he doesn’t care if Republican leaders want to discuss the Stimulus bill the Senate intends on passing or not.
Sen. John Kerry says Democrats should ignore Republicans’ demands about the stimulus plan if they’re going to vote against it [...]

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Good news and bad news for those of us who believe in limited government spending. Both of our elected Congressmen for Northwest Florida have voted “No” on the Massive Pork Spending resolution H.R. 1
While this wasn’t a surprise coming from Congressman Jeff Miller(R), it does come as a slight surprise from Congressman Allen Boyd(D).
Congressman [...]

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After being shot down in the Senate, the Auto Maker Bailout was revived by the President.
President Bush authorized the Treasury Department to use TARP funds on friday to provide the failing Automakers with loans until the end of March.
The US government said Friday it would provide ailing automakers with 13.4 billion dollars in short-term financing, [...]

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Still failing to actually understand the problem being faced by Americans everywhere, Congress and the White House have been working feverishly to Bailout large failing institutions. All the while, State budgets across the US are having to be reduced by millions and in some cases billions of dollars.
Florida is looking at an approximate 9% [...]

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Once again Congress is rushing headlong into a bailout of massive proportions without adequately researching the root cause and finding a proper solution to the problem.
Democrats drafted a bill that doesn’t fully fix the problem. A $14 billion dollar band aid is being applied to the UAW and their Automakers with the [...]

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Gasoline has fallen to $1.42 per gallon in Destin over the weekend. That is nearly 20 cents less than some of the surrounding communities such as Niceville. You can fully expect it to continue falling as the price of oil plummets.
It does make you wonder a little bit about what caused the price [...]

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On the heels of the begging from the Big Three Automakers, the UAW just has to put it’s two cents in.

Why not just say that if you don’t bail us out we will go on strike? Or just come out and say that we will make sure that many others go down with [...]

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