North West Florida Republican

I’m sure I heard President Obama mention that he was going to cut Spending. Could it have been the State of the Union address?
Now, he is going to do it again… No, not cut spending or propose to cut spending but actually increase spending in his new budget.
This guy is all over the [...]

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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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H.R.3200 – America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 was introduced on July 31, 2009. President Obama wanted this act voted on and passed before the Senate left for summer recess on Aug 7th.
This bill has over 1000 pages and would take an average person several days if not weeks to read [...]

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Don’t count on it again this year. The Florida State Legislation decided not to include the School Tax Free week into this years budget.
But that’s alright. Your taxes will be going up to support the schools. Here in Okaloosa, the school board voted to increase the millage rate.
I suppose [...]

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Unions are coming to the rescue of Congressmen and Congresswomen all over the us at Townhall meetings on Health Care Reform. This is in response to unfriendly questions about the proposed Health Care Reform currently making its way through Congress.
Apparently, there is concern that the people questioning the legislation are trying to Hijack it [...]

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President Obama has passed his first 100 days as President and has racked up quite a list of Gaffes and Mistakes in the process. Many of them things that he said he wouldn’t do while he campaigned.
Here are some of those great mistakes:
54. After saying he wouldn’t have lobbyists in his administration, Obama made [...]

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Even after some budgetary cuts, the Florida Legislature is still looking at ways to increase revenue. One of the only ways they can increase revenue is to increase taxes.
Florida’s threadbare state budget, now cut by more than $8-billion since July 2007, has Republican legislators talking about what until now was reviled as heresy: taxes. [...]

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Sure it is in a pinch but the Florida government should also realize they are not the only ones feeling the pinch. Ordinary citizens are feeling that pinch as well.
Last year, everything looked good for the school sales tax holiday but it was dropped at the last minute because it was too “costly”.
Many people [...]

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