Monday, September 19, 2011

Obama's Tax Hikes and His War on Job Creators

Obama's Tax Hikes and His War on Job Creators: "Today, President Barack Obama is expected to announce his latest plan for reducing the deficit, and central to it are $1.5 trillion in new taxes, aimed predominantly at wealthy Americans. Unfortunately for the 14 million unemployed Americans, the President is continuing down his steady path of ushering in big spending policies, then turning to even higher taxes in order to pay for them. Who ends up paying the price? America’s job creators and those on the unemployment line."

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U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Concern Greece's Crisis Is Worsening - BusinessWeek

U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Concern Greece's Crisis Is Worsening - BusinessWeek: "Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, following the longest rally since July for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, amid concern that Greece's debt crisis is worsening."

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Authorities: Man shoots church pastors, kills wife - Forbes.com

Authorities: Man shoots church pastors, kills wife - Forbes.com: "LAKELAND, Fla. -- As the congregation bowed their heads and prayed, a former church member stormed into the church and opened fire, shooting and wounding the pastor and associate pastor from behind before he was wrestled to the ground."

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Cleaver: If Obama wasn't president, we would be ‘marching on the White House’ - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Cleaver: If Obama wasn't president, we would be ‘marching on the White House’ - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: "Unhappy members of the Congressional Black Caucus “probably would be marching on the White House” if Obama were not president, according to CBC Chairman Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.)."

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Obama's urgent jobs plan: Right now, 'right now' means sometime next month maybe - latimes.com

Obama's urgent jobs plan: Right now, 'right now' means sometime next month maybe - latimes.com: "Everybody remembers the urgency of President Obama's attitude toward the awful jobs situation.

Back in early August, Obama said the jobs situation was so urgent that he was going to give another speech about it -- in a month or so, in September after his vacation on Martha's Vineyard."

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Libyans fail to agree new government | Reuters

Libyans fail to agree new government | Reuters: "Libya's interim leaders failed to agree a new cabinet on Sunday and the forces that forced Muammar Gaddafi from power remained bogged down in fighting with troops loyal to the former ruler."

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Greeks Discuss Drastic Moves to Receive Aid - NYTimes.com

Greeks Discuss Drastic Moves to Receive Aid - NYTimes.com: "FRANKFURT — Greek leaders struggled through the weekend to agree to a set of radical budget reductions that would satisfy foreign lenders’ demands even as they tried to stave off mounting resistance to those cuts at home."

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News from The Associated Press

News from The Associated Press: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is proposing a more than $3 trillion plan to shrink the nation's debt, with roughly half of the money coming from tax increases on the wealthy and corporations."

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