ObamaNomics The Patriot Post.US Digest- Vol. 09 No. 09 THE FOUNDATION “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. … I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.” –Thomas ...

As you make your way through life during the next few years just look for the mark of the Porkulus beast to know when you're being screwed by your government. It will be affixed to every sign announcing a Porkulus project: I kind of wish they'd chosen this one instead: I'm sure that's what people wi...

WASHINGTON (SR) - In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama sought to soothe America’s financial concerns, pledging to borrow hundreds of billions more for liberal social programs, and adding free college educations and health care to the mix. “We ...

A conservative group is using a timeline that most people can relate to to show just how much money $787 billion really is: WASHINGTON (CNN) – A conservative organization launched a national television ad Friday criticizing the $787 billion stimulus bill, and called into question one of President ...

MESA, ARIZONA (SR) - In the wake of President Obama’s multi million dollar visit to a Arizona high school to give a short speech, even the students where left questioning the logic in these tough economic times. “Wow, this tool spent millions of tax dollars just to fly out here for tha...

Tell me how this measure will stimulate the economy: The stimulus package Congress passed last night imposes new limits on executive compensation that could significantly curb multimillion dollar pay packages on Wall Street and goes much further than restrictions proposed by the Obama administration...

Pop some corn and pull up a chair: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid played a little high-stakes chicken with each other at the tail end of Wednesday’s shotgun stimulus talks. It’s not clear who won – or who blinked. According to a half dozen Congressional aides ...

So, just how stimulated will the economy be if a new National Health bureaucracy has the right to decided whether you should receive a certain treatment or not? How stimulated will it be when this bureaucracy tells a senior citizen that a treatment is too costly given the few years he's expected to ...

It's hard to even fathom that much money: Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages. The Federal Reserv...

Mark Steyn takes on the Obama myth and the rough start to the rookie president's term: In The Washington Post, E.J. Dionne tried to break it gently to us: "No occupant of the White House has ever been able to walk on water." Yeah, sure, no previousoccupant of the White House has been able to walk on...