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While Mainstream Jews Debate Education Economic Crisis, Kiryas Joel Satmars Figured It All Out by Jonathan Mark New York - Satmar...scored $6.3 million from the stimulus bill for Kiryas Joel’s all-Jewish public school...The upstate Times Herald-Record (Feb. 12) reports that although Kiryas Joel is...

Usually events like this tend to draw 10-20 people, tops. Funny how a looming $6 billion deficit gets people's attention. ***UPDATE*** What a joke. For every 'regular Joe Citizen' that gets to speak, there are three liberal special interest lobbyists, begging the legislators not to cut their program...

Obama announced that between $50 billion and $100 billion will be spent on making mortgage payments affordable, as part of the giant gamble he and Congress are making, under the title of “stimulus.� No help will be provided for those who made rational decisions on purchases, but ample support wi...

    Barack Obama is doing his ’presidential thing’ today. He’s out there selling himself, his party and his recovery and reinvestment plan.  Remember it’s no longer the economic stimulus package . They’ve dropped that loser name for a more uplifting one- recovery ...

American consumers are being accused of closing their wallets. This is evidenced in three months of contracted spending into the end of 2008. The new year has brought more of the same, and consumers are being admonished for spreading “weakness.�

 Politicians, economists , and the media, hav...

The horrific torture of hundreds of people by Palestinian security forces in the West Bank is being funded by British taxpayers. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found that the forces responsible get £20million a year from the UK. The victims – some left maimed – are rounded up for al...

The taxpayers’ bank opened a new branch on Thursday: Uncle Sam just threw $20 billion Bank of America’s way. The government is also on the hook for $118 billion more in crap assets. Bank of America chief Ken Lewis calls it the “deal of a lifetime.” No kidding. McClatchy: WASH...

Good to see that the Yankees' fleecing of the public fisc is attracting more attention, although in policy terms it's almost certainly too little too late. In fairness, Thompson doesn't seem to be considering the immense economic rewards that come from such subsidies; after all, without them, it's h...

We have neglected to run our traditional Taxpayer of the Year voting for 2008. In the interest of personal laziness, I will let you, the reader, help make the selection from my arbitrary slate of candidates. Vote early, vote often. We'll hold the polls open all week. Who is the 2008 Taxpayer of the ...