Obama Un-narrated Documentary/Review (in his own words)

Through his own words, a short un-narrated documentary that looks at Obama's first term with regards to transparency, healthcare, taxes, fairness, energy and the national debt - guaranteed to contain information of interest.

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Weekly Addresses 3-31-2012

Passing the Buffett Rule So That Everyone Pays Their Fair Share
President Obama calls on Congress to pass the Buffett Rule, a principle that ensures that millionaires and billionaires do not pay less in taxes as a share of their income than middle class families pay -- as a matter of fairness.
Weekly Republican Address: Challenging President Obama to Back House-Passed Energy Bills
In the Weekly Republican Address, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) challenges President Obama to press for Senate action on bipartisan, House-passed energy bills. All of these bills have passed with bipartisan support, and many are backed by the president's own jobs council. The address caps off a week that saw passage of the GOP's "Path to Prosperity" budget and a 90-day transportation bill extension that Democrats initially vowed to oppose, as well as the launch of the next phase of the American Energy Initiative.

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Weekly Political Addresses

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Weekly Address: Extending the Payroll Tax Cut for the Middle Class
President Obama urges Congress to extend the payroll tax cut to prevent a tax hike on 160 million hardworking Americans.
2/11/12 - Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) Delivers Weekly GOP Address On Pres. Obama's Budget Failures
In the Weekly Republican Address, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell previews the budget President Obama is expected to release on February 13th.

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House Republicans Respond to President's Deficit Speech

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House Republicans are committed to cutting spending and helping grow our economy for better job creation in America. The President's speech on the deficit was more about his campaign than creating jobs and ending reckless government spending. It's time for true leadership to save our future generations from crippling debt.

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Why Aren't The Rich Paying 50% in Taxes?

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Tax Day (April 18) is fast approaching, which means anxiety and night sweats for about 99 percent of taxpayers. And bitching and moaning by those at the top of the income pyramid about how they aren't forced to pay more in taxes. Secretary of State and cattle-futures queen Hillary Clinton, super-investor Warren Buffett, and best-selling author Stephen King have all recently carped about how rich folks like them should be paying more in taxes. King recently told a Florida rally, "As a rich person, I'm paying 28 percent in taxes. What I want to ask you is, Why am I not paying 50?" Such rhetorical questions miss the point when it comes to the country's balance sheet. The U.S. doesn't have a revenue problem or a tax-rate problem. We've got a spending problem. Since 1950, revenue from all sources has averaged around 18 percent of Gross Domestic Product, despite top tax rates that have fluctuated from over 90 percent to the high 20-percent range. So despite all efforts to jack up revenue (or reduce it), that's what the government can expect to work with. Yet spending has averaged about 20 percent of GDP - and is currently at a whopping 25 percent of GDP, a figure not seen since World War II. President Obama's budget plan forecasts spending at 23 percent of GDP over the next decade while Rep. Paul Ryan's GOP plan calls for 20.5 percent. There's your deficit right there, folks. But King, Clinton, and Buffett can always pay more in taxes to retire federal debt held by the public. Just go to http://treasurydirect.gov and make a voluntary donation to reduce the national debt held by the public. So far in calender 2011, Treasury has pulled in an $125,000! Which means there's only about $8.99 trillion to go. Written and produced by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie. About 2 minutes.

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Politics and policy with Mitch Daniels

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Chapter 1
Indiana governor Mitch Daniels discusses, with Hoover fellow Peter Robinson, how he got Indiana's finances under control.
Chapter 2
Indiana governor Mitch Daniels discusses the "new red menace" — US debt.
Chapter 3
Indiana governor Mitch Daniels discusses his tax policy.
Chapter 4
Indiana governor Mitch Daniels discusses his position on social issues.
Chapter 5
Indiana governor Mitch Daniels discusses his political aspirations.

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Oregon Loses Money by Taxing the Rich

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Laffer Associates Chairman Art Laffer on whether taxing the rich is bad for the economy.

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