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April 23, 2009

Obama's Most Glaring Hypocrisy Yet

Remember back when President Obama dismissed the ridiculous pork in the stimulus package saying that

"If you add all that stuff up, it accounts from less than 1 percent of the overall package."

He dismissed our concerns, saying that 1% wasn't a significant sum in the overall scheme of things.

Well, if he thought that was insignificant...

Afterward, the president went before the cameras to say he has ordered his Cabinet secretaries to cut $100 million from their budgets as a sign of solidarity with a nation that has had to take "extraordinary steps in order to shore up our financial system."

Critics jumped on Obama's $100 million cost-cutting plan as being too puny. "The administration's new talk of trimming a meager .0025 percent from the $4 trillion federal budget just doesn't square with its reckless record on borrowing and spending," said House Minority Leader John Boehner.

Not only is it funny that he's suddenly decided that less than 1% of the budget is worth trifling about, he's also planning on sending the government to Costco. It's worth reading the whole article.

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06/23/09 : Session Could Finish Tonight; KEY VOTES

06/22/09 : KEY VOTE: HB 1

03/11/09 : Key Vote: HB 236 - Taxing IPTV

03/09/09 : Key Vote: HB 102 - Tolls

03/09/09 : Key Vote: HB 374 - Gas Tax Hike

03/03/09 : Key Votes: Some Good Legislation

03/03/09 : Key Votes: Driving Businesses Out of Kentucky

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The Governor's Budget Proposal
This is a reposting of the first article of email update sent out earlier today.  If you don't receive them, you may want to sign up.Here's the Governor's proposal:$147.1 million in spending cuts $81.5 million from a 70-cent cigarette tax...

$373 Million in Cuts
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Governor Announces Administration Exploring Cuts, Taxes
Governor Steve Beshear announced that he is expecting a $294 million budget shortfall and is going to gauge public reaction before making a specific proposal to address it in December.  Cuts and taxes are on the table.Waiting until December is...

Strapped
The media is so sure there's a revenue problem, that it's hard to even fathom that the reality is that state revenue is increasing.

Business Tax Climate
We're #34 according to the Tax Foundation's 2009 State Business Tax Climate Index.

Financial Troubles
"The Negative Outlook reflects plans to continue to deplete fund balances and virtually drain the budget reserve trust in the current biennium. Further, Fitch remains concerned about the weakened pension funding levels and the commonwealth's rising debt position as an additional $1.65 billion in debt has been authorized for the biennium."

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