Obama Re-Names The “Buffett Rule” Tax Hikes The “Regan Rule” Tax Hikes
This isn’t the first time President Obama has invoked conservative icon Ronald Reagan in his arguments for higher taxes. From Politico: “If it will help convince folks in Congress to make the right...
View ArticleRepublicans Pass “Buffett Rule Act” Giving Rich Liberals The Option To...
We hear from rich liberals all the time that they ought to be taxed more to reduce the budget deficit. The math of it – that even if we confiscated all the wealth of all the millionaires and...
View ArticleObama Allies Rushing To Hide From Tax Hikes
You really have the marvel at the hypocrisy of some of President Obama’s biggest supporters rushing to avoid the tax increases that have become central to his agenda for a second term. For instance,...
View ArticleObama Crony Warren Buffett Raking It In From Transporting Bakken Oil By Rail
If built, the Keystone XL pipeline would take about 100,000 barrels of North Dakota’s Bakken oil per day (to put that into perspective, that’s the equivalent of taking about 500 tanker trucks off the...
View ArticleWhoops! Obamas Paid Lower Tax Rate Than His Secretary
Fox News, fair and balanced, reports that with today’s release of the Obamas’ 2011 tax return, the White House has acknowledged that Barack and Michelle Obama paid taxes at a lower rate than the...
View ArticleHeidi Heitkamp Gets Maximum Donation From Planned Parenthood Chief, Barbara...
Looking through the list of individuals who gave money to liberal Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp’s campaign shows some interesting and controversial names. Current Senator Kent Conrad gave the maximum...
View ArticleThe State Of North Dakota Needs To Use Honest Accounting In Calculating...
Recently a group called State Budget Solutions released a report on debt held by the various states. Although North Dakota ranked as one of the best states in the nation in terms of debt, the more than...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Oil Boom Causing A Bit Of A Rail Boom Too
At CNBC they report that the Bakken oil play has led to a booming trade for the Burlington Northern and Canadian Pacific rail lines both of whom operate in North Dakota. Anyone who lives in the region...
View ArticleNorth Dakota’s Public Worker Pensions Represent 57% Of Unfunded Liabilities
About a month ago a group called State Budget Solutions released a report indicating that North Dakota’s pension funds for public workers have huge unfunded obligations totaling over $4 billion. When...
View ArticleDue To Investment Losses North Dakota’s Public Employee’s Pension Fund Only...
According to an audit report just posted on the State Auditor’s website, covering the 2012 fiscal year which ended in June of 2012, the Public Employees Retirement System is only 65% funded, down more...
View ArticleThe War Over Pipelines: Heidi Heitkamp Has Big Financial Ties To Warren Buffett
After a catastrophic, but thankfully not deadly or injurious, train derailment near Casselton, North Dakota, right before the holiday the need for pipeline infrastructure has been put into sharp focus....
View ArticleObama/Heitkamp Crony Capitalism And Train Derailments
Valley News Live – KVLY/KXJB – Fargo/Grand Forks In the wake of the explosive Casselton train development, which I think everyone knows could have been far more tragic than it was if it had occurred in...
View ArticleNorth Dakota’s Senators Are Both Millionaires
The Center for Responsive Politics (the folks who run OpenSecrets.org) have released their analysis of 2012 congressional finance disclosures, which may seem a little odd coming in 2014. “It may seem...
View ArticleHoeven: DOT Has To Finalize Oil Rail Car Regulations Faster
“New regulations requiring stronger rail cars for carrying oil will be finalized in 2015, according to a schedule released Tuesday by the Department of Transportation,” reports The Hill. In a press...
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