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Palin Billed State for Nights Spent at Home »
Posted by: Aidenag 4 months ago in News
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a " per ...
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Palin Spent $50000 In City Funds To Redecorate Mayors Office »
Posted by: Aidenag 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Politics
Sarah Palin has been touting herself as fiscal watchdog throughout her political career. But Palin's tenure as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, was characterized by ...
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Deloitte Consumer Spending Index Turns Negative for the First Time Since 1980 »
Posted by: Varadinum 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
The Deloitte Research Leading Index of Consumer Spending fell into negative territory in October, primarily due to substantial increases in unemployment claims and continued softness ...
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Christmas in Crisis: European Spending Survey Reveal Web Savvy Brits Will Be This Year’s Biggest Savers »
Posted by: Varadinum 2 months ago in Business & Finance
Online Shopping Search Engine Twenga, Finds That 48% of British Internet Users and 42%of Europeans Intend to cut Back This Christmas and Will Turn ...
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Poll: 67% cutting back on holiday spending - Dec. 8, 2008 »
Posted by: engineer 1 month ago in Business & Finance
Americans say the sagging economy is making the 2008 holiday season more stressful than previous years, according to a CNN poll out Monday, with up ...
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McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin »
Posted by: cowboygrandpa 4 months, 1 week ago in News
For much of his long career in Washington, John McCain has been throwing darts at the special spending system known as earmarking, through which powerful ...
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Federal Government Lacks Courage to Hold Businesses Accountable »
Posted by: Stringcheese 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
With the bailout relief funds, our government will: reduce the value of our currency by 10%, damage the current shareholders of banks, and continue to ...
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Record Contradicts Palin's 'Bridge' Claims »
Posted by: Aidenag 4 months ago in News
Gov. Palin has quickly adopted a stump line bragging about her opposition to the pork-barrel project Sen. McCain routinely decries. But Gov. Palin's claim ...
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Should We Cancel the National Debt? »
Posted by: populist 5 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
If the government of the United States repudiated its debt to investors, you can be sure we would have a balanced budget, whether Congress liked ...
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Why Taxes Don't Matter Much Anymore »
Posted by: populist 4 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
I'm really not sure I understand all this tax talk. The government taxes us to get money to do what it wants to do ...
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Report: Empty prison in Iraq a $40M 'failure' »
Posted by: engineer 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
"It's a bit of a monument in the desert right now because it's not going to be used as a prison," said Stuart ...
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Palin's earmarks: Not just for the halibut »
Posted by: Aidenag 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Senator John McCain recently told reporters that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has “learned that earmarks are bad.” But not that bad, apparently. According to a ...
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McCain's Lists of Objectionable Pork Spending Have Contained Earmarks Sarah Palin Requested 3 Times in Recent Years »
Posted by: Neophile 4 months, 1 week ago in News
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Palin relied on earmark system she now opposes »
Posted by: Neophile 4 months, 1 week ago in News
The governor's past practice on earmarks stands in contrast to the views of her running mate, a researcher at a watchdog group says.
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After Skipping Vote On Bill He Railed Against, McCain Ahead In One Contest: He's Missed More Votes Than Any Other Senator »
Posted by: dmwhipp 3 months, 1 week ago in Politics
McCain even beats Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), who took several months off while recovering from a brain hemorrhage...
