Democratic Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber is encouraging state lawmakers to double movie subsidies from $6 million each year to $12 million, according to a report from Oregon watchdog group, The Northwest Watchdog. Movie and television producers receive tax rebates just for filming in the state and proponents say it will generate more jobs since filmmakers […]
Archives for January 2013
Dallas Fed President unveils megabank breakup plan
In a speech at the National Press Club hosted by the Committee for the Republic on January 16, Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, presented a plan to require the twelve largest banks in the United States to restructure their activities so that only their banking activities would fall under the […]
Obama supporter talks about why she still supports his presidency
Adam Kokesh of “Adam vs. The Man” published a video where he speaks with a supporter of President Barack Obama. It’s a rather interesting video because a lot of what she said did not make much sense and was actually incorrect. With that being said, Kokesh spoke with a Romney supporter, who also didn’t make […]
Congressman reintroduces legislation to cut Members’ salaries if spending goes up
Virginia Republican Congressman Randy Forbes announced in a news release that he has reintroduced the Congressional Accountability Pay (CAP) Act, also known as H.R. 284, a piece of legislation that would tie the salaries of Members of Congress to federal spending by a specified percentage. The bill would work like this: if federal spending increases […]
Nine reasons why politicians will cause an economic collapse
An utter collapse of the United States economy won’t come from the private sector, a Wall Street executive, the expansion of Walmart or even corporations outsourcing much of their work to places like India or China. When a collapse does take place and provide tremendous pain to Americans, the primary culprits will be the Washington […]