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	<title>If Bush Did It &#187; Alan Grayson</title>
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		<title>Rep. Grayson&#8217;s Shakedown Lawsuit Threat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Alan Grayson&#8217;s is trying to import to the D.C. a scheme allowing lawyers to run a litigation protection-racket against small businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>CBS Reports Obama’s Unemployment Benefits Flip-Flop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ **Written by Doug Powers President Obama and the Democrats have been calling out Republicans who opposed extending unemployment benefits without a way to account for the expenditure and piling on more debt. &#8220;May God have mercy on your souls,&#8221; said resident lunatic Rep. Alan Grayson in a fit of non-secularism to Republicans opposing the unfunded extension. But, in fact, Republicans are simply doing what Obama himself told everyone last year was &#8220;fiscally responsible.&#8221; This fact didn&#8217;t escape CBS News&#8217; Mark Knoller : In signing the bill restoring unemployment benefits to 2 million Americans jobless for more than 26 weeks, President Obama is also adding $34 billion to the deficit and the National Debt. That&#8217;s the reason nearly all Republicans voted against the measure. They wanted the cost of the benefits paid for with unspent government funds or by other budget cuts. The White House dismissed GOP concerns as partisan game-playing. But Republicans were quick to remind Mr. Obama what he said after signing a previous extension of unemployment benefits on November 6th of last year. &#8220;Now, it&#8217;s important to note that the bill I signed will not add to our deficit. It is fully paid for, and so it is fiscally responsible,&#8221; he said. So eight months ago, he said paying for the benefits was the right thing to do, but now he sees no need to do so. Asked about the contradiction, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said he needed to examine what Mr. Obama said last November and would get back to this reporter. He didn&#8217;t. In November of 2009 when Obama signed that unemployment benefits extension, the Wall Street Journal quoted a couple of professors: The probability that a laid-off worker will find a job grows smaller the longer people have been out of work, according to studies in the 1980s by economists Lawrence Katz of Harvard University and Bruce Meyer of the University of Chicago. The above is often used as justification for extending unemployment benefits, but conversely, I don&#8217;t think the probability that a laid-off worker will find a job increases if he or she is mailed a check for years on end, either. Intentionally turning 15-20% of the would-be working population into permanent welfare cases is neither prudent on a national level nor dignified on a personal level, and it certainly shouldn&#8217;t be something promoted by people who claim to want everybody to be proud, self-respecting human beings. As Knoller reported, the latest benefits extension will need to be re-extended by around Thanksgiving. Rest assured Democrats are already preparing any number of &#8220;Grinch Who Stole Christmas&#8221; references for Republicans who oppose that new extension. **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe ]]></description>
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		<title>John Kerry Was For Taxes Before He Was Against Them: Thurston &amp; Lovey Avoid $500k in Mass. Luxury Taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ **Written by Doug Powers John Kerry, who fights on behalf of the little people on whose backs the rich get richer by avoiding taxes most Americans can&#8217;t afford to dodge, is seeing to it that the little people aren&#8217;t burdened by an extra $500k in his home state&#8217;s tax coffers. From the Boston Herald : Sen. John Kerry, who has repeatedly voted to raise taxes while in Congress, dodged a whopping six-figure state tax bill on his new multimillion-dollar yacht by mooring her in Newport, R.I. Isabel &#8211; Kerry’s luxe, 76-foot New Zealand-built Friendship sloop with an Edwardian-style, glossy varnished teak interior, two VIP main cabins and a pilothouse fitted with a wet bar and cold wine storage &#8211; was designed by Rhode Island boat designer Ted Fontaine. But instead of berthing the vessel in Nantucket, where the senator summers with the missus, Teresa Heinz, Isabel’s hailing port is listed as “Newport” on her stern. Could the reason be that the Ocean State repealed its Boat Sales and Use Tax back in 1993, making the tiny state to the south a haven &#8211; like the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Nassau &#8211; for tax-skirting luxury yacht owners? Cash-strapped Massachusetts still collects a 6.25 percent sales tax and an annual excise tax on yachts. Sources say Isabel sold for something in the neighborhood of $7 million, meaning Kerry saved approximately $437,500 in sales tax and an annual excise tax of about $70,000. John Kerry said this in February of 2009: If you put a tax cut into the hands of a business or family, there&#8217;s no guarantee that they&#8217;re going to invest that or invest it in America. The $7 million dollar yacht on which the Kerrys avoided a heavy &#8220;sails tax&#8221; hit in their home state was constructed in New Zealand , so Kerry really went out of his way to prove himself correct. Update: Just because it fits so well, here&#8217;s Rep. Alan Grayson mocking the GOP for their &#8220;yachts and art collections.&#8221; Um, yeah, darn those Republicans and their yachts. **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe ]]></description>
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		<title>And now a few whore, er, more words from &#8230; Congressman Alan Grayson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>If Bush Did It</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, if a Democrat calls someone a whore, he is praised by Vice President Joe Biden (“We owe you one buddy…This is a guy who doesn&#8217;t back away from a fight, and doesn&#8217;t back down from what he believes in.&#8220;) and President Obama (&#8220;outstanding member of Congress.&#8220;). Way to go, Congressman.]]></description>
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		<title>And now a word from &#8230; Congressman Alan Grayson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>If Bush Did It</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, Congressman Grayson is a bit misinformed about the plans Republicans have presented, but were repeatedly rejected, to President Obama. Following are just some samples of what Republicans have presented but but were rebuffed: House GOP Health Care Solutions Group Plan (Unveiled June 17, 2009) Empowering Patients First Act (Republican Study Group Health Care Reform [...]]]></description>
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