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Sen. Menendez: Won't Go Back to Failed Republican Policies
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez is leading New Jersey's delegation to the Democratic National Convention, says voters have a clear choice and a proven track record with President Obama.
While U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) attends the Democratic National Convention this week, he wants voters to know they have a clear choice between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Menendez, who is the honorary chairman of the state's delegation, talked about the failures of the Bush Administration and the progress made under Obama, "He inherited the Bush Great Recession, the new Depression, businesses that made risky bets with two wars raging abroad, while millions of people in our country go to sleep every night without health care insurance."
He said Obama - despite opposition in the House and Senate - has passed historic health care legislation, brought our sons and daughters home from Iraq, given out college Pell grants and kept student loan rates low.
Menendez said voters shouldn't be fooled by the promises being made by the Republican candidates, because they've heard them before. "We understand the critical nature of this election, which way the country goes, under the Romney and Ryan vision that you're on your own," the senator said. " "What we don't want to do is go back to the policies of Romney and Ryan, risky bets, collective debt, ending medicare as Romney and Ryan promote a voucher program, - we could end up in another war like Iraq."
Menendez said the New Jersey delegates are a diverse group that represent the multiculturalism of the state. They include Newark Mayor Cory Booker, State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex), Newark Council President Donald Payne Jr., and Assemblywoman Grace Spencer (D-Essex).
"The New Jersey Democrats will feel their spunk, we'll show the real Jersey that we represent. The state has shown in the polling it believes in the vision of the Dmemocrats," he said. "I'm feeling optimistic, I'm feeling the electricity."
"I'm looking forward to the president and Joe Biden - to remind the American people what we've inherited, what we've achieved and where we can lead the country in the next four years."
Edward Durfee
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Sorry Mr. Menendez, You and your Democrats are "The enemy of the People". You seek to oppress the United States of America with your continued voting for NDAA, SAVE, DISCLOSE, TARP, NO AUDIT of Federal Reverse, etc. You had your two years to get it done(2008-2009) and your failed leadership left us with broken markets and an unemployment rate of double digits. Where is your budget? You want more years in a Senate gone wild and we the people say NO!
2:30 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
GM just posted a 41% drop in sales last quarter. They are asking for another bailout. GM already owes the taxpayer $80 billion from the last bailout. Menendez is from the failing State of NJ. If Christie wasn't voted in as the Gov and Corswine(remember Corswine and MS Global) was re-elected the dim failure would have continued.
9:01 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
TARP was signed into law by President Bush. The TARP program originally authorized expenditures of $700 billion. The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act reduced the amount authorized to $475 billion. By March 28, 2012, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated that total disbursements would be $431 billion and estimated the total cost, including grants for mortgage programs that have not yet been made, would be $32 billion. This is significantly less than the taxpayers' cost of the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s but does not include the cost of other "bailout" programs (such as the Federal Reserve's Maiden Lane Transactions and the Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). The cost of the former crisis amounted to 3.2 percent of GDP during the Reagan/Bush era, while the GDP percentage of the latter crisis' cost is estimated at less than 1 percent.b While it was once feared the government would be holding companies like GM, AIG and Citigroup for several years, those companies are preparing to buy back the Treasury's stake and emerge from TARP within a year. Of the $245 billion handed to U.S. and foreign banks, over $169 billion has been paid back, including $13.7 billion in dividends, interest and other income, along with $4 billion in warrant proceeds as of April 2010. AIG is considered "on track" to pay back $51 billion from divestitures of two units and another $32 billion in securities.
Pete Mock
11:40 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
Stuart, GM did not lose 41%, profits for the period declined 41%. They still did make a profit, just not as much as the previous period.
Does anyone else note the irony of Republicans being so eager for GM to tank? It's all about the good of the country right?
Kevin Nedd
11:44 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
Great point. Remind me of the idiots at the WSJ who are rooting for Apple to fall. Not going to happen guys. Get over it.
David Zatz
9:58 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
Stuart's comment from 9/4 shows a great deal of ignorance. GM has not asked for another bailout. If Christie hadn't been elected, we would have done just fine, but we'd still be able to vote on school budgets ...
News Man
12:59 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
Looking forward to an exciting DNC. Click these links for Convention speakers, sneak peek and Blog connections:
1 http://www.demconvention.com/speakers/
2 http://www.demconvention.com/thousands-get-sneak-peek/
3 http://www.demconvention.com/blog/
Hope all the links work for you and you enjoy your visit by Patch to the DNC. And I'll be at my computer for easy travel.
Gene Osso
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Better roll up your pants because its going to get really thick for the next several days....holding your nose wont hurt either.
The spin will be more nauseating than a dozen tilt a whirls.
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Blame, blame, blame......what a shame. When will B.H.O. grow up, accept accountability and exert some responsibility? I am so tire of hearing "George Bush did it". Well, you have had 4 years!.......your "change" is apparent, but only for the worse....our only hope is that the American people will wake up, see your blatant incompetence and inexperience for what it is, and elect Romney/Ryan to get us back on track. You are an abysmal failure, Mr. President. We haven't seen the likes of you since Jimmy ("I'll never lie to ya") Carter. Please take your place at the end of the unemployment line this January.
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Great article Senator...things have been looking up since BHO has been in office. Oh, wait, no they haven't.
But at least we are out of foreign wars. Oh wait, no we're not.
But at least unemployment is down...oh wait it's up
But at least BHO has welcomed a post racial America...oh wait, he has been race baiting since he took office.
Good Grief. I was no fan of GWB, but this guy could be any more out of his depth. I wish there was a viable thrid party candidate.
David Zatz
10:00 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
We are out of Iraq. I must point out that both wars you are now blaming Obama for, were started by a Republican. Unemployment is down from when Obama took office -- isn't that the fair time to start? When has Obama ever "race baited"? A concrete example, please...? It's not like the country was doing fine when Obama took over. The stock market had just crashed and it looked as though we'd be facing bank panics and widespread corporate liquidations.
Joe videodummy
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Romney-Obama same old drama.
Opening bell for the DNC in a state that has the lowest percentage of union workers. N.C also has a ban on collective bargaining for teachers, signaling a battle cry for the Dem's, who's only defense after the Unionized Companies depart over-seas is Obamacare.
Fighting for higher wages- that's something Unionized workers do, or at least " used to", when America was strong.
Warren Resident
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Mendendez is a failed policy;
NJ 50th in money returned from taxes sent to DC.
NJ 1st in highest taxes paid.
NJ 50th in business environment.
NJ 50th in creating new businesses.
NJ 1st in highest property taxes.
NJ 1st in lost millionaires due to tax policy.
Perhaps it time to try something new...
4:28 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
You sir have properly summed it up. NJ congressional delegation is the worst of the worst , with Frank and Bobby leading the crew. It is astoundingly bad , and it has remained like this for years.
David Zatz
10:03 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
According to the WSJ, the reason for our high tax burden is our unusually high number of commuters.
So let me get this straight, you say Christie's doing a great job, but then you whine about how our taxes are high and bad for millionaires, how our business environment is bad, etc... and then you blame our federal senators for it, as though they can do something about that? Do you think senators run the state?
Is ignorance a requirement for making political posts? Sure seems that way looking at the stupidity on this page.
News Man
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Looking forward to a great convention, anyone here going?
Gary Stevens
3:10 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
They chose an open air stadium (Bank of America Stadium) and the weather forecast for this week is rain. Great Planning once again from the Democrats. ha ha
Michael Brancato
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
"What we don't want to do is go back to the policies of Romney and Ryan, risky bets, collective debt, ending medicare as Romney and Ryan promote a voucher program, - we could end up in another war like Iraq."
Senator, what does one thing have to do with the other? How do you go from ending Medicare to the Iraq war? With friends like these...
shimon baum
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
So does this mean he will go back to failed polices of the Democrats?
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
In other words, "We're hoping you'll still buy the Blame Bush mantra." This guy is a socilaist like the President.
4:27 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Or a socialist like our school system, or our military. Next time you see a solider make sure you let him know your contempt for our socialist ways that pay him to protect and serve. Oh wait you don't have the stones to do anything but grip online and hide.
Pete Mock
11:52 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
Actually Warren, Gallop tells us that 68% of the American public still believe that Bush is mainly responsible for the bad state of the economy. It quite amazing that he is still taking the blame more than three years after he left office.
But take heart, thats down from 80% in 2009.
A concerned citizen
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Menendez, please tell us what Obama has done in 4 years. 4 years Obama had to recover, so why don't you talk about that?
Thanks very much.
Edward Hotel
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
I so tired of hearing Obama and his minions say they "inherited" a mess. They did not inherit it, they spent a billion dollars to get it knowing full well what they were buying. This is like buying a house and complaining for years that you bought a mess, as they say buyer beware. Own up to what you wanted and stop blaming everyone else.
Salvatore Piarulli
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Because going back 1.70 gas prices, 5% unemployment, $6 trillion less in debt, half of what we are paying now in groceries and a better future for the middle class is a bad thing? time for the crook menendez to go
Anthony R. Petrock
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
What a joke. Oblama is clearly a socialist, and socialism fails everytime it is pushed down the throats of citizens who think the government is going to give them something for nothing.
4:29 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
You too Anthony - make sure the very next time you see a solider make sure you let him know your contempt for our socialist. There is that recruitment office on Bloomfield Ave, why not start your protest against socialism there. When the cops show up include them in your anti socialist ways, as they too our a socialist part of our nation paid for by all our taxes.
Or you could actually look up the meaning of the word and how it pertains to our government for the past 100 years.
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
On any given day most folks in this country will welcome what Leftist Liberal Menendez calls "Failed Republican Policies" over Obama's disastrous failed policies of the last 3+ years. Obama has failed this country miserably and all polls show that American's believe that this country is on the "Wrong track."
Keith Jensen
1:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Senator Menendez does not necessarily represent me, and he does not represent you either. He is not business friendly, if you look at his voting record it appears he is voting for the power lobbies that put him in office. He is more concerned about keeping his job as a Senator for his career much like a long list of other Senators, including: our own Frank Lautenberg and State Senator Loretta Weinberg, rather than representing his own constituents here in New Jersey.
Senator Menendez votes the way Nancy Pelosi tells him to. We need a representative that will vote for all of us in New Jersey.
Read what his opponent says, and I would suggest you vote for him...
As for the DNC, I anticipate hearing some great stories from our local elected officials, and there are a lot of Democrats where I live to share their stories much like mine from the RNC:
Regardless of your party, these conventions really are a part of our society. We should be proud that NJ was asked to represent the key note speech at both the RNC and DNC.
Now the only thing left is to demonstrate how great a state we have and for everyone to actually get out and vote this coming November.
I will vote for Joe Kyrillos for U.S. Senator. I hope you do too.
9:42 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
What the Senator forgets is that despite two stimulus packages and a lack of a real leader in the white house, our economy has failed to grow at a healthy pace. Senator Menendez believes that more government spending and more government involvement is what is best for our state and our country. He believes that simple distribution of wealth, through a higher tax rate on small business owners and those with HHIs of over $250K is what will bring down our nation's debt, improve our school systems and put all Americans back to work. This is what he and the Democrats believe. No plans have been submitted on how to solve these problems however and so far all the Democrats and Sen. Menendez have done, is pass a health care reform that was determined by the Supreme Court to be a tax…a tax that will have direct burden on the same middle class Mr. Menendez claims he is the champion of.
This is why I will be voting for all Republicans this fall and look forward to hearing more and more about Joe Kyrillos – challenger to Roberto Menendez.
9:56 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
When Obama took office, 65.7% of Americans were working compared to 63.7% today (this represents over 3 million additional people who can't get work). Education costs have skyrocketed to the point of making new graduates into debt slaves. The "stimulus" was squandered on boondoggles. Public debt has grown by over 4 trillion in the last 4 years. The dollar has lost 15% of it's purchasing power. Bank reform has accomplished nothing because it addressed none of the causes of the last financial crisis. Freddy and Fannie remain zombie institutions sucking billions from tax payers. The rule of law is not being upheld - i.e. fast and furious, overturning bankruptcy law in favor of crony unions, no prosecutions for bankers who pillage customer accounts (Jon Corzine and MF Global), Congress engages in insider trading and siphons tax dollars toward pet projects for personal gain, the government picks winners and losers in the market rather than enforcing a level playing field (campaign contributors are repaid by funneling tax dollars their way).
When does it stop being Bush's fault?
Helen Cool
9:55 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
A thank you to DXJ ur information is fantastic. I am so impressed with ur fact gathering. Being an novice in the world of politics, I'm amazed at ur ability to put into short form all that I & many have gleaned but have been unable to relate so succinctly. If u have any type of blog or web site (other than face book, which I do not belong to) I wud dearly love to know abt it. This is a crucial period in our history, I know it's been said, however, this is the most important election of our life time. I think u shud try to get more of your insight out there. Thanks again
11:10 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
Helen, I keep two blogs, but haven't been active in them lately. Sometimes life gets hectic and posting to a blog ends up low priority on my do list, but I keep up on my research nonetheless. I appreciate your kind words.This makes me want to blog again.
D Adams
9:56 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Don't you think it is about time we STOP blaming the Bush administration for everything? We did NOT inherit a $16 trillion national debt -- Obama alone in his 3-1/2 years has added $6.5 trillion to this debt [more than all 43 presidents that preceded him.
What we did get was a national debt larger than our GDP, wasteful "stimulus" programs that have not worked, high un/underemployment, stagnant incomes, massive foreclosures -- thanks to Dodd-Frank and don't forget Fannie and Freddie -- skyrocketing oil and gas prices. Rather than looking internally to help solve our energy problems -- e.g., Keystone Pipeline and drilling in our own land -- we have been forced to invest in Green energy. The TARP money has funded -- just to name a few: Solyndra, Ener1, SpectraWatt, Evergreen Solar, AES, Amonix, Beacon Power, Solar Trust, Abound Solar -- and the list goes on and on. By the way, all of the above have gone bankrupt! And lest we forget: Government Motors [GM], Fisker, Tesla and the Chevy Volt.
So please Mr. Menendez, don't tell me that 4 more years of this administration's failed policies will "lead the country" unless you mean into more debt, entitlements, and higher costs for everything -- especially healthcare. We are broke...and we are hurting...and blaming the previous administration for all this is totally ludicrous.
10:31 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Yes, because exploding the deficit even further with the Ryan plan and more tax cuts for so-called "job creators" who instead of creating jobs with the tax cuts they've had in place since 2001 are parking their gains in offshore bank accounts (*cough* Rmoney *cough*). As for your hero Paul Ryan, you do realize, I hope, that this man has been a sucker at the government teat since he was 26 years old? You do know that his acceptance speech is universally recognized as being a pack of lies, right? So...what makes you think they will make things any better?
It took George W. Bush eight years to squander the surplus he was given and come within hours of crashing the world economy. Do you really think that a president who has been obstructed by Republicans who refuse to work with him under any circumstances unless he completely caves to their insanity can fix all this in just a few years?
12:22 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The supposed Clinton "surplus" is fiction. He paid down the debt by borrowing from the Social Security "trust fund". In essence, the "trust fund" was plundered and replaced with a bunch of IOUs. Any corporate CEO who submitted accounting like that would go to jail for fraud.
The good thing about that era was that there were no major wars, the economy was good, there was some entitlement reform, and the Congress insisted on a balanced budget.
Roll Back Our Tax
10:47 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
I have voted Democrat or Republican in prior elections. Personally I don't like either candidate because no one is for the middle class. Romney is for the rich. Obama is for the poor. When are we going to get some one representative of at least 50% of America before its too late? I am really getting tired of all the rhetoric.
7:00 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Obama is for Obama. I firmly believe Romney/Ryan to be the best possible alternative we have this November. Romney, at the very least, brings brains, experience, know-how and a "can do" attitude to the table. In the case of Obama, the table has been and will continue to be empty. Obama's only credential is that he know's how to deliver a motivating speech, but in the end, it is all empty talk. He rose out of know where in 2004 - now I would like him to disappear and take his place in history as one of our worst presidents.
Gail O'Connor
10:14 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
All the Republicans have are lies, lies, and more lies. They do not have the women's vote, the latino vote or the black vote. Ryan's speech at the convention was a disgrace ... even Fox news counted the numerous falsehoods he cited. I have family in Florida who tell me the Republicans are running ads from 2008 with Hillary Clinton speaking against Obama but they are making it appear as if she is speaking as Secretary of State. They only appeal to those that do not read or watch the news. All they have are their mistruths. As Joe Biden said Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Let's give Obama the time he needs to clean up the mess that the Republicans left.
2:15 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Well Gail the dimocraps had the majority in Congress from 2007 to 2010. The housing bubble bursting because the dims wanted to make sure the Blacks in this country could own a house of their own. The subprime mortgages given out by Freddy and Fannie and held by all those banks(when the new home owners stated to default on those mortgages) caused the banks too go down also. It all snowballed under the dim controlled Congress.
Helen Cool
3:20 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Gail I feel very sorry for u it's obvious you are being lead down the garden path. And I want tell you I don't think you'll find too much healthy growth in that garden. This entire administration is TOTALLY against growth of any description what they want is dependency & control. Do you really feel that you or I should be paying for Ms Fluck's premiscuous activities plus telling people of faith that they have to change their entire doctrine & support an action they find odious. What ever happened to freedom of religion. I spoke to someone recently from Europe (vey scary) she said this is exactly the way it started in the communist country she came from. Please just think about it.
7:02 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012
He has had more than ample time. He has made NO forward progress and continues to drag us downward and backward. He needs to go.
10:16 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Apparently all Republicans have been given marching orders to respond, "Stop blaming Bush" whenever someone notes the indisputable fact that, thanks to Bush and his banker friends (don't forget, Bush and the Republicans passed the TARP banker bailout), Obama inherited an economy in freefall.
Just remember: General Motors is alive and Osama bin Laden is dead; it would be the other way around if Romney (or, yes, Bush) had been in office the past 3 1/2 years.
2:34 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
GM just posted a lose of 41% this last quarter. They are asking for another bailout. GM is dead.Bin Laden had a $10 million bounty on his head by Bush. It took Ovomit 3 years to find Bin Laden(actually our military found him and took him out).
9:00 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Predictably, Stuart, your facts are incorrect. Per the NYT and WSJ, GM did not lose 41%. Its profits declined 41% due to its European division's performance--but overall it still made a profit. So GM is far from "dead" despite Romney's best efforts to kill it and put millions of Americans out of work.
And, really, "our military found [OBL] and took him out?" That only happened because Obama made getting him a priority and gave the order to raid that compound, so it's only fair that he take credit--God knows plenty of people would have blamed him had the mission failed. More important, Romney would absolutely not have gotten OBL, having previously gone on record to say, "It's not worth moving heaven and earth to get one guy." For that guy, the one responsible for 9/11, yes, it was worth it.
9:59 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The cognitive dissonance is palpable. Obama, Biden, Clinton and Emanuel all voted one or more times for TARP and the pork-laden "stimulus" when they were in the Congress, when the Congress was controlled by the Democrats ... but it's all Bush's fault. Have you looked at the numbers for GM lately? They're a heartbeat away from another bankruptcy. Like everything else in the last four years ... kick the can down the road.
10:07 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The truth has since come out on the Osama assassination. Obama's Central Intelligence Agency Director, Leon Panetta and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton essentially cajoled and bullied Obama into finally making the decision to deploy the strike team to take out Osama. Contrary to Obama's later grandiose assertion that it was his mere presence in the intelligence briefings that led to the strike, in truth it was Panetta who made the call that sent the plan into action. Had it gone bad, I'm sure Obama would have blamed Bush.
Legal Notice
10:19 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Gail and the trolls from the peanut Gallary have been let loose. So what exactly has Menendez done since his election in 2006 to improve the lives of citizens in NJ ? The answer is a big fat ZERO. As Obama would say his record is incomplete.
2:36 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Without Christie being elected Corswine would have had 4 more years to do an MF Global on NJ.
10:24 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Where were you, Rip Van Winkle? Corzine *did* an MF Global on NJ before he did it to MF Global. He and the legislature raided every rainy day fund ... the highway fund, the unemployment fund, the worker's pension funds ... and maxed out the credit card. Only in NJ would there be the need for a referendum by the people to tell the legislature that the rule is not "thou shalt not steal, unless you have a majority vote".
Legal Notice
10:23 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The simplistic mantra of " Romney is for the rich. Obama is for the poor" is given to us complements of the NJNEA Public education at its finest. So when the rest of the so called rich flee the garden state the idiots can plant money trees.
10:28 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Well Gail, you couldn't be more wrong. I am a woman and proud to say that I will be voting for Romney. There is no candidate that I agree with entirely, This election is about one thing for me - THE DEFICIT! Hitting 16 trillion !! today. Wake up people, nothing else matters if we don't get this under control and clearly Obama is not the person for that. Young people especially, it will be you who will be paying the price for this debt. We all should get behind the person who will stop spending money we don't have. I also am sick of the class warfare and of the attack on religious freedom. You want birth control provided by your employer, then don't work for a religious organization. Freedom of religion (and I am not religious at all) is a more important liberty to me than dictatorship of forcing benefits on this organizations.!
10:58 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
If it is really about the Deficit, then why are you declaring yourself for Ryan/Romney ? With them the deficit will grow even bigger, according to the facts.
I think that you simply want to believe the propaganda ...
The Watcher
12:43 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
I believe Religious organizations are NOT required to add birth control to their insurance policies. So what's next to be excluded, because the American people are obviously not intelligent enough to be trusted with personal choices. Simple solution if you don't want it don't buy it. Do these insurance policies cover Viagra? Freedom of choice includes the right to choose your religious preference and should cover all religions recognized by the US Government. Religious organizations are tax exempt because of separation of church and state.
1:08 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
@The Watcher "Religious organizations are tax exempt because of separation of church and state."
Quite contrary actually. The tax exemption of the church can be traced back (in the western hemisphere) to the union of church and state in Roman times. When Constantine made Christianity the state religion, it automatically became tax exempt.
The Watcher
1:20 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
@Butterfly thank you for the history lesson. In America it is not the state religion and is covered by the First Amendment.
Curt Carnes
2:44 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
It's not the Constitution, it is the tax laws. Some churches are 501(c3) for this reason; they are incorporated as non-profits because they offer services that the government might otherwise have to provide. Food pantries, feed the homeless, community centers, counseling etc. So in return they get a break on some taxes. Also, some churches do a better job of living up to their end of the deal than others.
The 1st amendment deals with religious and other human freedoms, and the term separation of church and state does not exist in the Constitution, but instead in a letter from Thomas Jefferson, to the newly formed Danbury Baptists.
Read More: http://www.tgm.org/mythofseparation.html
10:36 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The deficit is a direct consequence of politicians promising things they can't pay for in the current generation ... and dimwits who think that we can all live at one another's expense while consuming more than we produce indefinitely. Throw in a few ill-advised wars and some crony capitalism as icing on the arsenic cake.
10:29 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
And the Party of NO, bears no responsibility for our current situation. We have a President, not a dictator. The republican congress has thwarted Obama at every move preciously to blame lack of improvement in the economy on him. So put the blame where it belongs, on congress.
10:39 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
What have the President or the Dems put forward and subsequently was blocked that would have made things better in the economy?
12:46 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
DXJ--start with the jobs bill that the GOP House killed after it passed the Senate.
11:41 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
If you mean the Keep Jobs Home Act ... Harry Reid said he wouldn't entertain any Republican amendments to it. How many jobs bills have the Republicans put forward that Harry Reid killed or refused to allow a vote on? That's not obstruction?
If you're talking about The American Jobs Act, it was more "stimulus" to follow the first failed "stimulus". All of the past stimulus weren't enough so we are going to try it again with more stimulus money.
70% of the jobs in the United States are created by small businesses. You're a small business person and you put your idea and capital in motion, you took a big risk. Yes, you built that company (not Obama) and you managed to make a profit that you put put back into your enterprise to grow, expand and hire more people. Without profits you can't expand, and if you can't expand you can't hire.
So, President Obama says he is going to extend the payroll tax holiday. That's great news for the small business owner. But in the next sentence he says he's going to eliminate those corporate tax loop holes. Huh? If I'm a small business owner I'm listening very carefully to that and here's what I'm hearing: He's going to raise my taxes. What does that do? It reduces my profit. What happens when my profits are reduced? I cannot expand and I cannot hire.
Again, what have the Dems put forward that will create jobs?
News Man
10:44 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Looking forward to a great DNC, anyone here planning to go?
10:45 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
you do realize that the Dems had complete control, a super majority for 2 years where they rammed through all of their spending programs that caused the current situation
10:59 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Huh ? JB, you must be living in a different country.
11:19 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
its fact, 2009 and 2010 Dems had a filibuster proof sized majority in the house and senate. They rammed through all their crap that got us to $16 trillion in debt
12:47 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
JB: Please enumerate the "crap" of which you speak. Thank you.
Dan Grant
1:08 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
JB, You continue to count two wars, a tax cut for the rich and the expanded drug benefit left over from the Bush administration. You also ignore that the Democratic Party being diverse had people like Blue Dog Democrats that were more in line with Republicans and voted with them so the Democratic Leadership never had the filibuster proof majority you claim. In Fact the just say no crowd used the filibuster and the threat more times since Obama has been President than in the history of the Country. You have no idea how close to the financial end Bush and the Republicans took us. In the end ignorant people excepting the lies of Rmoney and Ryan may elect them but it won't be about what is good for the Country.
Will Rod
10:53 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Bloomberg News:
In early 2001, Paul O'Neill, the new Treasury secretary, began work on a plan for radical tax reform. He wanted simpler forms and fewer deductions, which would make it easy for people to prepare their taxes and cost the government less to process them. He presented a five-inch-thick binder of research to a senior White House official.
"Don't ever let that see the light of day," O'Neill says he was told. President George W. Bush didn't want to deliver a tax overhaul. He wanted to deliver the tax cuts he'd promised as a candidate, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Aug. 6 issue.
He did, in 2001 and then again in 2003. Yet the kinds of cuts he'd promised -- large ones -- would create unsustainable deficits after 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office projected. So they were designed to expire in a decade, at least on paper.
It was "baloney," says O'Neill, who publicly supported them at the time. Republicans never intended to let the cuts lapse. "It was put in there so they could make a fiscal claim that it wouldn't damage us. It had nothing to do with reality."
It's now more than 10 years later, and Bush's tax cuts are still with us -- adding to the debt as predicted. The temporary tax cuts have become a subsidy, and as with all subsidies, to take them away is to create a period of painful readjustment.
10:58 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
allow me to continue Will.....and for 6 years under GOP house, senate and WH the United States had under 5.5% unemployment, record growth and 1.50 gas prices all while engaged in 2 wars to keep our country safe. The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009 -- it was actually January 3rd 2007.
The day the Democrats took over the House of Representat...ives & Senate, the start of the 110th Congress.
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.
"For those of you who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault," think about this:
At the time:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB CREATION!
12:07 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
JB, there are a couple of distortions in your post.
-In August 2008, gas was at $4.00 a gallon. It went down, and has come back up. So, don't say that gas was $1.50, when you didn't put the historic price.
-Down Jones, is above 13,000 now. I'm actually surprised that you put it at a lower number on your post.
-4.6% and other unemployment rates you state are just plain wrong, and don't deserve discussion. Unfortunately for you, most people know this.
-History....it wasn't until Ronald Reagan's SECOND term, that things started to turn around. A fact the Republican's simply ignore.
Now, if the Republican's want to win, they really have to get rid of the pundits and how they talk, or, they'll lose. JB, unfortunately in my opinion, you're simply re-stating the lies the pundits are throwing out there.
Will Rod
10:58 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Bush vowed that, as president, he would cut taxes for all Americans. According to a widely circulated report prepared by Citizens for Tax Justice at the time, his plan would cost $1.7 trillion over 10 years.
It looked like the money would be there to spend. Fiscal restraint and a strong economy had given Washington something novel to play with: The CBO forecast a federal budget surplus of $5.6 trillion by 2011. In 2001, the Pew Research Center found that 37 percent of Americans preferred to use the surplus to fund Social Security and Medicare, 23 percent for domestic spending, and only 19 percent for a tax cut. Even after selling the idea as a way to give back part of the surplus, Republicans were concerned that they couldn't bring on enough Democrats to pass it. So they resorted to reconciliation, the same parliamentary maneuver Democrats would use in 2010 to pass a health-care law. While that allowed Republicans to get around a threatened filibuster, Senate rules don't allow bills passed by reconciliation to create deficits more than 10 years in the future. Thus, the 10-year expiration date. By the next year, things had gotten very serious. The economy was weak and a war was on the way. There were no more surpluses to play with. In 2002, the federal government ran a deficit of $158 billion. The White House began a push for more tax cuts, this time justifying them as a stimulus. Several moderate Republicans warned that further cuts would make the deficits worse.
10:59 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
....Remember the day.
January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.
The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
THANK YOU DEMOCRATS for taking us from 13,000 DOW, 3.5 GDP and 4.6% Unemployment to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOS!
(BTW: Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie -
starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy).
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac?
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie?
OBAMA& the Democratic Congress
So when some idiot tries to blame Bush
REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007 THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!
Bush may have been in the car but the Democrats were in charge of
the gas pedal and steering wheel they were driving.
10:50 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The sub-prime debacle has it roots in the Clinton era and the GOP controlled Congress that repealed Glass-Steagall and set in motion a repeat of the financial crisis of the 1930's. Dodd and Frank did nothing to fix the underlying moral hazard of socialized losses and privatized profits.
News Man
10:59 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Stay calm, listen to all sides.
Click these LINKS to convention speakers, sneak peek and Blog connections.
1 http://www.demconvention.com/speakers/
2 http://www.demconvention.com/thousands-get-sneak-peek/
3 http://www.demconvention.com/blog/
Hope all the links work for you and that you enjoy your Patch visit to the DNC. I'll be on my computer for easy travel.
Kelly Van Rijn
7:29 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Gee, the only thing missing is banal eft wing babble from Rachel Mad-cow.
Alan Sanders
10:59 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Does an obstructionist Congress count for anything? Does a stimulus 1/2 the size the Democrats pushed for matter? Small businesses (fewer than 500 employees) that 44% of Americans work, for need to have confidence that there'll be customers before they invest and hire. The Party of NO, INTENTIONALLY undermined their confidence. As the Republican House Leader Mitch McConnell bragged, the Republicans' main mission was to make Obama FAIL. You have been and still are watching their plan unfold. Why are we not hearing that Obama is weak on defense? Is it because he made the tough and risky decision after an agonizing process, to zap Bin Laden? You bet! Would the 100,000 jobs that would have evaporated if GM wasn't bailed out exist now? Would the Republicans have done it? I don't think so. As Romney said at the time: 'Let them go under'. Trust the magic of the market. The magic of the market is a mirage that inflicts pain that the 1% never have, do not and never will, feel. The market needs 'guidance' to do it's magic and the economy needs money in it to turn around.
Will Rod
11:00 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The 2003 cuts also came with paper expiration dates of 2004 and 2009. Congress extended them in 2005, a year that tax cuts, along with a slack economy, contributed $416 billion to the deficit. It extended them again in 2007, when the cumulative cuts added an additional $248 billion.
More arrived as a stimulus in 2008, and in the recession that followed the financial crisis Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress added new cuts and agreed to extend the old ones.
Now, more than a decade's worth of tax cuts are set to come due in about six months, each dreamed up and extended under the fiction that it would be temporary.
In 2011, they helped contribute $1.1 trillion to the debt. In total, since 2001, the CBO calculates that tax cuts have helped add $6.1 trillion to the debt. This is what Washington now calls a crisis: completely predictable arithmetic, compounded over a decade by a consistent refusal to acknowledge reality.
11:12 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Federal tax revenues have remained at about the same percentage of GDP no matter what the marginal tax rate was on the wealthy. It's called Hauser's Law. If the Feds attempt to extract taxes in excess of 20% of GDP, the economy shrinks. If they reduce taxes, the economy grows and so do revenues. This is exactly what happened after tax cuts under Kennedy, Reagan and Bush. The drop in revenue in the Bush 2nd term came only after a period of excessive debt (a government induced credit bubble) which precipitated a financial collapse. Deficits, therefore, are a matter of spending more than revenues and have little to do with soaking the evil rich or not. In fact, taking every last cent of income from the wealthy would still not fill the annual deficit gap ... but it makes for great class warfare propaganda.
John Bennett
11:11 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Sure, Senator, let's stay with the failed policies we have. And are you getting senile or what? "Go back to the policies of Romney and Ryan"??? When did we ever get to enjoy those policies, Senator?
11:13 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Who is Obama going to blame for the last four years if he gets re-elected? Obama has no problem still blaming Bush over 3 years into his term for his own failures but takes full credit for the military intelligence he inherited from Bush from day one. Osama is dead thanks to the intelligence gathered in both the Bush and Obama administrations. Only a fool like Biden would consider the corrupt bankruptcy of GM a success. We (the tax payer) own GM stock at $53.00 a share. It currently trading at $21.00. GM is owned by the UAW (the same union that destroyed the company) and the goverment. How is Obama's budget coming along? That's right, he has no clue what that is. Maybe because has never had a real job in his life. Other than professional politician.
Kelly Van Rijn
7:30 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Obama will blame Bush forever. And if it ever gets old, he always has Republicans (also known as the 'producer class') to blame. Heaven forbid he ever blame Democrats (aka, the 'entitlement class') for their troubles.
clyde donovan
11:16 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Menendez has failed to bring home our tax money from Washington. He's incompetent. Time to remove him from office.
12:33 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Yep totally agree. He's another one (like Obama) who has not done his job. Time to go....both of them
12:49 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Now wait....do you oppose government spending? Then why are you asking Menendez to bring money home? One man's "vital project" is another man's "pork barrel spending." So which is it?
Jimmy Drake
11:23 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
I only know Bobby since he was on the Union City Bd of Ed about a hundred years ago. I'm glad to see he dropped that extra hundred pounds or so, but I would hope someone making the money he makes could do a better job with his pathetic excuse for hair.
He did climb the ladder of political success and did survive Tom Kean's "under federal investigation" rhetoric 6 years ago.
and folks - like it or not, he will win.
Even If Dr.Roque - Mayor of WNY (now under charges of playing around on the Internet) did endorse the other guy.
Diane Jones
12:14 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
the Democrats ruled Congress most of the time, they make the laws. Since 2007; Majority rule is Democrat. Amazing that Bush is blamed.
Year Congress President Senate (100) House (435)
2009 111th D D - 55*** D - 256
2007 110th R D - 51** D - 233
2005 109th R R - 55 R - 232
2003 108th R R - 51 R - 229
2001 107th R D* R - 221
1999 106th D R - 55 R - 223
1997 105th D R - 55 R - 228
1995 104th D R - 52 R - 230
1993 103rd D D - 57 D - 258
1991 102nd R D - 56 D - 267
1989 101st R D - 55 D - 260
1987 100th R D - 55 D - 258
1985 99th R R - 53 D - 253
1983 98th R R - 54 D - 269
1981 97th R R - 53 D - 242
1979 96th D D - 58 D - 277
1977 95th D D - 61 D - 292
1975 94th R D - 60 D -291
1973 93rd R D - 56 D - 242
1971 92nd R D - 54 D - 255
1969 91st R D - 57 D - 243
1967 90th D D - 64 D - 247
1965 89th D D - 68 D - 295
1963 88th D D - 66 D - 259
1961 87th D D - 64 D - 263
1959 86th R D - 65 D -283
1957 85th R D - 49 D - 232
1955 84th R D - 48 D - 232
1953 83rd R R - 48 D - 221
1951 82nd D D - 49 D - 235
1949 81st D D - 54 D - 263
1947 80th D R - 51 R - 246
1945 79th D D - 57 D - 242
Yellow years mark Presidential inauguration.
Sources: Senate, House, Janda
Kelly Van Rijn
7:32 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Doesn't matter- it is all Bush's fault! Whaaaaa! Are ya'll in chains? Dont' cha know that?!
12:31 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The ones who failed are the democrats and Obama. They are a disgrace. This country has suffered under Obama. He is the food stamp president. Obama HATES america! He failed on everything. He broke every single one of his promises!!!! He didn't close Gitmo, he continues bush tax cuts, he "prints" money and thinks it's the answer to his failed economy!.There's so many broken promises to name. He is bad news for small business. He goes around Europe and APOLOGIZES for America. What a disgrace. he didn't do his job...he should be out! simple. Change??? what change? the change was for the worse! He ruined the economy and America. He had all these years after Bush to fix things. Instead, he made it much worse. He appoints a tax cheat (Tim Geithner) to head the US treasury! We won't even get into the debt....Sen Menendez has his head in the sand. This is who he supports??? But he's so rich , he doesn't care. He is out of touch with reality. Maybe he needs to be unemployed!
12:52 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Good! You get an "A" on your Fox News Regurgitate Talking Points Test! Hooray, you! Next time, try some independent thought. You might like it.
1:06 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Obama broke every one of his promises??? I think not. He promised to end the war in Iraq. He succeeded. He promised to take out Osama bin Laden. He succeeded. He promised to enact universal healthcare. He succeeded. He promised to end DADT in the military. He succeeded. These are just to name a few.
1:14 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Then Candidate Obama said then President Bush was overspending and unpatriotic and yet he has doubled down on the spending. The failed policies is running up debt that now totals more than the Gross National Product. If Senator Menedez and President Obama promised to do actual cuts, not promises of future cuts for whoever is in office then to live up to or not, I could consider voting for them. I would need a lot of convincing after seeing the President's kill the upper middle class policies and having to deal with Senator Menendez and his support of big banks over credit unions and community banks. They are killing the regular citizen who wants fair deals and a chance to advance.
1:22 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
@The Watcher - I believe you are wrong - religious organizations MUST provide birth control under their health insurance policies. They don't have to pay for it, at least not upfront - the scheme the administration came up with is that the insurance providers will have to pay for it - but who pays them? All of us that purchase the insurance. Either way, the religious organizations do not want to be forced to provide a benefit they are religiously against. And I believe they have the right under the separation of church and state, to take that position. They are fighting this and will probably wind up in supreme court.
Bottom line - we all believe what we want to believe about so-called facts. To me the best indicator of what will happen in the next 4 years with Obama, is what has happened in the past 4 years and this country is destroying itself with the devalued dollar and its debt. Who cares who in the past caused it. The fact is we are there now and Obama is doing NOTHING about reducing the deficit - that's why I will take my chances on Romney - No other issues are more important to our country right now than the deficit. And just for the record, I believed in the hope and change mantra last time out - I'm an independent and vote for whoever I believe will do a better job - couldn't' care less about which party.
1:24 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Sorry don't watch fox news..and I voted for Obama the first time around...not Again!!!
Don't make the same mistake twice.
1:29 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
First of all..our troops are STILL in iraq! did you forget about AFGHANISTAN? His so called universal health care is costing taxpayers a fortune! With tons of "ear marks". Gitmo is STILL opened...humm you like to pick out only a few.
2:25 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
70% of the casualities for our troops in Afghanistan happened after Ovomit became the Prez. His orders are that our troops can't fire first to keep down civilian casualties. That shows our troops don't count at all.
2:47 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Well, you did say; "He broke every single one of his promises!!!!"... so it only takes a few to negate that satement.
1:30 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Did he do anything about unemployment....or did you not notice the % of unemployment went up under Obama????? He had years to fix Bush's mess...he did nothing
1:34 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
I don't care if you are democrat or republican. It shouldn't be about the party. It should be whether the person has gotten the job done or not. Obama has not. If someone doesn't do his job, he should be out. Bush should've been out and Obama needs to go. Next!
1:45 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
It is good to see Senator Menendez received his talking point memo from the DNC so he could speak their mind.
Baba O'Riley
2:21 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Blame the past administration for all of the problems; not bad from someone with one of the thinnest private sector resumes I have ever seen). Never mind the fact that the current administration has had almost 4 years to fix the problems created by the past administration and we are in worse shape after spending (or should I say wasting) trillions of dollars, passing (or should I say ramming thru) a health care reform package and making voters out of illegal (not undocumented) aliens.
Helen Cool
2:51 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
With the help of Menendez, Pelosi, Reid & Waxman the law called Obamacare was created, much to my dismay. BHO has spent his first 4 years attacking the 1st & 2nd Amendment ( that is telling Christians what they shud & shudn't support).. Creating more new taxes thru Obamacare & thru executive order goes around Congress ( you know those people at are supposed to represent us). Over 30 bills most of which were job bills passed the House & were shelved in the Senate & what ever happened the that other little law u know A BUDGET?
3:14 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The second amendment is about "the right to bear arms." Obama hasn't even MENTIONED the word "gun." Try again. And then try to learn to spell.
Sean Mirek
2:51 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
I don't know about you all, however I am certainly not supporting a President who has a communist background. You can search the web and I know you will find it. I BELIEVE we need a President that will listen to the people and do what we need them to do. Sen. Menendez needs to get out of office and all the lifers in politics. It SHOULD be FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE. When our forefathers started this country they didn't intend for politicians to get paid like they do and for life! You were put on the ballot by a petition of your peers and if you were elected you served your term or terms and went back to what ever you did for a living. Now you spend hundreds of millions of dollars to get a job that you are now bound to help those who gave you the money. Does any one know that Obama was given $200,000,000 from the Suadi's? It is true. Why won't he show his birth certificate? Why won't he release his college transcripts? He is hiding something. All I know is that I am not happy watching my BELOVED country get torn apart my a COMMUNIST. It is time we all unite in one voice and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Vote for true change.
3:15 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Why not just call him what you really want to? All the things you mention are just code for that anyway. And by the way, try doing some further research than just right-wing stuff you find on the internet. Not all of it is true.
Alan Sanders
4:12 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
This post makes the best case for getting a good education I could imagine. It is full of ignorance and misinformation. I hope that nobody is buying it. If you are do some research.
4:42 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
B@B Not all of it is true??? not all of it.. interesting comment..
Alan Sanders
2:56 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
I have been receiving back and forth comments, not yet shown above, re-who's to blame for unemployment and did it reduce under Obama. This link has a nice clear line graph showing the steady downward trend under Obama's administration. http://mollysmiddleamerica.blogspot.com/2012/05/unemployment-rate-when-obama-took.html
11:41 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Yes, a steady downward trend indeed. The decline in the labor participation rate has accelerated under Obama: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNU01300000
Is it because we are all so much well off under Obama that we don't need to work anymore? Wow, now if he can only follow through on his promises to heal the Earth, stop the rising oceans and hand out rainbows and unicorns for everyone.
3:12 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The most satisfying thing reading the comments of all you right wing nutcases is knowing your vote doesn't count. Obama will carry NJ easily. That must be so frustrating for you.
Gary Stevens
3:19 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
If you are a Democratic Liberal and believe in FREE SPEECH, then why can't you accept others voicing their opnions without resorting to name calling?
4:00 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Basically Gary because I have the same right to free speech as do the name calling nutjobs you haven't chastised. In addition I don't need to coddle them and let them think that their insane remarks have any validity. Anyways, start saving for your pity party when Obama carries New Jersey. You'll have a few but very loud guests with you.
F Doug Nash
3:34 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Was it Barack Obama, currently President Obama, who represented Chicago clients seeking mortgage loans before the sub-prime bubble, claiming that they were victims of red-lining? Didn't half of the clients default? If this is true, isn't he part of the policies that got us int this mess (e.g. Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie, Freddie)?
3:53 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
President Obama was a pioneering contributor to the national subprime real estate bubble, and roughly half of the African-American clients in his landmark 1995 mortgage discrimination lawsuit against Citibank have since gone bankrupt or received foreclosure notices.
Steve B
3:50 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Last time I checked, CRA was created under Carter, and Expanded under Clinton.
Maybe Sen. Menendez think we all have short memories, but we don't.
John Yot
4:19 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
So sorry Senator..... But running on BHO's "Track Record"!!! What is his "track Record"! The only thing in his track record is his constant shriking the issues and blaming the Bush years for the mess. What have you done for ME lately? or at all?
Belleville Sentinel
4:59 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
For a partial list of all of President Obama's accomplishments to date, please visit:
Crafty Spiker
5:10 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
It's really getting deep in here and it doesn't smell so good either.
Jack B Goode
5:42 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
"Sen. Menendez: Won't Go Back to Failed Republican Policies "
Yes Senator please stick with the failed Democrat policies instead.
5:50 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
You make it sound as if the Republicans are a serious alternative. This election is sadly not black vs white. More like satanic-crazy-black and gray. The republicans have a rich 20 yr tradition of damaging policies for this country and deserve not one vote. Having said that, the Democrats have to should their share of blame for the state of affairs (repeal of glass-steagal etc), but being stuck with a two party system what choice does one have?
Kelly Van Rijn
7:27 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Menendez is a greasy, slimy snake who embodies everything that is rotten and corrupt in American politics. The fact that he is NJ's senator speaks volumes about th e idiots who put him there.
haljalikea kick
8:14 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
How about everyone votes for Roseanne Barr? She is also running for President this year -lol
Helen Cool
10:50 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Of what country do u think Roseanne Barr should be president of, some Bannana Republic maybe? Just in case you weren't aware there is a treaty running around that was supposed to be signed by Hilary ( u know our Sec of State), for some reason it was delayed. However, I have every belief that even if BHO doesn't make it back into the Presidentcy ( which I pray never happens). There is still the lame duck session at which time BHO wudn't hesitate to sign this " it wud give control to the United Nations as to who or why any person in this nation can either own or utilize the use of arms" If u wish to check this out go to Dick Morris' web site & see for yourself
Brian Rutter
1:09 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Okay, I'm a little confused. Was this a news story, or a political advertisement? Why are we being subjected to this puff piece with all of the objectivity of a teen idol's fan magazine? Start with the headline, talking about "failed policies of the Republicans", then proceeding with no examination of whether those policies did fail, or whether the Democrats' policies would be better. (For the record, I'm not thrilled with a lot of the GOP's policies, but the Democrats are spending like drunken sailors to buy votes."
Biased coverage like this will not advance the debate, nor help pull us out of the hole we have dug for ourselves.
4:04 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
This story isn't about sleaze ball real estate developers making money, so why ask why?
Alan Sanders
8:44 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
I strongly recommend this link, http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com/ posted by Belleville Sentinel above. I'd bet that both those calling Obama a failure, and his supporters and those in the middle will probably be very surprised at what he's done. Rather than treating this election like a sporting event and rooting from your heart for your favorite team, root from your head for the better team. Get informed! Thank you Belleville Sentinel!
Alan Sanders
9:45 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Roll Back our Tax wrote: Obama is for the poor. When are we going to get some one representative of at least 50% of America before its too late?
Obama's policies HAVE benefited the middle class. Check out this 'What the heck has Obama done so far' list
Paul Corrigan from West Orange
10:33 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
He will stick to the failed Obama plan instead. I can't wait to vote him out.
Prentiss Gray
12:14 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Interesting point about returning Federal tax money from washington, from what I can see that's pretty much part of being on the east coast. It looks like we pay the bills for the rest of the country. It's also interesting to note that the states that get the most money are the republican "small government" stronghold states.
1:03 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Vote all NJ democrats out of office. They sicken me!
Alan Sanders
1:05 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Roll Back Our Tax: I know that there's a lot of spin from both parties. My impression is that it's more from the Republicans but that's my bias. So do you find that your experience is typical of other small business owners you know? Is it gov't. policy, the economy, both? I don't think that either party will save the day. Whoever wins will look like a goat in 4 or 8 years. I think that it's more likely that more of the middle 50% will do better under Dems than Repubs. but what with debt., deficit, Europe, if it's not disaster, we'll bump along for a long time.
1:47 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Since the Republican's are considering President Obama a failure I guess they should be quite proud of themselves since they were the ones who declared they would do everything in their power to make sure he failed and that he was a one term President. If I were a Republican voter I would be ashamed of my party. How is vowing that our President fails good for our country? How is a President supposed to move this country forward if he is blocked time and again just because the Republican's can? How anybody could support a political party that votes based on revenge and ego rather than the good of the American people is beyond me. If President Obama is re-elected I certainly hope the Repubican's find their big girl panties, put them on, get over themselves and work WITH the President instead of against him.
Belleville Sentinel
4:40 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tammy - I think Wanda Syke's comments at the 2009 White House Correspondents Dinner regarding this republican mantra of causing President Obama to fail at any cost as was first babbled by the republican guru, Rush Limbaugh, says it all:
Chopped Meet
12:16 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Tammy you must have been asleep for 8 years while your Democrat buddies worked against Bush at every turn in the road. I suppose you forget Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi(no doubt your heroes) and the vial they spilled. But then again thats ok, they're Democrats. I say fight this Obama guy all they way before he destroys us completely.
Al Norton
3:06 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Newsflash Mr Menendez-these people don't represent me !!!!
Menendez said the New Jersey delegates are a diverse group that represent the multiculturalism of the state. They include Newark Mayor Cory Booker, State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex), Newark Council President Donald Payne Jr., and Assemblywoman Grace Spencer (D-Essex).
3:46 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Boneheaded republicant's blaming a senator for failed governors policies but whine when the idiot teabagger congress is criticized for obstruction of the recovery saying the president has to take responsibility! Your fat boy governor is the one who has to take responsibility!
4:06 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Its funny people are blaming obama's administration for not doing enough, looking past the fact that everything they've tried to do has been cockblocked by the republican party. Republicans think the way to get more jobs is by giving tax cuts to the wealthy, and democrats want to tax the wealthy to help the middle class. Its also amusing how despite all of this, the economy is Obama's fault, when it was already screwed upside-down-sidways and inverted, when he became president. Not to mention, there the bills/laws that Bush signed, which took effect when he left office. Though the saddest part is that Americans want to have their cake an eat it to, but without the work needed to make the damn cake.
John A. Unglert
6:18 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Gee and all I wanted to know is what my "fair share" is. The dems use the phrase but never define it. Is it 90 % of my income ? 80 % ? 70 %, what is it ? AND I really want to know WHY I must work 70 hours a week to support MY family and then all the other dead beats and union officials ? Because of MR. Obama I LOST me retirement funds since he gave away all my bonds in GM to the Unions. He just abidcated contract law for his crony unions. Oh and btw this Senator is an idiot. He has no original thoughts and has no intention of supporting NJ, just his so-called "Party line". I have never heard anything of use from EITHER of our Senators. They need to be VOTED OUT OF OFFICE NOW !
Belleville Sentinel
6:37 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The 31 pages of legislative accomplishments of Senator Menendez (for just the last 2 years alone) are readily available at:
Helen Cool
8:58 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Sir I am so sorry to finally find one of the victims of Obama's outrageous action in the GM (better known as Gov't Motors) debacle. At that time I was just starting to recognize what was happening. I was shocked that BHO got away with braking the law; for that's what he did. Of course since that time he has been using executive privilage & destroying the constitution at will. I certainly agree with ur analysis of Senator Menendez. I e-mailed him concerning some subject or another & all I got back was accolades about the benefits of Obamacare. You have to know how excited I was about that. I wish you very good luck & God's speed
John A. Unglert
9:33 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
I will call him Mr. Menendez. Although elected to office I refuse to recognize the honorific for some snivelling vote the party line only so called "senator". He is worse than a Roman Senator in 120 A.D. His party destrolyed my chance to retire, LED by his President. And if either of them believe that I will pay this so called "tax" on health care insuracne they have another thing coming. "They" can come and get me now, since I REFUSE to pay it and will state that now. I WILL NOT be forced, by the Obama Government, to purchase ANYTHING ! My LIBERTY prevents me from allowing them to reach into my pockets for anything more. I REFUSE to allow it. AND I urge you allow not to allow it either. VOTE THEM ALL OUT NOW. Weneed more Govenor Christie's in office. Men we can trust and believe in. Men who do not spend, spend, spend, with my grandson's future !I held that infant in my arms 12 years ago and now, because of Mr. Menendez and Mr. Obama his future is dommed no matter what he does. 16 TRILLION DOLLARS now mates. ARe yiu just going to take it laying down or will you VOTE THEM OUT !
7:15 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
New Jersey is always between 47th to 51st (includes D.C.) in getting tax money back from the Federal Government. The last time I saw the figures we got back $0.62 from every dollar we sent to the politicians. 37 of the 51 get more than a dollar back on every dollar sent and some get more two dollars or more back. I think, if we are talking fair share, we should get a pass on income tax for a decade or more. New Jersey taxpayers complain about paying too much all the time but vote for increased taxes the next day.
The talk about taxing millionaires and billionaires but we don't confiscate wealth so we are not really talking about taxing millionaires and billionaires because they don't have "hard" income and can adjust their income to match the best rate possible. Those who will be taxed are the up and coming small business owners and new successful professionals.
As for the Congress; Presidents Clinton and Reagan had their powerful opponents in Congress but were leaders enough to know how to compromise to get what was important to their plans. It seems like President Obama wants everything or the ability to complain because he didn't get his way.
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8:07 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
Stop it Bob and get a real job...Go Joe Krylioss ason 11/6/12 I am gettting a GRIP- GETTING RID OF INCUMBENT POLITICOS...You have done nothing for me and my business except tax me to highest level ever experienced...Shame on you MR MENDENDEZ
Chopped Meet
11:13 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
This Menendez clown is like a clone to Chucky Schumer, only takes on benign issues, has no spine. The ultimate jellyfish. Too bad this state is so liberal, too many handouts from the DEMS.
Southide W
10:07 am on Sunday, September 9, 2012
As much as I cannot stand Schumer, at least he is bringing back tax dollars to his state. Our senators do nothing in that regard.
10:23 am on Friday, September 7, 2012
OMG! I am reading through all these comments and it's as if no one is really "listening." You all are trying to "out-fact" or "out-quote" or "out-nasty" the other. Whomever you vote for is your own business; chances are comments on the Patch are not going to change minds either way. I wish instead of thinking "what can the next president do for me," we should be thinking "what can he do for America."
(And, just as an aside, PROOFREAD before you send.)
John M.
11:24 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Its great to hear from our esteemed senator. Since he was elected, I had not heard a peep out of him. In fact, I conducted an unscientific and informal poll of 50 adults and only 7 ( ie 14%) could name him as one of the senators from New Jersey. As much as I despise the weasels that represent New York, they do manage to get press coverage.
Tee Smyth
1:37 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Shame on the people polled for not knowing their own senator. Press or not, there's no excuse.
2:21 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
Why you don't let central planners run industry, as in the case of GM (Government Motors): Nearly two years after the introduction of the plug-in hybrid, the Chevy Volt, GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each Volt it builds. Although it costs about $5,050 to drive around for two years (pretty cheap), the vehicle cost as much as $89,000 to produce.
Kevin Nedd
12:17 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
You do realize the $89K production cost you mentioned came from a flawed analysis that assigned a portion of the full R&D cost to derive the technology across the initial production runs of the vehicle? Kinda makes you look stupid once you know the facts.
Alan Sanders
7:41 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
Is it practical to take a trip with a Volt and expect to be able to charge it or would this take careful planning?
8:37 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
Thats the big advantage with a Volt. The on-board gas generator kicks in once the batteries are empty and is providing power for the (electric) motors. So its a electric car without being tied to the (sparse) network of re-charge stations.
It also means that long distance trips are resulting in higher mpg's.
9:39 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
The main customer for the Volt is the US Gov; almost as popular as $1,000 claw hammers.
9:42 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
We know from the Woodward book that Obama and his staff didn't have a contact number to reach John Boehner on election night 2010 to congratulate the GOP on winning a House majority. Let that sink in: the White House didn't know how to contact the House minority leader. But don't forget: gridlock is the Republicans' fault.
10:02 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
you can turn that easily around: Boehner is the 3rd in rank in the US government and he did not bother to make himself reachable 24x7 ?
Let that sink in....
The Stig
11:59 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
On Election Day 2010, Mr. Boehner was not in the line of succession. That only happened in January, 2011 when he was elected Speaker of the House.
And speaking of succession, isn't it kind of scary that at one point it was Obama -> Biden -> Pelosi !
Kevin Nedd
11:14 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012
We know from history a Democrat Leader of the Senate or House has never said this:
Yes - gridlock is the Republicans' fault.
The Stig
2:43 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
So Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi bent over backwards to help Bush after the Dems took control of Congress?
The repetition of that video snippet is one of the biggest hoaxes that the Dems are trying to foist on the American people.
It's SOP for politicians of OPPOSING parties to BLOCK the worst ideas of their OPPOSITION. Duh.
Republicans didn't invent "grid-lock," nor are they even the best practitioners of it.
The other hysterical thing is that Dems in NJ are demanding that their leadership grid-lock Trenton, lest Christie get any more wins before next year's election.
So do you support them, or Harry Reid who claims that all he wants is a return to good old fashion bi-partisanship?
Kevin Nedd
4:27 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
"Republicans didn't invent "grid-lock," nor are they the best practitioners of it."
The chart presented in the following link shows how clueless or stupid you are:
With respect the Republicans' record use of the filibuster during the Obama administration, note where Mr. Klein says, "and then the practice absolutely skyrockets when Barack Obama takes office."
The Stig
9:58 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Your "proof" is from a column by Ezra Klein? Seriously? Only an idiot would post something like that and expect everyone to accept the Über-Liberal Mr. Klein as an objective observer of the truth. The only thing that would be less plausible is if he were quoting you.
Kevin Nedd
10:31 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
It's the data, stupid! It doesn't matter who wrote the article.
Are you disputing the FACT Senate Repulicans have used the filibuster a record number of times while President Obama has been in office?
The Stig
10:48 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Gee, I guess you never heard of the Three Great Lies - Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics!! Even Mr. Klein notes, "This is an imperfect measure." He should have ended his "analysis" there.
Also noticed you didn't bother to denounce your fellow Dems in NJ who are insisting that their legislative leadership use their majority position in Trenton to Grid-Lock NJ. Another NeddHypocrisy??
If you're going to push for b-partisanship and political collegiality, you should be doing so at all levels of government.
11:12 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The main issue is that the republicans have let go of the principle of compromise and instead become more ideological in their stances. Since the US congress can only work if the parties are willing to compromise, I see the US as a de-facto failed state and the republicans as the major party at fault.
And looking at the discussions here and elsewhere I do not see much of willingness to confront facts; there is a lot of hearsay and repeat of spin going around and no willingness to accept facts.
Kevin Nedd
11:17 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Imperfect analysis doesn't mean not credible. What specific data within the chart do you dispute? Are you saying Senate Republicans have not used the filibuster during the current President's term by a record amount? What part of the data do you find to be worthy of your "Great Lie" citation? Keep digging...
The Stig
11:56 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Democrats record in the US Senate on budgets is a perfect example of why trying to measure "obstructionism" via a chart on filibusters is meaningless. The majority party has refused to post a budget for over three years as they are required to do, yet this shows up no where on Mr. Klein's "comprehensive" chart, because it is a filibuster by another name.
There are many ways to block legislative progress. Citing one of them may make for great headlines, but it fails to even begin to tell the story of how broken WDC is, and how both parties and the President equally share the blame.
Insert Partisan Hack Rebuttal Below -
Kevin Nedd
12:06 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
So you are equating the GOP's record number of filibusters with the Senate's failure to pass budgets which the GOP would most likely filibuster? You are approaching Lotito levels of logic.
The Stig
12:13 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
In a word - YES. The Dems aren't afraid that the Republicans will filibuster a budget vote, they're afraid they'll have to go on record. And after the Senate passes it's budget, they'll have to reconcile with the House, which has been doing its Constitutionally mandated duty for the past two years.
Grid-Lock comes in many flavors, you'd just like to all pretend it comes in just one. Busted.
As for LV references, they are lost on all of the people who live outside your dysfunctional little township.
Alan Sanders
8:48 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Hey, KMN. Any chance that your points are good enough and strong enough to stand on their own (and I think they are), w/o calling other people stupid? The tone of all the vitriol makes people dig in and distracts from the merits of their arguments. This comment is NOT for you alone, you just put me over the edge.
9:43 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Good point Alan. I figured out a long time ago that KMN appears to have missed out on receiving a few key lessons about social interaction from his parents very early in life. He is an adult now, and unfortunately, it's probably well past the time when those kinds of things can be fixed.
In another thread, he was very eloquently and diplomatically invited to consider curbing the childish namecalling and personal insults and instead focus on the issues being discussed. He clearly indicated that he heard and understood the suggestion, and said that he will stand by his current communication philosophy.
He is an individual who is completely driven by a need to always "be right", even if it comes at the expense of social acceptance. Although it will probably say "I told you so" on his gravestone, there likely won't be many people left who are interested enough to stop by to read it. I for one have now added his username in my mental "auto ignore" category, since the Patch hasn't added an "Ignore" feature yet to let one suppress from one's own view all the posts from a given individual. His posts, like those of a few others who are also in my "auto ignore" list, have degrated to the point where it is too much work to try and skip past the personal attacks to find the meaningful substance of the argument.
Kevin Nedd
10:36 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Sorry Alan, but when I see stupid, I call it out.
I could care less what you or anyone else thinks, so get over it.
The Stig
10:59 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Nedd, you left out your signature, "so STFU." Are you going soft in your old age? Or has Hawaii mellowed you out just a tad?
Kevin Nedd
10:40 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
You could have used a lot less words to say you ignore my postings. That would have given everyone back the time it took to read your moronic drivel.
Alan Sanders
10:45 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Hey Stig,
Why not comment on the content of Klein's post rather than relying on labels? What's your beef with the chart or his words?
You are obviously a fight waiting to happen. Have a nice day.
The Stig
10:57 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
See my comments above.
Instead of being the house-scold, how about telling us why you think Klein's argument has any real merit.
Do you also think that when the Republican's retake the WH and the Senate that Harry Reid will suddenly become Mr. Collegiality? If so, please name one instance where he didn't act as a complete Democrat Party Hack. Ditto for his Deputies, the senior senators from Illinois and New York.
Alan Sanders
11:12 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Well, Klein's data sure makes it look like the partisanship has reached a new level but I don't think that the Dems. if in the minority will vote as such a block to make the majority fali as the Republicans have. Where they have irreconcilable differences with a Republican majority they will. Anyway, enthusiastically predicting things either way is foolish. This is a close contest, flip a coin..... and remember, NJ, where presumably, we will vote, will most likely, not swing this election, the voter suppression states will.
hOpe tO get rid Of the dOpe!
9:27 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
How about asking we the 99% to pay our Fair Share as well?
Financial aid is for those who are handicapped, certain welfare cases, or going through hardships that need financial aid with 6 months unemployment, not more. Maybe you can even add other categories that only the truly needy fall under.
In regards to the unmotivated type of entitled, or sometimes just plain lazy, make them put their Fair Share of work in, and pay their Fair Share in taxes BY GOING TO WORK.
Every capable bodied mooch collecting entitlements who could be gardening with the illegal aliens, is both taking money out of our economy, and not putting their Fair Share of taxes in. We need this type of reform. Drug tests for those on Welfare?
From our beloved John F. Kennedy, the last strong Democratic president. "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
Alan Sanders
10:39 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
Do you really think that a substantial number of the millions of unemployed are gaming the system? Sure some people milk it but I believe that most would rather have their old jobs back or work at higher rates than they get from unemployment insurance. The economy is broken. Saying go get a job seems a little out of touch with reality to me.
9:49 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
We don't want the 99% to pay our share!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We want them to pay their share on EVERYTHING they earn. I don't begrudge their success. What I do begrudge is that I am taxed on 100% of the money I make but they get to hide huge chunks of their money and ARE NOT taxed on 100% of the money they make. I can't imagine the amount of revenue the United States loses because of this. Yes I know it's legal. That doesn't make it right. It certainly doesn't give them the right to look down their noses at those who are in need.
9:57 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
The founding fathers didn't think any of us should be taxed on our income. How is it that we ended up where we are today?
Alan Sanders
10:43 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
XJS: Because no taxes created the gilded age with people wealthier than Buffett and Gates put together relative than the average citizen. Also because the government needed to create government services and the poor were so poor that they didn't have the money. Why don't you google why do we have income taxes and read about it.
Helen Cool
2:12 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012
It's kind of fun seeing so many citizens politcally involved, however, it's a little frightening too. Harry Reid the supposed head of the Senate along with Sen Mennedez & several others have decided that they no longer wished to do their jobs. You know what I mean "pass a budget, debate & then vote on some 38 to 40 bills passed by the House. Protect our borders & probably a few 100 other things that we have not been made privy to". If this is the type of governing you desire than fine that's up to you. However, I find their methods repugnant. Let's see BHO's itinerary for this week is the View, we just lost 4 great Americans in Libya,(who were not properly protected) & he kept trying to say that it was due to a stupid video & therefore spontaneous. Last week he was really busy he was on Letterman's & of course he had to be interviewed by the "Pimp with a Limp" don't ask. With executive privilege he is slowly but surely decimating our Constitution and the Rule of Law. If you people wish to live in a Banana Republic re-elect Obama & his pal Mennedez. As for me I perfer intellect over ideology
2:27 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012
Meanwhile, Mitt Romney was looking at the clouds and hating on half of America.
2:30 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012
I agree. It seems the only thing politicians work at is to be re-elected. Why is that? It's more than the paycheck.
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I'm throughly confused by ur comment r u happy that Menendez got back in office for (6 MORE YEARS) or sadden. If u like this man cud u tell why? As I've said before I've only been interested in politics for the passed 4 yrs.. And so far I've NEVER heard this man come up with an idea that I didn't oppose. In particular OBAMACARE.
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