Obama’s Budget Proposal: What could you do with $3.73 trillion?

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Feb 222011
 

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Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) illustrates the sheer magnitude of President Obama’s $3,728,686,000,000 budget proposal – and discusses how House Republicans are listening to the American people by cutting spending to create jobs.

Jack Daniels Explains The Deficit

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Feb 132011
 

In response to the Republican proposal to cut $74 billion from the federal budget, Senator Harry Reid declared the cuts to be “unworkable” and “draconian”. But how bad are is $74 billion in cuts when seen in the context of our $1.5 trillion deficit?

This video visualizes the Republican budget cuts to give us a little more perspective.

Four Reasons Why Big Government Is Bad Government

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Feb 102011
 

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This Economics 101 video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity explains that excessive government spending undermines prosperity by diverting resources from the productive sector of the economy. Moreover, the two main ways of financing government — taxes and borrowing — cause additional economic damage.