There are times when you see a story and you do a double take because it must be an article from The Onion, right? In this case, no. The Heritage Foundation and Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity…
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Tea Party Tries to Occupy Congress; Advocates Cruel Spending Cuts
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
Hat Tip to the Washington Posts’ WonkBlog for news that TeaParty has decided to launch their own version of Occupy by targeting Congress’ Supercommittee and advocate spending cuts that make Draconian sound almost generous. A branch of the TeaParty was…
Top GOP Think Tank Blasts Ken Calvert on Spending
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
One of Washington’s most influential conservative policy institutes came out criticizing the record of U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert on federal spending and called for his removal from a key House GOP leadership committee.
The Shock Doctrine hits Public Education
by Chris Prevatt • • 8 Comments
In Naomi Klein’s bestselling “The Shock Doctrine†we find the thesis that shocks have been used to push through unpopular free market decisions, mostly privatization and deregulation, generally against the will of the people but always to the advantage of…
