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Brood DC

All of the mid-Atlantic area is awaiting the arrival of the cicadas.  “What are they?” you may be asking.  If you are “lucky” enough to live along the Route 95 corridor from North Carolina to New Jersey,

CAGW Staff May 9, 2013
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Because They Could

Americans need to take heed to the shenanigans that the Obama Administration has undertaken in response to the sequester, which began March 1. 

CAGW Staff May 7, 2013
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Never Mind

Yesterday, I blogged about a story in the newspaper Politico that said members of Congress were looking for ways to exempt themselves and their staff from Obamacare.

CAGW Staff April 26, 2013
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Train Wreck

Today, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) announced his retirement – joining five other Democrat senators calling it quits.

CAGW Staff April 23, 2013
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Same old thing: Tax and Spend

We were provided a joint analysis of President Obama’s budget by the House and Senate Republican Budget Committees.

CAGW Staff April 11, 2013
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Entitlements – Welfare and Unemployment

Entitlements – Welfare and Unemployment The United States has a significant, current and growing problem with entitlement spending, particularly the federal portion.

CAGW Staff April 5, 2013
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The Flights of the Navigators

You might think I am going to talk about the 1886 movie, “The Flight of the Navigator,” but in this case, you would be wrong.

CAGW Staff April 4, 2013
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Risky Federal Home Loans: What Could Go Wrong?

On Tuesday, the Washington Post published a story on the Obama administration's latest efforts to get banks to offer home loans to people with riskier credit.

CAGW Staff April 4, 2013
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Got jobs?

For all the hand-wringing since March 1 about the sequester and the Obama administration threatening to furlough thousands of federal employees and contractors, thus marking the end of civilization as we know it, you would be happy to know the...

CAGW Staff March 29, 2013
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Drip Drip Drip

Just like a leaky faucet, more stories are dripping out every day on how Obamacare (Affordable Care Act /ACA) is going to be complicated for people to enroll in it, that it is going to be very messy in 2014 when it officially starts, and that...

CAGW Staff March 28, 2013
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Sugar! Oh, Help Me, Help Me!

“Sugar, Sugar” was the Number One single of 1969.

William Christian March 27, 2013
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Pay No Attention to Those Political Appointees Behind the Curtain

Recently, the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard informed readers that President’s Obama’s top political appointees make an average of $142,691 annually.

CAGW Staff March 11, 2013

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