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Jul 10, 2012, 5:00 pm Politics

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Payne: Obama's taxpayer-financed toy for the rich

So what did your $465 million taxpayer loan to One Percenter Elon Musk get you? Another six-figure toy for President Obama’s rich West Coast friends. Musk’s Tesla auto company is rolling out its first copies of the Energy Department-financed, $97,700, 300-mile-range Model S electric sedan for journalist review. (Make that $90,200 — you are also … Continue Reading →

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Apr 17, 2012, 4:37 pm Politics

By Glenn Gogoleski

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… and while we’re at it, let’s take a shot at Ann, too!

With the certainty of Romney being the Republican nominee, the two-party road to the White House race is now officially under way. Filled with all of the mud-slinging, character assassination and political spin & folly that makes presidential politics better than any staged “reality” show, it is a process that has that has elevated simple propaganda … Continue Reading →

Tags: administration, Bolshevik, Buffett, conservative, Democrat, Economy, libertarian, Medicare, Obama, Obamacare, occupy, Policy, redistribution, Republican, rich, Romney, Ron Paul, Social Security, White House

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