Radical Muslims suspected in Moscow subway attacks, Obama rallies troops in Afghanistan, GOP cries foul on Obama recess appointments, second Obama TSA nominee withdraws, Barbara Bush hospitalized.
Archives for March 29, 2010
Radical Islam on Two Fronts
Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Tom McInerney discusses Monday’s terrorist attacks against subway passengers in Moscow. He says we can be sure it was radical Muslims – most likely from Chechnya. He says Russia will issue an overwhelming response and he hopes it will convince Russia to work earnestly to stop Iran’s nuclear weapons program. In the wake of President Obama’s surprise trip over the weekend, Gen. McInerney also explains how the fight is going well in Afghanistan and why our own rules of engagement hinder even more progress.
Taxes Galore
Peter Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union explains why the recently passed health care plan has many major firms looking at hundreds of millions in additional costs if they hope to comply with the new guidelines on prescription drug coverage. He also describes many more tax provisions that will hurt large and small businesses, impose a marriage penalty and clearly break his campaign pledge to raise taxes only on the very rich. And you’ll learn about a dirty little trick inserted into the bill that may tax you soon if not right away.
‘Very, Very, Very Dangerous’
Heritage Foundation economist Nicola Moore examines the recent Congressional Budget Office estimate that our national debt will equal 90 percent of GDP within just 10 years. What percentage is our debt now? What impact will even more explosive debt have on our economy? Why is Social Security going into the red several years earlier than expected? And what will be the fallout of President Obama’s plan to have banks lower mortgage payments or forgive some altogether?