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State Of The Union

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Hultgren: President's Economic Policies Will Lead Nation on Same Path as Illinois' Fiscal Crisis

Rep. Randy Hultgren said president's economic policies are bad for the country. Compares his policies with fiscal state of Illinois.

U.S. Congressman Randy Hultgren said people only need to look at the fiscal state of Illinois to see where the fiscal policies of President Barack Obama will lead the country. “The bottom line is we have seen in Illinois exactly what the outcome of the Obama era policies are. We’ve seen first-hand as the state has increased taxes, increased spending ... and lost jobs. The state continues to come apart at the seams. That’s what will happen at the federal level, too, as a result of the president’s policies. We know this. We’ve seen it before firsthand in our state. And if you keep doing what you’re doing, you’re going to keep getting what you’ve already got,” Hultgren said in a press release. During his annual State of the Union address to …

Matilda B

7:55 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013

Read the article, link pasted below. Hultgren's economic views worry me. We have a disaster coming up for the baby boomers and the Republicans still want to cut taxes on wealthy and hit the middle class http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fiscal-trouble-ahead-for-most-future-retirees/2013/02/16/ae8c7350-5905-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html   more ›

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Hultgren: President's Economic Policies Will Lead Nation on Same Path as Illinois' Fiscal Crisis

Rep. Randy Hultgren said president's economic policies are bad for the country. Compares his policies with fiscal state of Illinois.

Rep. Randy Hultgren said people only need to look at the fiscal state of Illinois to see where the fiscal policies of President Barack Obama will lead the country. “The bottom line is we have seen in Illinois exactly what the outcome of the Obama era policies are. We’ve seen first-hand as the state has increased taxes, increased spending…. And lost jobs. The state continues to come apart at the seams. That’s what will happen at the Federal level too as a result of the president’s policies. We know this. We’ve seen it before first hand in our state. And if you keep doing what you’re doing, you’re going to keep getting what you’ve already got,” Hultgren said in a press release. During his annual State of the Union address to the nation, …

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ayar

9:23 am on Saturday, February 16, 2013

he's both right and wrong. It does need to shrink, but only in the right areas. US post office does NOT need to fund it's pensions for 75 YEARS ahead [no other office does], first. Second, as we pull out of Afghanistan, we will be cutting back on a substantial chunk of $$ right there. Inflation is inevitable until we realize we need to tax offshoring as well as importing, and start pulling tax …   more ›

Friday, February 17, 2012

White House Responds to Patch Questions

President Barack Obama's administration answers questions from Patch users after the State of the Union address.

In January, the White House Office of Digital Strategy reached out to Patch to get questions from Patch users. Patch editors nationwide put out calls for questions, and the White House responded with video replies to seven of them. Here are links to articles with those replies: • From Dylan Schrock, a Plainfield native now living in Ann Arbor, MI: "While you seek to punish those responsible for the sub-prime mortgage crisis, will you pursue those in positions in the federal government and federal agencies who had an impact, or will you simply pursue those in private financial sector?" Click here to watch the video. • From Flossmoor, IL, resident Marta Perales: "Can we get more details on how President Obama is going to move forward with …

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