Tag Archives: revenue

The Job of Congress or Lack Thereof

United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on […]

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Elephant In The room: Congress Pays The Bills

** Please sign this petition to Grover Norquist, John Boehner and Eric Cantor:  http://www.change.org/petitions/irresponsible-bush-tax-cuts-with-2-unfunded-wars or sign here via twitter:  http://act.ly/45x ** “we wrote war costs down in a budget, so it’s paid for” –directly from the office of Congressional member Eric Cantor I’m still trying to understand how union/pension busting is the new hot thing […]

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