http://www.insidegov.org Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:39:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NOW I understand...Eliminating a tax DECREASE is NOT a tax INCREASE. Thank you Speaker Pelosi. Thanks for reading, or in this case, viewing. --Matthew S. Urdan Related posts:“Pelosi” and “Reid” on SNL The humor in this is so bitter and true that it really hurts. Bipartisanship and respect and cooperation should be ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=518 Inside Government hasn't posted much over the last few months. That's because this site was instituted to explain how the U.S. Government works. The trouble is, since the TARP Bill was shoved down the American people's throats last October with scare tactics more appropriate maybe for the current ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=515 In a follow-up to an earlier article regarding this government program (nearly $3 billion right now) it appears that the hardest hit group are charity organizations who get cars donated to them for distribution to needy families, and others.  Call it another skewing of the marketplace: Harrison @ Just Politics..? Related posts:Cash ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=511 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Old Toyota? No, up to $4,500.00!"][/caption] In the United States, finding a car owner is a pretty easy task.  In fact, according to a 2006 study by the Department of Transportation, there were 250,851,833 registered vehicles in America.  A very large percentage of these owners also vote ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=505 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="192" caption="The "famous" handshake."][/caption] The Obama-Chavez handshake got a lot of press.  The Left seemed pleased, the Right enraged.  Conservatives probably saw all of the "hard work" former President George W. Bush did taking a tough stand against dictators as having been given away so early into a ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=493 $152 billion is the total tally in government loans that insurance giant American International Group (AIG) accumulated over the past eight months and 90% the tax that a congressional bill proposes levying on bonuses for employees whose companies received more than $5 billion in federal bailout money. 328-93 was the final ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=483 [caption id="" align="left" width="216" caption="Presidents from Monroe to Obama have used Signing Statements."][/caption] For my last article I explored the issue of Executive Orders and the Executive Branch.  The bookend to this subject is something a bit more controversial: Signing Statements.  According to The American Presidency Project, Signing Statements are: "Often signing ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=474 Pretty nifty graphic there, eh? I figured with all the talk about "isms" and their misuses and abuses in the media, government, and the blogosphere,  I would cover them here. If you don't know what I'm talking about, they are capitalism, communism, fascism, marxism, and socialism. Please note, these are ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=450 Last weekend, over 5,000 people gathered in Cincinnati to protest the bailouts and multi-trillion dollar spending in Washington in a Modern Day Boston Tea Party. Michelle Malkin reports that this is the beginning of a growing revolutionary movement. "The tax-paying rebels are not going away. In Green ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=444 In a Representative Democracy such as the United States, most people are familiar with what a law is, many people know how a bill differs from a law, but most probably do not understand what an Executive Order is.  Surely a week does not pass that it is not reported ... http://www.insidegov.org/?p=435