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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Video: Prez Obama Takes Away Big Business 25 Year Wallet Candy
From Denny: If ever there was a wallet abyss the F-22 Raptor jet program was it. From the President Reagan era to the Bush-Cheney period it became nothing but a rewards program to Big Business donors that would not stop giving no matter how loud the howling of the American public. Well, finally, someone put a stop to any new planes being built: President Obama. It only took 25 years for a politician to be brave enough to deny the greedy monsters their wallet candy. They will finish up those planes in process; wonder how much that is still going to cost us. Now if Obama would just sign all lobbyists out of existence this country could jump out of debt in seconds...
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Barack Obama,
big business,
F-22 jets,
lobbyists,
Raptor,
spending bill,
wasteful spending