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"Hidden" mortgage fee paying for payroll tax cut

By
    Sharyl Attkisson

(CBS News)

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But Obama said that he wouldn't raise taxes one dime on anyone making less than $250,000.

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Dependency Index Shoots Up 23% Under President Obama
By JOHN MERLINE, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
The American public's dependence on the federal government shot up 23% in just two years under President Obama, with 67 million now relying on some federal program, according to a newly released study by the Heritage Foundation.
The conservative think tank's annual Index of Dependence on Government tracks money spent on housing, health, welfare, education subsidies and other federal programs that were "traditionally provided to needy people by local organizations and families."
The increase under Obama is the biggest two-year jump since Jimmy Carter was president, the data show.
The rise was driven mainly by increases in housing subsidies, an expansion in Medicaid and changes to the welfare system, along with a sharp rise in food stamps, the study found.
"You can't get around the fact that policy decisions made over the past two years, on top of those made over the past several decades, are having a large effect on the pace of growth of the index," said William Beach, who authored the Heritage study.
Dependence on the government has climbed steadily since 1962, when the index stood at 19. By 1980, the index had risen to 100. It stood at 294 in 2010, the last year for which the data are available. The D.C.-based Heritage Foundation has produced the index for nine years.
The report also found that spending on "dependence programs" accounts for more than 70% of the federal budget. That, too, is up dramatically. In 1990, for example, the figure stood at 48.5%, and in 1962 just over a quarter of federal spending went to dependence programs.
At the same time, fewer Americans pay income taxes, the report notes. Almost half (49.5%) didn't pay income taxes in 2009, the latest year for which the researchers have data. Back in the late 1960s, only 12% of Americans escaped the income tax burden.
The number of people dependent on the federal government shot up 7.5% over the past two years.

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Poll: 20% of Republicans likely to re-elect Obama

A shocking poll recently released by a conservative publication found that a large number of Republicans and
conservatives are likely to vote for President Barack Obama.

The survey, conducted by Wenzel Strategies for World Net Daily, showed that one in five Republicans are
leaning towards or would “definitely” re-elect the current president.

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That's why Ron Paul will be on the Presidential ticket in November.  Whether it is on the top or bottom of the ticket, only time will tell.  There is a political reality that the establishment Republicans are faced with if they want to win.