What is the Middle Class Task Force and Who is on it?

I never knew until today that the Obama Administration, in his/their infinite wisdom, created The Middle Class Task Force.  According to the White House the Middle Class Task Force’s main initiative is to,

[raise]the living standards of middle-class, working families in America.

With specific goals of,

Expanding education and lifelong training opportunities
Improving work and family balance
Restoring labor standards,

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Party of “No”? That is Just Garbage Populist Rhetoric

I am not sure if this is beyond the scope of this blog, especially since my last post was a political quiz, but its my blog so I can complain on it if I want!  Can someone explain to me when the Republican party became the “Party of No.”

I really feel like this type of

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A List of all of Obama's Proposed Taxes

I have never hidden my disdain for big government regardless of what political party is in charge.  I am a libertarian at heart, but only in moderation, of course.  So I got excited when I saw a post by, Executive Vice President of The Cato Institute, David Boaz, titled, “Democrats’ Voracious Search for New Tax

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What Did African Americans Think Obama was Going to do?

Want to know me brought me sheer joy? A couple of articles highlighting that some African Americans just learned that the President of the United States is the President of the entire United States not just of one minority group (The Politico Piece, POTUS’s Outlook on Black America is the one that got me started

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Fun Conservative Posters and Bumper Stickers

While, I don’t usually pass around political forwards, I loved this one!

A Second Stimulus Will Not Solve your Problems

If you read other personal finance blogs, you’ll see my name all over the comments so I always click the little box that says email if there is a new comment – well my email box, has never been more bombarded than when the topic of second stimulus check comes up.  Want a great example

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Obama - Show me the Money

Every single day I have a friend, family member or co-worker talking to me about politics/economics.  While, I don’t see myself as above intelligent, I think am able to formulate and communicate an argument (maybe that does make me smarter lol JOKING!).  Well today, I had a very close friend arguing with me above government

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What is the single most important initiative that the next administration should undertake to improve the economic health of the U.S. middle class? Synchroblog #1

I am participating in the first ever (well at least to my knowledge) Synchroblog associated with the personal finance realm.  I couldn’t find a good definition of a Synchroblog so I am going to make one up,

A Synchroblog is joint writing/blogging where a common question or theme is posed to a select group of bloggers

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