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Gang of 200
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PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN (1911-2004)
SD48 Tribute to Reagan.
 
HOT TOPICS
• DFL KILLING MINNESOTA'S FUTURE -- Senator Dave Osmek: “This legislature failed to prioritize spending or address waste and inefficiencies in state government, a failed opportunity. Under this tax plan, every hard working taxpayer pays more, not just the rich ... everybody.”
• DFL TRASHING YOUR FAMILY BUDGET -- Rep. Sarah Anderson: “Families will pay more for heating their homes, food, personal and home care products, and medical products. Health insurance premiums will also increase under the democrat majority budget. Even the seemingly simple areas of daily life will be taxed directly or indirectly, like Amazon and iTunes purchases, vehicle registrations, gas, and yes, even beer.”
• MINNESOTA PLAYS “PRETEND” WITH MARRIAGE -- Katherine Kersten: “Gay marriage is a crusade, and the driving force behind it is the secular religion of progressivism.”

ABUSED BY THE IRS

Wetumpka Tea Party leader Becky Gerritson


“I am not here as a serf or vassal. I am not begging my lords for mercy. I’m a born free American woman, wife, mother and citizen. And I’m telling my government that you’ve forgotten your place.”

See the entire video here
• CHANGE -- U.S. manufacturing takes worst hit since June 2009.
• ENTREPRENEURS ARE SAYING: "NO THANKS!" -- Hold on to your jobs, America. It's going to be a long, rough ride.
• “SOMEONE LIVES, SOMEONE DIES”-- Kathleen Sebelius at the center storm over a child's lung transplant.
• DAVID PLOUFFE: That IRS scandal targeting 500 conservative groups “was not a political pursuit.”
• WSJ: The IRS targeted donors to the GOP too.
• IRS SPENT $49 MILLION ON CONFERENCES IN THREE YEARS -- Costs included video parodies, portraits of famous people, gift bags and swanky locations.
• GAY MARRIAGE VS THE FIRST AMENDMENT -- How Minnesota's new gay marriage law adversely impacts religious liberty.
• RATE SHOCK -- Now we learn the truth: Under Obamacare individual-market premiums will more than double.
• PEGGY NOONAN: Targeting half the country is a serious problem.
• TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK . . . . -- “Medicare on track for insolvency in 2026; Social Security seven years later.”
• UNFUNDED LIABILITY -- USA Today: States sinking in pension plan debt. “One inescapable fact remains: Without meaningful reform, paying down these liabilities would cost the average American household an additional $1,385 in taxes every year for the next three decades.”
• IRS DEMANDS TEA PARTY GROUP HAND OVER PERSONAL FACEBOOK AND TWITTER HISTORY -- While liberal groups got a rubber stamp.
• THE IRS SCANDAL STARTED AT THE TOP -- WSJ: “The bureaucrats at the Internal Revenue Service did exactly what the president said was the right and honorable thing to do.”
• SO MUCH FOR THE “TWO ROGUE EMPLOYEES” LINE -- Almost 90 IRS employees involved in the scandal.
• WHERE THE JOBS ARE -- Top 10 states for business all led by Republican governors. Minnesota ranks in the bottom half -- number 30.
• ONE OF THE WORST -- Minnesota ranks in the BOTTOM TEN worst states to retire.
• DFL CHASING INCOME EARNERS OUT OF STATE -- A new study shows what many of you already know. Rather than get taxed to death by the DFL, many Minnesota families are leaving for lower tax states. Younger workers in their prime earning years are choosing NOT to relocate to Minnesota.
• ONE IN FIVE OHIO VOTERS IS BOGUS -- A new report cited by the Columbus Dispatch reports that one in five registered voters in Ohio is probably ineligible to vote. “In two counties, the number of registered voters actually exceeds the voting-age population.”
• MASSACHUSETTS: WHERE EVEN THE DEAD GET WELFARE -- Audit finds 1,164 dead people collecting welfare payments.
• OHIO DEMOCRAT CONVICTED OF VOTE FRAUD -- Voted trhee times for comatose family member.
• A NEW RECORD: 11 million Americans are now on disability.
• WHERE THE JOBS ARE -- Top 10 states for business all led by Republican governors. Minnesota ranks in the bottom half -- number 30.
• ONE OF THE WORST -- Minnesota ranks in the BOTTOM TEN worst states to retire.
• THE IRS SCANDAL AND OBAMACARE -- “Yes, your private health information will be used against you.”
• A NEW RECORD: 11 million Americans are now on disability.
• CHANGE -- CNBC: “Worst economy in 83 years.”
• THE BENGHAZI AWAKENING -- WSJ: “Hillary Clinton told Greg Hicks not to talk to Congress.”
• CHANGE -- Bloomberg: Home ownership at an 18-year low.
• THE INTERNET SALES TAX RUSH -- If tax hungry Democrats get their way, your days of free internet shopping will soon be over.
• A NEW RECORD -- 1 in 5 Americans now on food stamps.
June 14 (Friday):
    Flag Day
June 16 (Sunday):
    Fathers Day
July 4 (Thursday):
    Independence Day
August 6 (Tuesday):
    National Night Out
August 13 (Tuesday):
    State primary election
August 22 - Labor Day:
    Minnesota State Fair
September 2 (Monday):
    Labor Day
September 5 (Thursday):
    Rosh Hashanah

September 14 (Saturday):
    Yom Kippur
October 14 (Monday):
    Columbus Day
October 31 (Thursday):
    Halloween
November 3 (Sunday):
    Daylight Savings Time Ends
November 11 (Monday):
    Veteran's Day
November 28 (Thursday):
    Thanksgiving
November 28 (Thursday):
    Hanukkah
December 7 (Saturday):
    Pearl Harbor Remembrance
December 25 (Wednesday):
    Christmas Day
January 1, 2014: New Year's Day
60 AND 40-WATT LIGHT BULB BANS BEGIN
Many people have decided to start hoarding incandescent light bulbs.
January 20 (Monday):
    MLK Day
January 22 (Wednesday):
    41st anniversary of
    Roe vs Wade decision
February 2 (Sunday):
    Super Bowl,
    East Rutherford, NJ
February 2 (Sunday):
    Groundhog Day

February 4 (Tuesday)
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February 6 (Thursday):
    Ronald Reagan's Birthday

Feb 6-24:
Winter Olympics
Sochi, Russia
February 12 (Wednesday):
    Lincoln's Birthday
February 14 (Friday):
    Valentine's Day
February 17 (Monday):
    Presidents Day
February 22 (Saturday):
    Washington's Birthday
March 9 (Sunday):
    Daylight Savings Time Begins
April 13 (Sunday):
    Palm Sunday
April 15 (Tuesday):
    Tax Day
    • Last day to file
    federal taxes
    without penalty. 
    • U.S. debt per
    taxpayer is over
    $1 million and
    growing by the
    second. See the
    U.S. National Debt Clock
April 15 (Tuesday):
    Passover
April 18 (Friday):
    Good Friday
April 20 (Sunday):
    Easter
May 1 (Thursday):
    National Day of Prayer
May 11 (Sunday):
    Mother's Day
March 23 (Friday):
    Four-year anniversary of
    signing of Obamacare
May 26 (Monday):
    Memorial Day
June 6 (Friday):
    D-Day Remembrance
June 14 (Saturday):
    Flag Day
June 15 (Sunday):
    Fathers Day
July 4 (Thursday):
    Independence Day
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