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"Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973 ... A LOWER PAY INCREASE THAN WELFARE RECIPIENTS!!!"
Members of Congress passed a pay raise for themselves of $10,000 over two years even as they voted not to raise Social Security benefits for 2010 and 2011.
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market.
"Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party."
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