Obama says he won’t accept budget that doesn’t raise spending

President Obama said Monday he will reject any budget from Congress that doesn’t boost spending on both defense and his own domestic priorities, saying the spending “sequesters” need to go.  “America can’t afford being short-sighted and I’m not going to allow it,” the president said while speaking at the Homeland Security Department as he released his $4 trillion budget for fiscal 2016.  His budget calls for boosting discretionary spending by more than 6 percent, and raising taxes to pay for it.

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Feds to double habitat for spotted owl to 9.6 M acres in California, Oregon and Washington

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The last building block of the Obama administration's strategy unveiled Wednesday to keep the northern spotted owl from extinction nearly doubles the amount of Northwest national forest land dedicated to protecting the bird by the Bush administration four years ago. ✧ Still, conservation groups that went to court to force the overhaul said key gaps remain, such as an exemption for private forest lands and most state forests. ✧ The full critical habitat plan will not be published until next week, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that 9.6 million acres of Oregon, Washington and Northern California will come under its provisions, almost all of it federal lands. ✧ The amount is down from nearly 14 million acres proposed last February but still exceeds the 5.3 million acres proposed in 2008. The biggest cut came in private timberlands -- 1.3 million acres. State forests covering 271,000 acres remain. ✧ Following a directive last February from the White House, officials revised the latest plan to make room for thinning and logging inside critical habitat to reduce the danger of wildfire and improve the health of forests. Read more at The Willits News... Read More......

Federal Debt Has Already Grown $700B in FY12; $40 Per Day Per Full-Time Worker

(CNSNews.com) - So far in fiscal 2012--which began on Oct. 1--the federal government has borrowed more than $700 billion, according to the official debt numbers posted by the U.S. Treasury.  ✧ That means that since Oct. 1, the debt has been increasing at a pace of approximately $40 per day per each full-time worker in the United States. Read more at CNSNews...

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Taxpayer Association: Senate hikes gas tax

OREGON CATALYST, 5/29/2009 by In the news - Taxpayer Association of Oregon: Tax Alert

Today the Senate approved HB 2001 the 6-cent gas tax (vehicle registration fee ($32 to $54), vehicle title fee ($55 to $77), license plates from $5 to $20 and more).

VOTED YES...to massive gas tax hike, yes to hurting jobs and hurting middle class: Alan C Bates-D, Suzanne Bonamici-D, Ginny Burdick-D, Margaret Carter-D, Peter Courtney-D, Richard Devlin-D, Jackie Dingfelder-D, Larry George-R, Mark Hass-D , Betsy Johnson-D, Rick Metsger-D, Laurie Monnes Anderson-D, Rod Monroe-D, Bill Morrisette-D, Frank Morse-R, David Nelson-R, Floyd Prozanski-D, Diane Rosenbaum-D, Martha Schrader-D, Bruce Starr-R, Chris Telfer-R, Joanne Verger-D, Vicki L Walker-D, Jackie Winters-R.

Voted NO. Stood up for taxpayer families in this histroic recession Jason Atkinson-R, Brian Boquist-R, Ted Ferrioli-R, Fred Girod-R, Jeff Kruse-R, Doug Whitsett-R.

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Obama's Tax Increases

GRASSFIRE.ORG - Obama Budget Tax Increases: $1.6 Trillion and Counting (revised 2/26/09)

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