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Gretchen Hamel on Neil Cavuto

January 30, 2013

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What’s behind the sudden drop in GDP? Gretchen joins Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Network to discuss how our economic growth has become dependent upon government spending.

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Gretchen Hamel on Neil Cavuto

Jan 22

Are rising income taxes driving away businesses and wealthy individuals? Gretchen Hamel, executive director of Public Notice, joins Neil Cavuto on Fox Business to discuss taxes and why spending is the root of the problem.

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Debt Wish: What Were The Cons?

Jan 25

"Explore the pros and cons." That's what Roll Call reports Senate Budget Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., directed her staff to do after more than 1,300 days without a budget. Considering that passing a budget is one of the most basic and fundamental responsibilities of governing, Bankrupting America has a simple question for the chair: What were the cons?

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Budget Committee Finally Set To Budget

Jan 24

After weeks of careful deliberation, Roll Call reports that incoming Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D., Wash.) has directed committee staff to craft a budget this year.

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Debt Wish: Vacations and Magic Coins

Jan 11

The U.S. could hit the debt ceiling as early as Feb. 15, but Washington doesn’t seem to be too worried. All that hard work to avoid the fiscal cliff at 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day—two hours after the technical deadline—was tiring. So Congress decided to take the week off.

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Debt Wish: Shiny Object

Jan 11

Today, the Pentagon took the first step in preparation for the sequester. See what Washington was up to.

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Radio: Phil Valentine Show

Jan 23

A new Public Notice poll shows more Americans trust Oprah than the federal government with their money. President Obama recently said that "we don't have a spending problem," but a majority of Americans (74 percent) believe the government spends too much, according to the poll. Public Notice Executive Director Gretchen Hamel joined the Phil Valentine Show to discuss.

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Bankrupting America Releases New Video About Government Overspending

Jan 10

As the debt ceiling battle fast approaches, the organization Bankrupting America has released a YouTube video to convince Congress that government overspending must be stopped and the budget needs to be balanced.

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Three Tools to Educate an Uninformed Electorate on the Fiscal Cliff

Dec 11

Over several months now, I have been devoting attention to the question of how conservatives can win both policy debates and elections, not by appropriating policies that Democrats advocate and putting a Republican stamp on them, but rather by educating Americans and converting those who don’t already share our perspective to it.

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Debt Wish: Hitting Snooze

Jan 22

It seems like every time America faces a major crisis, instead of finally accepting reality and making tough decisions, Congress hits snooze for another few months. The problem? While Washington is sleeping, spending doesn’t stop.

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Debt Wish: Hopes and Dreams and Budgets

Jan 10

With the nomination of Jacob Lew to serve as secretary of the Treasury, Bankrupting America has compiled some of the most noteworthy budget and fiscal-related items from his time as White House chief of staff and director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Since Lew joined OMB, Obama has struggled to meet budget deadlines and his budget proposals have faced bipartisan opposition in Congress.

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Bankrupting America Launches Mobile App

Dec 6

Bankrupting America, a project of Public Notice, today announced its official mobile app, now available for iOS devices in Apple’s App Store. The new Bankrupting America app creates a personalized experience for Americans concerned with fiscal responsibility and empowers users to highlight examples of wasteful spending in their communities.

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Debt Wish: Dawn of the Debt

Jan 17

Throughout history, our leaders have used major addresses to warn Americans as to how continuing on the path of overspending would bury our nation in debt and jeopardize our children’s futures. Yet, here we are, over thirty years later, and nothing has changed. As President Obama lays out his vision for a second term on Monday, it’s worth asking whether we’ve heard some of these promises before.

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Radio: KRMS Morning Magazine

Jan 29

What's the buzz in Washington over what the Senate will do regarding the debt ceiling bill and passing a budget? Lenwood Brooks, policy director for Public Notice, joins host Manny Haley on KRMS Morning Magazine in Lake Ozark, Mo. to discuss this, as well as whether or not we'll see any legitimate spending cuts.

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Debt Wish: Reality Check

Jan 29

Yesterday, Sen. Mary Landrieu defended discretionary spending, claiming it “is not out of control…” despite a report earlier in the day that the Treasury Department had approved six-figure raises for executives at companies that received TARP funds. If Sen. Landrieu doesn’t consider that “out of control,” how bad does it have to get before she does?

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U.S. GDP Growth Contracts Slightly in Fourth Quarter

Jan 30

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported today that the U.S. economy shrank 0.1 percent during the fourth quarter of 2012. This contraction was the worst quarterly performance since the financial crisis in 2009.

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Debt Wish: Dark Days Ahead

Jan 30

Earlier this month it was reported President Obama said, “We don’t have a spending problem.” And now it seems that a growing chorus is joining the president on this claim, arguing that five straight years of trillion dollar deficits and a national debt of more than $16 trillion are no cause for concern.

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