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Washington, D.C. – Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ), today was recognized for his outstanding pro-taxpayer voting record last year. The 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU), a nonpartisan citizen group, has announced that Schweikert is among the recipients of the 2011 “Taxpayers’ Friend Award.” “As our nation continues to confront challenges to a strong economic recovery, fiscal discipline in Washington, DC has never been more important. Fortunately, residents in Arizona’s 5th District…

Scottsdale, Ariz. – Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ) made the following statement after the president signed the ‘JOBS’ Act into law. This package included two of his bills, the most of any Member: “I am pleased to see the president signed the ‘JOBS’ Act into law today. The American people deserve a government that upholds the principles of economic freedom and does not create harmful barriers to free enterprise and capital…

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ), today was recognized for his outstanding pro-taxpayer voting record last year. The 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU), a nonpartisan citizen group, has announced that Schweikert is among the recipients of the 2011 “Taxpayers’ Friend Award.” “As our nation continues to confront challenges to a strong economic recovery, fiscal discipline in Washington, DC has never been more important. Fortunately, residents in Arizona’s 5th District…

Bloomberg | AIG Chief Sees Retirement Age as High as 80 After Crisis Posted on June 06 2012 – 7:00 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady American International Group Inc. (AIG)Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche said Europe’s debt crisis shows governments worldwide must accept that people will have to work more years as life expectancies increase. “Retirement ages will have to move to 70, 80 years old,”Benmosche, who turned 68…

Bloomberg | AIG Chief Sees Retirement Age as High as 80 After Crisis Posted on June 06 2012 – 7:00 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady American International Group Inc. (AIG)Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche said Europe’s debt crisis shows governments worldwide must accept that people will have to work more years as life expectancies increase. “Retirement ages will have to move to 70, 80 years old,”Benmosche, who turned 68…

Salena Zito | Class Warfare’s Losing Record Posted on June 06 2012 – 8:30 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Newspaper accounts of the day described with shock the “enormous crushing crowds” that gathered in cities and towns (including this one) to see William Jennings Bryan, the Democrats’ presidential candidate of 1896, as he made his way to Pittsburgh. The old master of class warfare did…

Salena Zito | Class Warfare’s Losing Record Posted on June 06 2012 – 8:30 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Newspaper accounts of the day described with shock the “enormous crushing crowds” that gathered in cities and towns (including this one) to see William Jennings Bryan, the Democrats’ presidential candidate of 1896, as he made his way to Pittsburgh. The old master of class warfare did…

Bill Frezza: Post Wisconsin Recall, Let the Cleanup Begin Posted on June 06 2012 – 9:46 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady An excellent piece by Bill Frezza appears today in Forbes. Frezza, among other things, notes that the main beneficiaries of last night’s result will be the taxpayers who for decades have been forced to provide lavish pensions and other benefits for what has become America’s royal class” Public…

Bill Frezza: Post Wisconsin Recall, Let the Cleanup Begin Posted on June 06 2012 – 9:46 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady An excellent piece by Bill Frezza appears today in Forbes. Frezza, among other things, notes that the main beneficiaries of last night’s result will be the taxpayers who for decades have been forced to provide lavish pensions and other benefits for what has become America’s royal class” Public…

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ) made the following statement Thursday after voting against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA): “I could not support this bill because of the lack of government accountability for individual protection. “I have concerns that the private information gathered by the Department of Homeland Security would be passed on to other government entities that have little to no civilian oversight….