By the end of February, the current $12.4 trillion debt limit is expected to be reached.

In a story that could never, ever happen here because our cap and trade would be better and no one would ever try to rip off the government, I'm sure, hackers have stolen millions in carbon credits from the German Emissions Trading Authoriy and resold them.   Credit card numbers are so passe. Today’s hackers know the real powerhouse data to steal is emission certificates. ...

In a recent interview with Steve Grove broadcasted on Youtube, Obama stated that he was a strong advocate of net neutrality regulations: 

This is a video that explains why America cannot afford another fiscal stimulus.

At least according to AFL-CIO President Richard Tumka, who is predicting card check will pass this year.  Trumka said that lawmakers would pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) as well as healthcare reform this year, despite Republicans having picked up enough votes in the Senate to sustain a filibuster. "I think we'll get health care done and I think we'll get labor law reform done before the year's up," Trumka said during an appearance on CNN.

During Obama’s State of the Union address on Wednesday, he claimed that the “stimulus” bill has been a continuous success. He attempted to reassure the American people by explaining that it had “saved” millions of jobs so far.  Because of the steps we took, there are about two million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed. 200,000 work in construction and clean energy. 300,000 are teachers and other education workers.

 A great deal of young people were attracted to Obama’s campaign due to its “hipness” and its ability to organize through social networking sites. However, a year after Obama took office, more young people are waking up and realizing that Obama’s minimum wage policies do not serve their best interest.

In December, the House passed the second "stimulus" plan. The proposed plan is now before the Senate and will redistribute $174 billion taxpayer money throughout the economy to "create" jobs. The second stimulus, heavily backed by democratic lawmakers, remains unpopular among American citizens that have yet to see any positive effects from the first stimulus.

According to the Associated Press, the White House interpreted Senator Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts as a sign to start focusing on jobs:Their conclusion was that the economy — jobs specifically and the broader topics of the nation's fiscal and financial health — must be priority No. 1.