Rep. Schakowsky misled the public on ShoreBank

Video evidence has emerged that suggests that Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) misled the public in January when she encouraged people to deposit funds in ShoreBank, even though she knew the bank was in trouble and seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in rescue funds. If not for the fact that bank deposits are not considered [...]

Joel Pollak on FOX Business Network to discuss ShoreBank

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 26, 2010 EVANSTON, IL–In January, Joel broke the story of Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s mysterious attempt to bail out ShoreBank using Illinois taxpayers’ money. This week, Joel uncovered major new evidence that suggests Rep. Schakowsky has a conflict of interest in the ShoreBank affair. Watch Joel TODAY (Thursday) on FOX Business Network’s [...]

Stop the VAT!

The worst-kept secret in Washington is that President Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi want to use the new deficit panel to introduce a value-added tax (VAT). The VAT would function like a national sales tax, in addition to the many taxes we already pay. It’s not an answer to our budget crisis–European nations, for example, [...]

Tea Party Kosher, Says… Dem Strategist Robert Creamer – Big Government

http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/04/14/tea-party-kosher-says-dem-strategist-robert-creamer/ A few weeks ago, Democratic strategist Robert Creamer was repeating the widely-circulated slanders about the Tea Party: “Is there any wonder that they spit at members of Congress as they went to vote, or that they hurl racial insults that are dredged up from the worst parts of America’s past,” he wrote in his [...]

ObamaCare Signing: Ex-con at the Scene of the Crime – Big Government

http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/03/25/obamacare-signing-ex-con-at-the-scene-of-the-crime/ Convicted felon Robert Creamer, who wrote the blueprint for the Democrats’ health care reform campaign, attended official health care signing celebrations in Washington, D.C. yesterday. He was joined by numerous activists and “community organizers” who have had their sights set on nationalizing health care and have finally achieved it. Creamer’s spouse, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, [...]