President O-Blame-a is at it again. Did you hear him say, “I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they’ve already racked up through the laws that they passed” on New Years night in relation to Debt Ceiling negotiations. He’s not going to try [...]
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Time to dust off the ol’ keyboard and write a post. I’ve been busy… working, oddly enough in this economy. Actually, I am helping a friend remodel a house (he’s a contractor and had to fire his workers for drinking on the job, leaving him in a tough position after getting his bid accepted to [...]
One of President Obama’s themes is, when talking about the economy, to say, “We tried it the old way, and it didn’t work. We need to do something different” (or some version thereof). He’s never really clear on what “that way” or “the old way” or whatever phrasing he’s using is. He’s also not really [...]
I just read an article by John Hayward at Human Events called, Rise of the debt interest monster. As uncle Sam borrows more and more money one thing needs to be clear to everyone: The government has no money of its own. When the government borrows money over and above what it collects in tax [...]
Once again the underlying statist philosophy of Barack Obama was laid out for all to see. The guy is subtle, but once you see his game, it’s as obvious as a neon sign on a moonless night. The other thing that is obvious is that he does not understand the Bible any better than he [...]
I have to admit, I didn’t listen to the SOTU last night. To be honest, I can’t stand to hear Obama speak. His cadences drive me crazy and his content is so divorced from reality that I just get angry. However, I read recaps and printed excerpts. Again, the man talked about some nebulous concept [...]
To me, the following sentence is a beautiful encapsulation of government at work: “But administration officials argue that the act would provide additional funding for the Federal Highway Administration, and some of that money could be used to speed up environmental and other approvals.” The administration is arguing to provide funding via Obama’s new “jobs [...]
I read this today at Hot Air (HT: Allahpundit) from Matt Stoller at Salon: The Democratic Party should be the party of pay raises and homes, but under Obama it has become the party of pay cuts and foreclosures. The part I want to address is the “should be the party of pay raises and [...]
You know my answer to that question. In response to Warren Buffett and Ben Stein, Mark Skousen writes at Human Events: Of course, Buffett and Stein are correct in one way: The rich can afford to pay more in taxes. The rich (I’m in this category) have surplus wealth that we can draw on to [...]
You Have to Earn it First
Why don’t teams playing in the Super Bowl grab the Lombardi trophy and start celebrating before the game? Because you have to earn it first. That’s the way it is with the goodies in life. The government needs to understand this simple precept. People who want more government spending need to understand it. The government [...]