Yesterday I read a quote from Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (congresswoman and DNC Chair) in which she was critical of House Republicans, saying “…they haven’t produced one jobs bill.” By “jobs bill” I’m certain that she meant some sort of spending measure that would have the same impact of the (now part of the baseline) “stimulus”. So [...]
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This morning I heard part of the President’s Saturday Radio Address. Once again I heard him say (just prior to turning off my radio in frustration) that part of the solution to the debt problem is “eliminating spending in the tax code.” There IS NO SPENDING in the tax code. Government does NOT own all [...]
There is a longstanding meme that the Republicans are the party of big business, that we are somehow in the pocket of big business. Wall Street runs our politicians. We do anything to support the rich and powerful. This is hogwash. Wall Street gave more money to Obama than they did to McCain. GE is [...]
Yipee! The government is going to create manufacturing jobs by giving researchers $500 million dollars. “Today, I’m calling for all of us to come together… to spark a renaissance in American manufacturing and help our manufacturers develop the cutting-edge tools they need to compete with anyone in the world,” Obama said in a written statement. [...]
People have commented on President Obama’s statement about ATMs and other automation displacing workers (a falsehood, as the number of banks and bank tellers has grown since the introduction of ATMs in the ’70s). What disturbs me about this is different than what most are saying about it (see this at Hot Air, and this [...]
Ever wonder why we need a 70,000+ page tax code? Do you find yourself emitting a cynical chuckle whenever you hear a politician complaining about “special interests” or lobbyists, knowing that while they complain in front of the microphones, their campaign managers are cashing checks from either these same special interests and lobbyists, or the [...]
In the ’80s the Kinks had a song called “Low Budget” with the chorus going: “I’m on a low-budget. What’s that you say? Low-budget. I thought you said that… I’m just a cut price person in a low-budget land.” Well, under Democrat control of the government, we’re on a NO-Budget and it’s going to make [...]
Obama and the Democrats are always talking about the Middle Class. How government needs to help them. How Republicans want to hurt them. I thought what defined being a hard-working, independent middle class American was… well, being hard working and independent. No no no. Apparently it means being beholden to the government and particularly the [...]
John Hinderacker does a masterful job of commenting on Pres. Obama’s incredibly bad budget speech in his Power Line post: “Obama Channels Ted Kennedy” (the Kennedy reference is a comparison of Obama’s characterization of Ryan’s plan with Kennedy’s demagoguery of Clarence Thomas). There’s one thing John didn’t comment on that got my attention. In talking [...]
What is best and most moral is corrupted by government
How does capitalism work in its most pure form? 1. Someone thinks of a way to meet the needs and/or desires of other people, figures out how to meet those needs and/or desires for a price other people will be willing to pay, successfully alerts people that he has a product or service, then provides [...]