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Democratic National Committee Invokes John McCain to Attack Romney’s Olympic...
When an enemy attacks a candidate, it can be dismissed as biased. When someone on the same side of the fence challenges the decisions of a candidate, it’s newsworthy. That’s the hope of the Democratic...
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Cartoon: Cheaper Gas Choices
This cartoon by the Washington Examiner really brings to light the attitude circulating through Washington DC right now as we seem to have our priorities a little misplaced.
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Most Americans Seem Okay with Raising Taxes as Long as it’s Not Their Taxes
There seems to be a growing sentiment in the population that taxes are okay. The thought of raising taxes on the rich is arguably one of the primary reasons President Obama won re-election. Today’s...
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When We Go Over the Cliff, Will the GOP be Blamed?
Yes. Let’s put aside for a moment the concept that raising taxes is not the answer. Let’s forget for this discussion that dramatic cuts in spending is the only possible way to get out of the financial...
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Unfortunate Fiscal Reality: “Someone kill grandpa before the taxes go up”
When the laws pertaining to estate taxes make their switch in January, many families will lose millions of dollars compared to had their rich family members passed away earlier. Currently, the tax is...
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We Don’t Have a Tax Problem or a Debt Ceiling Problem. We have a Spending...
It’s a mantra of fiscal conservatives across the country, but one that can never be repeated enough. The tax system, broken as it might be, does not have a problem with generating enough money to...
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Don’t #MintTheCoin – The Biggest Reason the Trillion Dollar Coin is a Bad Idea
Today, the United States is viewed with disdain and distrust abroad. Even our allies scratch their heads at the way we “do business” in Washington. We have maintained our presence not based upon...
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Detroit Section 8 Housing Voucher Event Demonstrates Fed’s Inability to Grasp...
It was bad. It could have been much worse. If the issues aren’t faced properly, things will get much worse. When 3,000-5,000 people showed up to collect one of 1,000 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers...
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There are More Unemployed Americans than there are People in Australia
The country is facing the greatest economic challenge of its history. It isn’t just the continuously-punted fiscal cliff that keeps getting kicked down the road that has economists concerned. It’s the...
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Flashback to June 2012: “The private sector is doing fine.” ~ POTUS
The tune in Washington changes quickly depending on the needs. When there was an election around the corner, the problems of this country weren’t as bad as everyone seemed to think according to...
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Sequestration furloughs have no impact on ObamaCare workers
The politicization of the sequester has been a clear central point of the furloughs that have affected millions of Americans as high profile programs and events have been affected. White House tours,...
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IRS Head of Exemptions Lois Lerner to Plead the 5th
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in...
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The Truth About the National Debt Ceiling
Ah, the good ol’ days. Remember when the national debt was a mere 413 trillion? Good times. It is, of course, much higher than that now and the debt ceiling continues to go up. Here’s a great video...
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Krauthammer is Right About Poor Republican Strategy
The good news is that Republicans in Congress are finally starting to stand up and demonstrate the conservative principles that guided the party until the mid- to late-90s. The bad news is that they...
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What the US Government Can Learn from Israel About Budgeting
This morning on Face the Nation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a lot to say about Iran and the potential for lifting sanctions without a firm agreement in place about nuclear weapons....
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Government Shutdown Didn’t Kill Economy
It was guaranteed. The Republicans destroyed the economy last month with the government shutdown. That’s what we were told would happen. Fortunately, it didn’t kill much. In fact, the numbers are much...
View ArticleUS Economy Isn’t Sure What To Do
By some indicators, everything is heading in the right direction. From other perspectives, we’re no better now than when we were in a full-blown recession. The US economy is proving to be less of a...
View ArticleWhy Transparency in Pricing is Right AND Wrong
We don’t normally get mixed up in the business side of politics. It’s not that we don’t care, but there are other battles that need to be fought that are often more important. However, when the...
View ArticleDid Hillary Clinton Really Pay Women much Less while in the US Senate?
If there’s one thing that will never hit a shortage, it’s the number of attacks that organizations will levy on candidates they don’t like. Forget the candidates themselves during the campaigns;...
View ArticleSocial Security Overpaid Beneficiaries by Nearly $17 Billion
As the government promotes cost saving measures and increased tax revenues while trying to create jobs and stabilize the economy, there is a good chunk of it going out the window as nearly half of...
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