Barack Obama makes millions of dollars from his book sales. One of his best known books, ‘The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream’, is a particularly good performer. Endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, it shot to the top of the political books bestseller list where it remained for more than 30 consecutive weeks…
In 1999, Livin’ La Vida Loca sent singer Ricky Martin to the top of the pop charts. The song was about a young guy seduced by a woman who makes him forget his troubles and live for the moment. Fifteen years later it is the perfect theme song of the ACA Con with its seductive message of the crazy life on your neighbor’s dime. But, will it send the Affordable Care Act to the top of voter polls?…
We’re about to run up against yet another national debt ceiling. According to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, we’ll hit it on Friday. But, thanks to “emergency measures”, which he’s using, we actually have to the end of the month before we begin defaulting on our payment obligations. Lew urges “quick action” in increasing the permissible amount of public debt.
It seems like only yesterday…
President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday. According to the previews, it will be a scaled down version of last year’s. The President will talk about his great record on the economy but that there is much more work to do.
He’ll attack income inequality with small things like increasing the minimum wage. He’ll…
We’re hearing it pretty regularly now. Obamacare is here to stay and there’s nothing we can do about it. So, get ready to pay for its colossal funding shortfall and learn to love living under the bus where you’ve been kicked. On Tuesday, speaking with less smugness, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) opined that, eventually, people will come to accept…
Back in 2005, Congress was publicly shamed into withdrawing funding for a bridge construction project in Ketchikan, Alaska. Dubbed the “Bridge to Nowhere”, it would have connected the City’s populous with its island airport at a demure $320 million cost to taxpayers.
The stated purpose for the harbor overpass was to decrease the 15 to 30 minute ferry…
