The main focus of concern in our ginormous fiscal mess is the federal debt, which grows by the second. Tick tock. But, a looming crisis makes the nation’s deep red ink look almost black by comparison. The financial fall of some of our fifty states is just around the corner. If the Feds do anything to help that includes giving more money away, its own solvency picture gets a whole lot uglier. So, rather than a bailout, the Feds…
With the 112th Congress set to convene on January 5, one of the first targets of the new Republican House majority is Obamacare. Of the measures enacted in the past two years, the government’s expansive foray into the nation’s healthcare industry is the single most vilified. Is the President’s healthcare initiative about to take a nasty slip and fall over its own provisions and costs, never to rise again? If it does, is there, or should there be, a…
Now that the Lame Ducks are roosting in D.C. for the next few weeks, we’re being treated to the same old political foul. You’d think, with all the quacking coming out of the Capitol, that the mid terms went the way of the 2008 general election. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are still swinging for the left field fences, as if nothing has changed. But, their time is limited. The only question at this point is whether the…
It’s that happy time of year again. The Holidays. Lots of festive stuff going around. Parties and eating and celebrating and eating. And eating. One of our favorite things to eat is turkey, especially tomorrow when we give thanks for one of the best meals of the season. Which brings to mind another type of turkey, though not one you can sink your teeth into. Rather, a bird that gives your brain something to chew on: choosing the…
In 2006, Congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi, made history when she became the first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. In her early speeches as Speaker, Pelosi, as politicians are prone to do, made grand promises of great things to come. Four years later, she’s a lame duck Speaker, having suffered one of the worst reversals of fortune in the history of the job. How did she actually perform? Turns out, her many lowlights episodes…
On a campaign swing through Pennsylvania earlier this month, President Obama preached, yet again, about how we are our brother’s keeper. He means that the Government’s job is to take care of those he deems deserving by taking from everyone he doesn’t. Back to energizing his base with promises of even greater Government largesse. From a Treasury that already borrows 37 cents of every dollar spent. And an Administration that can’t put together a competent economic recovery plan in…
