The welfare state continues to sap our economic freedoms
Many in the US watched with a bit of concern over the EU extracting 10-40% of Cyprus bank account deposits as part of a bailout package for the island. Depositors were locked out of the banks and without notice the government appropriated 10-40% of their savings to satisfy unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. Hard-earned and hard-saved [...]
Time the GOP admits Obama ain’t THAT bad for business
Okay, look, I know the stock market doesn’t necessarily present us with a perfect economic snapshot of things. For all I know, it could be currently on a great big bubble like it was in 2007. But with news today that the NYSE has reached an all-time high, can we at least admit that Obama’s [...]
The GOP should follow the Dems into the sea
The Democrats’ and Barack Obama’s solutions to jump-start our economy and reduce the deficit have gotten so asinine, the GOP can do nothing better politically than let them do what they want. It’s absolutely time to raise tax rates on the rich. When that accomplishes nothing or in fact hurts the economy, the GOP can [...]
What the SF Giants and Mitt Romney have in common
First, let me apologize to the great city of San Francisco. There is a rumor going around here on the east coast that they’re not always, shall we say, all that receptive to Republican policies. Or anyone that disagrees with them, for that matter. So the residents of Frisco might bristle when I make the [...]
Mainstream media continues to embarrass itself
A Gallup poll earlier this summer found that Americans have never been less confident in TV news, and it’s hard to disagree with its findings. Every time I turn on the TV I find a news anchor embarrassing him or herself with overt bias or just an astounding lack of command of the facts. Newspapers [...]
Don’t like “Obamacare?” Thank the right…
There has been no antidote to conservative venom directed at the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act. The right’s outrage has driven many attacks against President Obama, Democrats, and calls to gut the legislation. Tea Party darling Rand Paul went as far as to remark, “Just because a couple of people on [...]