We are all rightly focused on the efforts of Speaker Boehner and the Republicans to deal with the debt ceiling and deficit. We are all caught up in the bargaining back and forth and whether one side or the other is losing the fight over gaining control over spending at the federal level. Sometimes, though, we lose focus on the real issue — the federal | Read More »
Make Our Day! I look forward to your explanation as to why the federal government should spend the country into oblivion, when many of the States are required to balance their budgets each and every year….and in fact, some are actually running small surpluses! I look forward to your explanation as to why the federal government should be entitled to at least one out | Read More »
The world looks to America in times like this. Governments and business leaders want a basic framework sothey can make decisions. What they get from the Obama White House, too often, is silence. This crystal clear and concise truth is in today’s column in the Washington Post by David Ignatius. I must confess that I do not read the Washington Post or rely on it | Read More »
“Four billion dollars of your money are going to these companies at a time when they’re making record profits and you’re paying near record prices at the pump,” the president said at a Nevada town hall. “It has to stop.” President Obama, April 21, 2011 The President continues to demonstrate his ability to demonize those with whom he disagrees, especially those involved in capitalism and | Read More »
Much has been said already about President Obama and his favorite rhetorical device in speeches, the Straw Man, or false argument. His speech on the deficit, hastily pulled together to attack the plan offered by Representative Ryan, has a long line of them. In his deficit speech on Wednesday, President Obama said: We don’t have to choose between a future of spiraling debt and one | Read More »
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