Are we really so desperate that we need to terrorize America’s parks? Really? Impressive heroics by the park rangers. A real president would know better.
Category: Finance
Fighting for 15
For some perspective, $15/hr is scarcely less than what new, degreed teachers earn at many school districts here in Texas. The low pay of teachers aside, it’s ridiculous to equate the value of these jobs in terms of wages. The fact is, flipping burgers and bagging fries are not skills. I’ve been there, done that,…
What Americans Must Do
The American economy is built on the illusion of hope rather than the foundation of economic reason. Our immediate, desperate need to balance the current budget, reduce the total deficit, and embrace profitability as the single most important financial fundamental is something that transcends political parties and narrow ideological interests. We must hold Washington accountable…
Moving Toward Fiscal Responsibility
FreedomWorks provides a very telling graph demonstrating the country’s recent, belated move toward fiscal responsibility: There are two caveats to be aware of in regard to this recent trend. The first is that the House’s budget has not passed and is therefore only a proposal at this point. Great harm can still be done by…
Budget Plans – Obama vs. Ryan
Who’s more credible when it comes to reducing the federal budget deficit, Barack Obama or Paul Ryan? It should be no surprise that Mr. Ryan’s proposed plan is more financially responsible, to the tune of $4T. Now that’s change we can believe in. Read all about it.
Spending on the Backs of Babes
This is exactly what we’re talking about in the budget debate. If we have do choose, it should be an easy decision.
Of Budgets and Sacred Cows
Now that the drummed-up budget controversy is over, here are my thoughts for the next one. There can’t be any sacred cows, period. I’ve been reading about the financial problems with Social Security and Medicare since I was 10 & bored enough to get past Humor in Uniform in Reader’s Digest. Now it’s time to…
One Take on Krugman-omics
?”Paul Krugman is actually the last of the Keynesian economists left in the world. Most of them are in shallow graves in North Korea and North Vietnam and out in the back of the Kremlin.” — Bill Whittle
Paul Ryan’s Budget Proposal a Good Start
Barack Obama’s supporters once said that a vote for him was a vote for putting grown-ups back in the White House. Financially speaking, that’s proven to be a falsehood. Luckily, Rep. Paul Ryan is in D.C. to take up his slack. Ryan’s new budget proposal should be hitting the House today. Here’s some of what…
Mitch Daniel’s Wisdom
The Spectator: “[Mitch] Daniels is seen as someone engaged with policy details who can go beyond trite Obama-bashing and deliver a critique of federal spending that isn’t limited to wisecracks about earmarks. “Barack Obama campaigned on the theme of ‘Change you can believe in,’” he says. “I’d start with ‘Change that believes in you.’ You…