Now that the House and Senate have moved to put the kibosh on sequester furloughs of air traffic controllers and other transportation security employees, what is the genesis of a 10 percent reduction in labor hours for a two percent […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two months late and in violation of federal law the Obama administration released its long awaited budget. Not surprisingly the release drew strong rebuke from Republicans who described it as a “reheated” plan that simply reiterates past proposed tax hikes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You are not important. In fact with but a few exceptions we are all unimportant. It costs $74,000 per week to run the White House tours and the nation cannot afford it. We can, however, afford a lavish visit to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everyone who is worried about the government shutting down raise your hands. No, not you government employees; everyone else. What no one is concerned? Good choice. The only time our government isn’t digging the debt hole deeper or trashing our […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We hold the office of the president with such high esteem that to question the honesty of the president is tantamount to treason. Several years ago when President Obama was giving a joint speech to Congress on his health care […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Democrats often try to hide policies when they know they won’t be popular among the majority of Americans. Often Dems will bury things such as tax hikes where no one will find them deep within unrelated bills, but Senate Budget Committee […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It appears Obama management of the economy is one more big failure. U.S. consumer confidence plunged in January to its lowest level in more than a year. Could it possibly be the sudden shock employees received when they saw their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Without the first shot being fired GOP members of the House are already waving the white flag of surrender. The House will vote this week to raise the nation’s $16.4 trillion debt ceiling for three months while denying pay for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
President Obama has been traveling around the country telling the GOP to show their hand; and now they have. Monday the House Republicans released their own proposal to avoid sending the nation over the “fiscal cliff” including $4.6 trillion in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Negotiations to avert the “fiscal cliff” have not gone well. After meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, House Speaker John Boehner said Geithner offered no “specific” plan for averting the looming end-of-year fiscal crisis, adding: “This is not a game.” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…