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…
Imagine, your school has been gathering funds from bake sales, car washes and donations for a long-awaited trip to the nation’s capital to tour the monuments, the US Capitol building and the White House. Suddenly, something called a sequester hits […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Would anyone be surprised to learn that in the category of “freedom” New York and California would be right at the bottom of the list of states? A new study released by the Mercatus Center of George Mason University found of […] ↓ 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…
President Obama gave his fourth State of the Union address on Tuesday and with only a few exceptions it was little more than a rewording of his prior annual addresses. Obama kicked off his address by quoting from a speech […] ↓ 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…
While the drama in Congress was playing out this past week, Air Force One sat idling on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base waiting to whisk President Obama back to Hawaii to resume his Christmas vacation. The world’s only […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After what appeared, even to this author, to be the nail in the coffin of the speakership of John Boehner, an angel came to his defense offering the Speaker a much-needed lifeline. The power behind the well-known “Taxpayer Protection Pledge,” […] ↓ 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…
California is an interesting place. The state’s government puts in place outrageous public union pensions that it cannot possibly fund. The state raises property taxes to fund its runaway spending only to have to roll back the taxes sinking deeper […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…