Category Archives for Politics
The GOP’s Alternative Budget
Under the president’s plan, spending will top $4 trillion this year alone, and consume 28.5% of our nation’s economy. His plan would mean a $1 trillion increase to the already unsustainable spending growth of our nation’s entitlement programs — including … Continue reading
What Stimulus?
They call it “stimulus” legislation, but the economic measures racing through Congress would devote tens of billions of dollars to causes that have little to do with jolting the country out of recession. It deals less with job creation stimulus and more with creating new government programs that will keep the cost of government high long into the future. The “stimulus” bill is actually a spending bill in disguise. Continue reading
Detroit Auto Bailout?
Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, expresses what my feelings are on the subject: He says, “The financial situation facing the Big Three is not a national problem, but their problem,” Shelby said in a statement … Continue reading
Intolerance in the classroom
As the media keeps gushing on about how America has finally adopted tolerance as the great virtue, and that we’re all united now, let’s consider the Brave Catherine Vogt Experiment. Catherine Vogt, 14, is an Illinois 8th grader, the daughter … Continue reading
Middle Class Would Pay Less Under McCain Tax Plan
A closer look at the Obama and McCain tax plans for the reveals that it is not just the “rich” taxpayers earning more than $200,000 that would face higher rates under Obama than under McCain’s tax proposal. The reason for … Continue reading
Wisdom Dispenser
During this election year let’s be reminded of these words: * You cannot help the poor, by destroying the rich. * You cannot strengthen the weak, by weakening the strong. * You cannot bring about prosperity, by discouraging thrift. * … Continue reading
My Worry This Election Season
I’m really worried that too many young people will look at the superficial Obama, the well-spoken man who promises much, and yet fail to understand that taxing and creating a larger central government are not ways to improve the economy. … Continue reading
Sacrifice and Big Promises
One of the most interesting questions at last week’s debate was from a woman asking what sacrifices John McCain and Barack Obama would ask of Americans “to get out of the economic morass.” The questioner alluded to World War II, … Continue reading
Obama’s Economic Agenda
Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s mantra for change in economic policies amounts to this: a huge increase in redistribution of income at the hands of the federal government. While Obama refers to this as a “net” tax cut, raising taxes on … Continue reading
Different Tax Plans, Different Futures
Obama has a bad record when it comes to taxes: 1. It looks more and more like Joe the Plumber was on to something about taxes, though you wouldn’t know if from most of the polls and media. The Heritage … Continue reading