The Manchurian Marxist Moslem has excelled in one area — he knows that it’s all about the money: When big companies like Walmart cut deals with government, they get special consideration. This obviously hurts not only Walmarts current competitors, but
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Did the Fiscal Cliff Deal Mark the Decline of Liberalism?
George Will recently commented on ABC: I think people will look back on this deal as where liberalism passed an apogee and went into decline… Under this deal, 172 House Democrats voted to make the Bush rates permanent for all
Debt and Taxes
From the Wall Street Journal, the best summary assessment: Whatever tax and spending decisions Washington makes over the next few months, the likelihood is that government will be bigger in 2013 and the fiscal problems even more urgent…
Does Anyone in Washington Understand Economics?
From the Washington Times, the best explanation for the lack of understanding: President Obama talks about getting our fiscal house in order but fails to propose any meaningful spending cuts. His proposals to increase the tax rate on the top
Millionaires, Billionaires, and Government Employees
An interesting article in American Thinker… It focuses on the definition of who in America is truly a millionaire. So in round numbers, let’s say a $1 million investment nest egg is equal to an annual income of $40,000. Suddenly,
Greek Unemployment at 26%
It appears that unemployment is heading even higher in Greece (I still haven’t heard an explanation of how the Greeks break out of this economic death spiral). I‘m now waiting for the Germans to repossess the Parthenon…
Signs of the Times
From my buddy, Slick Sign over a Gynecologist’s Office: “Dr. Jones, at your cervix.” ************************** In a Podiatrist’s office: “Time wounds all heels.” ************************** On a Septic Tank Truck: Yesterday’s Meals on Wheels ************************** At a Proctologist’s door: “To expedite
Business Trip to Florida
I had a recent business trip to central Florida… the view from my room
It’s Now All About Your Identity
Since the election, some fatalistic Washington conservative elites have accepted — and Obama operatives have rejoiced in — a supposedly new and non-white-male ethnic electorate: Americans will be categorized, and collectively so, on the basis of largely how they look
Do We Live in a Welfare Society?
In 2011, “payments for individuals,” including health care, constituted 65% of federal spending, up from 21% in 1955. That’s the welfare state. Yet, the subject is virtually taboo. Because Americans disapprove of government handouts, we don’t even call the welfare