By Jimmie on Jan 9, 2009 in The Economy and Your Money, The Republican Minority | 1 Comment
You would have thought that the Republican leadership might have learned a thing or two about spending bazillions of our dollars from their embarassing defeats of the last election.
Nope. They didn’t learn a damned thing.
Right now, GOP leaders in the House and Senate aren’t set to fight the Democratic pork-filled, already-failed stimulus bill. They’ve already [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 9, 2009 in Our New Democratic Overlords, President Barack Obama, Progressives, The Economy and Your Money, The Rise of the Nanny State | 0 Comments
Nancy Thorner espies the real purpose of P-E Obama’s big government giveaway program.
In truth, behind the promise of jobs and an economic rebound seems to be [a] political motive that seeks to build an enduring and a lasting Democrat majority through the doling out of government money to Democrat mayors, Labor Unions, environmental groups, etc. [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 8, 2009 in Conservativism, The Economy and Your Money, The Republican Minority | 0 Comments
Remember that Tom Coburn man-crush I mentioned yesterday? Well, I’m not the only one. He also has the graphic of Coburn I really wanted to use yesterday, except it didn’t exist until he created it. Darn him.
Duane says that Coburn should be the Senate Majority Leader right now. That’s really hard to argue after what [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 7, 2009 in Conservativism, The Economy and Your Money, The Republican Minority | 1 Comment
I’m not ashamed to say that I have an enormous man-crush on Senator Tom Coburn. When you read how he laid the lumber to Harry Reid and the Democratic leadership, maybe you’ll get a little puppy love for him, too.
The decision by Senate leaders to kick off the new Congress with an earmark-laden omnibus lands [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 6, 2009 in President Barack Obama, The Economy and Your Money, The Republican Minority | 0 Comments
President-Elect Obama is ready to drop the Powerball of Pork he’s calling a stimulus package onto Congress for passage, but first, he has to try to woo Republicans to his side or it won’t pass.
First, let me stipulate that no matter how big the stimulus package is, it won’t work. It didn’t work when [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 3, 2009 in Our New Democratic Overlords, The Economy and Your Money | 0 Comments
I read this delightful story at All American Pundit. Seems there’s a Congressional panel that wants to jack up Federal gas taxes 10 cents on gasoline and 12-15 cents on diesel fuel. They want to do this until they can find yet another way to make us pay to drive on public roads.
Here’s my question: [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 3, 2009 in The Economy and Your Money | 0 Comments
Steve Forbes says what should be obvious:
If the incoming Obama Administration is serious about squeezing more money from businesses, it should follow the example of Ireland and slash corporate tax rates. The U.S. has one of the highest profits levies in the developed world: 35% at the federal level, with another average of 5% from [...]
By Jimmie on Jan 3, 2009 in Oh Maryland My Maryland., Our New Democratic Overlords, The Economy and Your Money, The Rise of the Nanny State | 2 Comments
Not just no, but hell no.
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Governors of five U.S. states urged the federal government to provide $1 trillion in aid to the country’s 50 states to help pay for education, welfare and infrastructure as states struggle with steep budget deficits amid a deepening recession.
I can’t speak for residents of other states but [...]
