What happens to the deficit? It could go down according to ‘many’ respected observers. It could go up according to ‘many’ other respected observers. You are going to hear the Democrats wail about how repeal of the mandate is going to ‘increase the deficit’. Republicans will say that it will ‘decrease the deficit’. ‘(I don’t) […]
What do all of these convoluted unemployment data figures mean every month when they come out and every talking head on the tube starts yapping about them like they are some sort of expert? If you are recent college grad facing an uncertain job market, it means one thing: Something ain’t working right. If you […]
“The Supreme Court can not strike down laws as unconstitutional!” So said President Obama this past Monday when asked about whether he thought the Supreme Court will overturn the Obama Health Care individual mandate. “Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law […]
The truly silly season in politics is upon us now in full force. You see it arise when Republicans start arguing over contraception (because they don’t want to talk about reforming/reducing 55%+ of the budget that is in Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid). You also see it arise when Democrats start waving the bloody shirt of ‘increasing taxes only […]
I saw an interesting article asking what would happen if a person wanted to leave Medicare and got to wondering: ‘Is it ‘constitutional’ to force everyone who is aged 65 or older into and then stay on Medicare even if they don’t want to or can afford their own non-government-run and paid-for health care coverage?’ (You can […]
The GOP debate in New Hampshire, which might have been one of the best educational lessons on political philosophy and constitutional interpretation you may see this year, repeatedly brought up the question of: ‘Who is the TRUE conservative?’ in this bunch. To answer that question, we think you have to go back to the Founders. […]
Lee Atwater, love him or hate him, was a unique piece of work in American political history. He was a South Carolina-born, guitar-playing rhythm-and-blues politico who helped start dozens of Red, Hot and Blue Barbecue restaurants around the South. He also happened to help, in his spare time, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush 41 […]
I believe that the OWS crowd has a legitimate beef with the Wall Street Barons who: -Made all the financial/investment mistakes imaginable leading up to the Crash of 2008 that is still lingering with us; -Ran to Washington to get bailed out; and -Now have had all of their wealth restored and kept their jobs with […]
Nobody ever won a war with a string of Pyrrhic victories. You remember King Pyrrhus, he who ‘won’ two major battles with the Romans only to ‘lose’ in the long run because he ran out of men? Just like no football team ever won the national championship with a string of ‘moral victories’ (meaning ‘close […]
A very high-level and important person said that this is the answer President Obama gave when he was asked why he did not introduce the Bowles-Simpson (let’s call it BS for brevity’s sake) recommendations as a bill in the US Congress: The Chicago Guys would not let me do it. Just who is the President […]
