You wouldn’t know it to listen to Michael Smith of Center City Partners or to Governor Beverly Perdue, while they were basking in the floodlights of just having bought, not brought, 400 jobs to Charlotte by spending millions of dollars, but the real reason we taxpayers are now on the hook for funding the job […]
According to a report in the Charlotte Observer, the poor now make up 16.3% of the population of the Charlotte metropolitan area. This is a curious number primarily because being poor means having an income of $43,000 or less. Next step up is ‘Low Income’ which means having an income between $43,000 and $51,500. But let […]
Politicians are very adept about making excuses for their failures. The greater the failure, the bigger, more absurd the excuse. Shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, while Americans were still reeling from shock, our political leaders very quickly conjured up a canard to cover up their failure to predict, deter, or avoid […]
For many, “Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it.” (Richard Lamm, former Colorado governor). Sad, but true. The purpose of this discussion is to explain the difference between government and […]
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 […]
From the minute the Affordable Care Act was signed into law it was destined for the Supreme Court. Lower courts are split on the issue, with some contending ObamaCare oversteps federal authority while others accept it as the central government’s legitimate function. The stakes will be high when the Supreme Court hears arguments next summer. […]
If you ask most liberals why they are liberal you will normally get answers like this-“I care about the needs of the poor and oppressed”, or “I believe that government should work to create a ‘just’ society that provides for the needs of all people.” Conversely, if you ask liberals what most conservatives believe, they […]
Is the world banking system about to collapse? How will it affect you? Last week the virtually unregulated US Federal Reserve Bank (FED) and five other countries’ central banks made it cheaper and easier for banks to borrow dollars in emergencies to cover their obligations. US dollar denominated trade with the Euro-zone and other European […]
It has been said that people possess a herd mentality. If some admired (for whatever reason) person makes a testimonial supporting some product or another, that is supposed to inspire other people to go out and buy that product. Advertising has used this endorsement tool forever. It evidently has a proven track record. Joe Namath […]
Let’s face it. The GOP is the Party of Rectitude. The Democrats are the Party of Fun. Until we turn this confounded situation around, conservatives are going to lose a lot more elections than we need to. The GOP needs, deserves, and by jingo should have, its own Lady Gagas and Katy Perrys and their […]
