Back when I worked for Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-NH) in the 1980s, there was a saying among members of the Budget Committee he served on and the staff: “A million here and a million there, and eventually you are talking about serious money.” Those now appear to be the “good old days” compared to the [...]
Fox News recently reported that “The House of Representatives … voted to raise the debt limit by $1.9 trillion. That vote raises the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion, a new high for the amount of debt the U.S. has ever carried.” It goes on to say that “As recently as 2001, the U.S. debt was [...]
I grew up in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan and thought it was a great place to live at the time. We had four seasons, beautiful trees, and it was a wonderful place to be a kid. However, it was also a place in significant economic decline and, by the time we left in the [...]
There is a major shift going on in American politics. In November of 2008, following elections that brought Obama to the White House and significant majorities for the Democrats in the House and Senate, it seemed likely that the Democrats would dominate the Executive and Legislative branches for years to come. Republicans hoped that there [...]
President Barack Obama’s health care bill is on the fast track to no where. He made a radical, socialized medicine, health care bill the center piece of his legislative agenda in 2009, even though unemployment had reached a high we have not seen in a quarter of century. Those who opposed a bill that would lead [...]
Opponents of Obama’s health care proposal are often described as “alarmists,” as they discuss rationed health care, the death of innovation, and the devastating effects it will have on the budget. However, what really angers proponents of government health care is when people discuss economic euthanasia. That is, allowing people to die or even encouraging [...]
Recently I had Cody Willard of the Fox Business Network on my program and we discussed the incredible expansion of the federal government for several years and the fact that the end is no where in sight. Willard attributes the problem to the “Republican” and “Democrat” financial machine that pays for an ever expansive government. [...]
This weekend we celebrated the birthday of Ronald Reagan. There is no question that “the Gipper” had his flaws. Government grew under his administration as it has under every other, but Reagan went far in significantly changing the debate over economic freedom.
One of my biggest frustrations is the reckless abandonment by politicians when it comes [...]
President Barack Obama’s TARP Executive Compensation Master (also known as the “Pay Czar”) was on the defensive in an interview with Neil Cavuto of the Fox Business Network. The latest trend in the administration is to place the President in the role of seeing no evil, speaking no evil, and hearing no evil. First, it [...]
It is that time of the year when Presidents rant and rave about the problem of government spending being out of control and they produce budgets that only add to the waste. Barack Obama is no different; in fact, his budgets are the largest seen in US history. Furthermore, his annual deficits are higher than [...]
Henry Waxman to Bart Stupak: “We want to pay for abortions.”
Kiddie Condoms for pre-teen boys: Stand True
Sharif Mobley: NJ man, Yemen, and Al-Qaida, American Muslims our newest threat
The Slaughter Solution: from Nickie Goomba
House Votes to pass resolution on Massa, Ethics Committee to look into Pelosi, Hoyer
Your Papers Please: National ID Card coming soon from Graham and Schumer?
Eric Massa blows it on Beck and King: 15 minutes are up, Massa
