Well There’s Yer Problem! part III
Let’s check back with the minions of Squeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%); the Squeak insists she’ll either pass the bill, or she’ll pass the bill. It’s in the bag — no need even to vote on it. (I wonder if — maybe she’ll… would even San Fran Nan have the [...]
More Administration Payback to Unions: Obama To Use Contracts To Boost Unions (Updated)
In what amounts to nothing more than a gift to organized labor that would drive up costs for the government in the face of a $1.3 trillion budget deficit, the Obama administration is planning to use the government’s enormous buying power to prod force private companies to “improve wages and benefits for millions of workers” [...]
Contract Renewal
You’ve must admit, there’s something Churchillian about Newt
Gingrich. He may not be the most beloved politician on the
national scene, but Newt always has his eye on the ball. Nobody
does the issues better.
This casts Newt in the role that Churchill played when he
was an [...]
I guess that makes me an atheist
Bloomberg News reports that President Obama said he is “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making less than $250,000 as part of a broad effort to rein in the budget deficit. In an Oval Office interview on Tuesday, Obama said that a presidential commission on the budget needs to consider all options for [...]
Obama on taxing the middle class: Then vs. now
Remember back then, before his huge expansion of government and out of control spending resulted in unsustainable debt - before he became “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making less than $250,000 as part of a broad effort to rein in the budget deficit - before he promised he wouldn’t!
Well that was then:
And then, there’s [...]
January Unemployment: 9.7 percent
The unemployment rate has fallen from 10 percent to 9.7 percent. But, like the fourth quarter growth number of 5.7 percent, it is hard to get excited about this number. Obviously it's good to have rising growth and falling unemployment. Yet the positive macro-economic numbers do not mesh with the everyday realities of many workers [...]
