What Does the Federal Government Have In Common With Schlitz Beer?
Read Glenn Reynolds’s latest column in the Examiner to find out. The analogy is ingenious, but the subject is a serious one: our government’s loss of legitimacy in the eyes of voters. As Glenn writes, “when a great beer dies, it’s sad. But when a great nation dies, it’s tragic.”
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TechStat: Improving Government Performance
In June 2009, we launched the IT Dashboard, which allows the American people to monitor IT investments across the Federal government. The IT Dashboard, which has received over 86 million hits, shines light into the operations of the Federal government. However, it is not enough to simply shine a light on IT programs and hope [...]
President Obama Responds to the Confirmation of 27 Nominees
President Obama’s statement following action by the Senate to confirm twenty-seven nominees:
Today, the United States Senate confirmed 27 of my high-level nominees, many of whom had been awaiting a vote for months.
At the beginning of the week, a staggering 63 nominees had been stalled in the Senate because one or more senators placed a hold on their [...]
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 [...]
Tea Party Majority
Scott Rasmussen finds that 75% of likely voters are either “very angry” or “somewhat angry” about the federal government’s current policies. A plurality of 45% are “very angry,” up nine points since September. A mere 19% say they are not very or not at all angry about the federal government’s policies.
That’s [...]
The sky’s the limit
As expected, the Senate has cleared the way to confirm Ben Bernanke, invoking cloture by a vote of 77-23. I favor keeping Bernanke as head of the Fed.
The Senate also voted to approve a $1.9 trillion boost in the amount of debt the federal government can take out. The measure passed by [...]
