The Obama Bank Plan
Well, calling the administration's financial reform proposal a "plan" is something of an exaggeration. According to the White House's own release, the administration simply wants to "strengthen the comprehensive financial reform package that is already moving through Congress," though there are real differences between Barney Frank's House bill and Chris Dodd's Senate bill.
How will the [...]
Rasmussen: 54/42 Against Pelosi-care
Up three points since last week, 54% now oppose the the House version of health care reform, 42% approve:
[...] Only 23% of all voters Strongly Support the plan while nearly twice as man (44%) are Strongly Opposed.
As has been the case for months, Democrats favor the plan while Republicans and voters not affiliated with [...]
What’s In a Name? Well, Everything!
Shakespeare notwithstanding, a rose by any other name would not, in fact, smell as sweet; “seeing is believing” is a much less accurate saying than “believing is seeing” — especially in politics, the art of the image. “What a fool believes, he sees.”
The winner of the race to define one’s opponent typically wins the [...]
Stimulus Stimulates Nothing But Votes for Obama, As Intended
As in the case of Warner Todd Huston’s reminder of what FDR said about social security, it ain’t about “helping” anyone. It’s “politics all the way through”:
Of his Social Security program, Franklin D. Roosevelt once said that the whole thing had nothing to do with helping the aged. “They were politics all the way through,” [...]
America’s Policy Graveyard
Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires; healthcare is the
graveyard of policymakers. Yet Washington reformers are massing
again at the healthcare frontier. Like their predecessors, they
will march in with flags unfurled, bands blaring, and intentions
good. And like their predecessors, they believe they have it
right this [...]
1934 All Over Again
Many of you have no doubt seen this cartoon that appeared in the Chicago Tribune in 1934. It is complex in a way that few contemporary cartoons are, but otherwise it could have been printed today: “Spend! Spend! Spend under the guise of recovery–Bust the government–Blame the capitalists for the failure.” Click to [...]
