Super PACs can’t crown a king
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George Will offers a strong defense of campaign funding and points out that spending doesn’t buy elections. The Post, dismayed about super PACs, reports “a rarefied group of millionaires and billionaires acting as kingmakers in the GOP contest, often helping to decide, with a simple transfer of money, which candidate might survive another day.” Kingmakers? [...]
Harry Reid Shuts Down Budget Process In Senate
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The Democratic Senate has not adopted a budget in three years. This is not only flagrantly irresponsible, it is a violation of federal law. Outgoing Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, who is retiring at the end of the year, apparently felt pangs of conscience, because he decided it was finally time for his committee to [...]
Obama and the Buffett Rule
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I’ve listened to the weekly Presidential radio addresses, since at least 2005. (Yes, I know that makes me something of a masochist.) Which means that I’ve heard the last 3 or 4, from President Obama, on the subject of taxes and the Buffet Rule. I’ve been irritated by them and have wanted to do a [...]
Romney Should Ignore ’Gender Gap’ Mythology
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The evidence that Romney is lagging in the polls because voters are upset about a “war on women” — rather than because of a bruisingly negative primary campaign or the recovering economy — is pretty thin. But Republicans are responding not just to the polls but to the persistent mythology of the gender gap. Ruth [...]
Would Democrats Block a Republican Plan for Universal Coverage, Out of Spite?
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Avik Roy dives into the recent history of healthcare reform and details the bipartisan plan that the Democrats killed, in order to pass a partisan plan of their own. Hence, a bipartisan health-care agenda at the federal level will necessarily look quite different than one at the state level. If liberals had bothered to ask, [...]
A Guide to Budget Rhetoric
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Arnold Kling offers some perceptive words Congressional budgeting and campaign rhetoric. Because the budget is so far from being sustainable, budget rhetoric needs to be re-interpreted. When their side refuses to cut spending because it would be “cruel,” they are ensuring that future spending cuts will be even crueler. When our side refuses to raise [...]
Caution, During Political Silly Season
Nationally, we are gearing up for political silly season. The Republican primaries are half over and we’re moving swiftly towards the national conventions and the fall election season. In Wisconsin, the political silly season has been with us for the past 15 months and looks to stay with us straight through November. (In case you [...]
OWS’s Account of the “Trashed” Brooklyn House
About 2 weeks ago, I posted about Occupy Wall Street and Mr. Ahadzi. A few days ago, I received an email from an anonymous OWS supporter, offering OWS’s side of the story.
Regulatory Reform Needs to Be Comprehensive
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The second core problem with the current system is that the more regulation agencies generate, the harder it is for individuals and businesses to comply. In many cases, no one knows for sure how many of the regulations we have on the books are really necessary or effective.
Occupy Wall Street Trashes a Brooklyn House
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I’d like to say that I’m surprised by this, but I’m not. Sorry Occupy. You just confirmed every stereotype that I already had about you. Way to blow an opportunity. Occupy was being criticized — even from the left — for being vague in its goals. The signs railed against bailouts and the greed of [...]