There's Nothing Progressive or Conservative About President Obama's Healthplan
Insurer’s Gone Wild
”We allow the insurance industry to run wild in this country,” President Obama declared on Monday. ”We can’t have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American people.”
Yet Obama’s plan to tame health insurers would boost their business, protect them …
The "bank tax" is unconstitutional and illegal
I listen to the President’s Weekly Radio Address every week. It’s usually a painful process, since I almost always disagree with the President. (That’s been true for both President Bush and President Obama, in case you’re wondering.)
Last week’s address was particularly painful. It was almost scary to listen to. The President spoke quite passionately about …
Making your flex spending account a little less useful
”Let me be clear. If you like the health plan you have, you can keep it.” President Obama has made this claim multiple times about healthcare reform. But it’s simply not true. Let me offer one small example.
My wife and I enjoy our Flex Spending Account. We put in enough money each year to cover …
Why are voters angry about President Obama's spending?
President George W. Bush was the biggest spending U.S. President since President Lyndon Baines Johnson. He ”he presided over an 83-percent increase in overall federal spending, which includes defense, domestic, entitlements, and interest. Even without TARP and Fannie/Freddie, spending was up a huge 70 percent under Bush over eight years. By contrast, total spending under …
16 Years and what do you get? The first vote against the mayor!
Yesterday, I linked to an op-ed that said Sarah Palin was remarkable for bucking her political patron over a garbage hauling vote. How remarkable was she? Well, let’s just say that that kind of thing rarely happens in Chicago.
For the first time since Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed him to the City Council …
President Obama's $14 Trillion Deficit
Just in case you’re case curious, the current projected 10-year U.S. budget deficit is now $9.1 trillion. That’s on top of the $11.7 trillion of debt that the U.S. currently owes. The Wall Street Journal has further information on the rather grim news.
CBO predicts that debt held by the public as a share …
Destroying "Clunkers" for Cash
Does this make you sad, or is it just me? I think there’s something incredibly barbaric and degrading about destroying a perfectly good piece of machinery. A well maintained engine can run for more than a hundred thousand miles. It seems almost sacreligious to just destroy it out of hand.
To receive government reimbursement, …
Healthcare Announcement
Obama backs new health bill urging Americans to dress gerbils in cute, tiny lederhosen.
Heh. Related story..
President Obama Bows to the King
This is simply unacceptable. The American President DOES NOT bow down to a king. Ever.
But that’s exactly what President Obama did at the G20. President Obama bowed to the Saudi King.
Video (it’s around the 53 second mark).
Deficit Spending
Red State updates an old MoveOn.org ad, questioning who will pay for the President’s massive amount of deficit spending. Remember when the Democrats were against deficit spending? Boy do I miss those days.
Now, Social Security is projected to go into deficit as early as fiscal 2010. And the President’s budget has increased the national debt …