Archive for the ‘spending’ Category
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Shared Sacrifice
Posted on July 11, 2011
In the context of the debt limit, Democrats have been pushing for tax increases because they want to punish the rich. They believe that because the so-called rich pay only...
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DeMint The Moderate
Posted on July 8, 2011
Is Jim DeMint becoming a moderate? I ask that question because his insistence that a balanced budget amendment be included in any extension of the debt limit is not really...
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Reductio Ad Absurdem
Posted on July 7, 2011
Reduced to the absurd. Ideologues on both sides of the philosophical divide fall dangerously into this trap. Conservatives who believe that government does not need to exist are every bit...
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Tax Sham
Posted on July 6, 2011
Nonsense. The President’s position on taxes is complete and total nonsense. He has made a big deal out of taxing corporate jets. I remember when Bill Clinton made a big...
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The Declining Art of Negotiation
Posted on July 5, 2011
Otto Habsburg, the last heir to the throne of the former Austrian-Hungarian Empire and oldest member of the Habsburg family, died yesterday at the age of 98. The Habsburg family...
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