End the Debt Ceiling Shenanigans
Here we go again… The U.S. is expected to hit the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling by the end of February. That means that we can expect more…
FreedomWorks Busts Myth Of Debt Ceiling And “Not Paying Our Bills”
The repeated refrain from the likes of Paul Krugman and Jay Carney is that we MUST increase the debt limit so that we don't default on the full faith and…
If Obama Wants Kids On Stage, Let’s Give Him Kids On Stage
Today, Obama is once again going to ignore the Constitution. This time, the Constitutional right under attack is gun control. According to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, Obama…
Opposition Grows As Jack Lew Proves He Doesn’t Understand Budgets
Jack Lew, President Obama's choice to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary, has been in Washington DC a long time. Anyone in public service that long will have quite…
Government Debt – Does America Need a Constitutionally Defined Debt Limit?
Democracy and Power 105: The Politician seeks powerThe desire to rule is the mother of heresies. —St. John Chrysostom…
The Prodigal Uncle
I’m trying to help a relative get out of a bad fix.He makes $50,000 a year, but Sam has $54,000 (!) of debt on his credit cards. Worse still, he…
$5 Trillion added to debt since the last budget
Since the senate democrats last passed a budget, the American government has accrued $5 trillion dollars in new debt. The last budget was passed three and a half years ago…
Mind the Gap: The Disparity Between Obama’s Revenue Increases and Spending on Entitlements
The following study demonstrates that the proposed revenue and tax increases being championed by President Obama will have a negligible impact on the ability of the federal government to…
New York Times Inflates Obama’s Already Over-Inflated Budget Numbers
It's one thing for the Obama administration itself to play fast and loose with budgetary facts, but it's an entirely new realm when the campaign cooks their numbers using questionable…
Obama: Is He Shockingly Uninformed?
As I have previously pointed out, if you can successfully divorce the cool persona from the words he speaks, President Obama plainly and often tells us exactly what he…