Posts Tagged ‘National Debt’

Paul Ryan’s Political Football

Monday, 13 August 2012 09:55 Written by Bob Adelmann 3 Comments

Washington Times: Democrats slam Ryan as threat to social safety net Democrats said Sunday that Mitt Romney, by picking Rep. Paul Ryan to fill out his presidential ticket, has set up this year’s election as a referendum on the deep cuts to the social safety net that the GOP’s top budget man says are needed to [...]

A Second Amendment Refresher

Tuesday, 07 August 2012 17:07 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Michael Scheuer: To President Obama: The 2nd Amendment is about fighting tyranny, not hunting deer At day’s end, then, the 2nd Amendment exists to permit American citizens to perform the “duty” Jefferson describes by resisting and defeating with arms a federal government that knowingly produces a “train of abuses and usurpations” that is designed “to reduce [...]

Taxing the Rich Would Not Slow Economy, Says White House

Tuesday, 24 July 2012 06:27 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

If you want or need any more proof that Obama is intent on destroying the middle class, just check out his response to this study. Rather than providing persuasive arguments that the study is somehow flawed, they go after the authors instead. Ad hominem arguments are the final response of a scoundrel.

Latest ADP Jobs Report Confirms Slowing Economy

Tuesday, 10 July 2012 06:40 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

One of my favorite quotes is: “It’s dangerous to make predictions, especially if it’s about the future.” This time the evidence is pretty persuasive: we’re in a recession.

Deficit to Top $1 Trillion for Fourth Straight Year

Saturday, 16 June 2012 07:24 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

This is a freight train headed downhill and the firemen are arguing about how much coal to add to the boiler!

CBO Director: U.S. Accelerating Toward Economic Cliff

Friday, 08 June 2012 12:10 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

This is called straight-line thinking in a curvilinear world. He’s projecting out 25 years. I don’t think we have 25 years. He thinks interest rates and inflation will stay low. He’s dreaming.

Congressional Budget Office Predicts Recession

Monday, 28 May 2012 22:47 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Politicians fiddle while Washington burns. It’s so predictable it’s scary!

Congressional Budget Wrangling Continues

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 04:13 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

All this is is political gamesmanship. Nothing substantial is happening here. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns!

French Elections: Austerity, No! More Spending, Yes!

Thursday, 10 May 2012 15:54 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Hollande has soap for brains. A committed socialist, he isn’t interested in what works. He’s interested in what promotes his ideology. In normal times what he is proposing would be called insanity. But we live in an insane world where sanity is the new insanity…

The Budget Battle: Entitlements Staying, Taxes Going Up

Thursday, 12 April 2012 00:31 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

The game is rigged. If you can control the conversation, then the results can be predicted. Statist A (Obama) is debating with Statist B (Paul Ryan—sorry!) about just how much we want government to grow. Yup, that’s the question. No shrinking, no cutting, no limiting, no eliminating. That’s how the game is played.