The Concord Group is not a collection of paranoid alarmists nor are they insane. They are concerned with the government’s fiscal irresponsibility, and have been so since the Reagan Administration. Unlike a lot of other interest groups, they are truly… Continue Reading
I’d like for us to upgrade my wife’s car, which we just finished paying off. But we’re not going to do that — we’re going to hold on to the car that we don’t need to make any payments on,… Continue Reading
Let’s say that deficit spending is like speeding while driving. You shouldn’t be doing it at all, but sometimes maybe you just can’t help yourself. George W. Bush was a leadfoot. So was Ronald Reagan and George Bush the Elder… Continue Reading
On NPR today, former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown places the blame for the budget crisis on term limits. Brown says that the people in the Legislature today do not want to work with each other because they have not had… Continue Reading
The Fish Wrapper‘s “budget balancer” toy is admittedly simplistic, but by accepting that I had to both raise some income taxes and cut a bunch of stuff, I got from a $24,000,000,000 deficit to a $789,000,000 surplus for the state… Continue Reading
It’s almost as if neglect of the responsibility of filing tax returns (and paying taxes) is a qualification for service in the Obama Administration. I can’t say that this is a “take-a-swipe-at-Democrats” thing because I don’t recall an unusually-high number… Continue Reading
While some of the commenters to this article act like this was common knowledge, I did not know this fact and I consider myself fairly sophisticated about employment matters. There are lots of reasons for “use it or lose it”… Continue Reading
When I was in high school and college, lo these many years ago, the big flashpoint political issues that I can recall talking about were: Abortion Affirmative action The Cold War Balancing environmental protection with economic growth Illegal immigration Gay… Continue Reading
The day is coming when there will be no need for the IRS. There will be less ability for terrorists and criminals to generate money through illicit transactions and then to launder their money. Actually, that day could be today,… Continue Reading
Now, most people, at least in Southern California, were well aware that the Los Angeles Lakers were in the first game of the conference finals, managing a two-point win after a bunch of hard calls. (Whiners will complain that the… Continue Reading