Archive for November 2012
Ramirez: The Compromise
This just about sums-up the week does it not? One week closer to the Fiscal Cliff. I say we go for it. If you’re not watching the Michael Ramirez editorial cartoons over at Investor’s Business Daily, you should be. Read Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air for a chaser.
Read MoreEntitlement: Fast food workers demand $15 per hour
Class warfare. Socialism. You’re watching it develop and take root all around us. In New York City, where some fast food employees are making minimum wage ($7.25 per hour in New York), some of them are demanding wage rates double to $15 per hour.
Read MoreObama administration “balanced approach” short on the “balance” part
Obama administration staffers discussing President Obama’s proposed balanced approach to reducing the deficit a few dollars – there is no interest in discussing the debt or unfunded future liabilities – have shown little or no interest in spending cuts.
Read MoreMother does not want to pay deceased son’s student loans (Update)
Do you think the holder of a private school loan is heartless for demanding payment on a student loan of a person who has died?
Read MoreCrazy Talk: Reuters thinks most Cubans have not paid taxes in 50 years
Pull me out of this spin machine! The media at Reuters posted a story early this morning – now highlighted on Drudge Report – that gives readers the impression Cubans have not paid taxes in 50 years all-the-while getting their free services.
Read MoreFederal health insurance exchanges … this will not go well
How can anyone feel good about this? We’ve got a bunch of states stating they will not create exchanges simply because it will cost way too much money, which leaves the responsibility to President Obama’s Department of Health & Human Services to create and manage this boondoggle.
Read MoreBamboozled: The rich do pay a higher tax rate than middle class
We’ve been telling you this for years. You can pick out individual cases where really rich people – especially those living exclusively on dividend income – pay a lower effective federal income tax, but that is rare. For the 2010 tax year, IRS data proves millionaires payed an average tax rate of 20.4 percent, while…
Read MoreSome in Congress pushing for online sales tax
It’s Small Business Saturday, and I figured this subject was appropriate. For years I’ve been closely involved with retail sales at a local level. I’ve struggled with the thought of Internet retailers selling the same products or services online for a lower cost. But – even putting aside the constitutional argument – I do not…
Read MoreObama administration considering corporate funding for inauguration festivities
Hypocrisy? After four years of going to war against corporate “donations” to campaigns – which are not corporate donations – and loudly complaining about the Citizens United v. FCC outcome, the Obama administration if floating the what-if-we-allow-corporations-to-fund-our-inauguration-bash trial balloon.
Read MoreWe have gun laws, but in some places they are not being enforced
Contrary to popular belief, you can’t just walk into a gun store and buy a firearm like you would a loaf of bread. At a minimum, you fill out a federally mandated form and a phone call is made to (usually) state authorities to complete a background check.
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