Government
I guess in the real world of California, residents don’t have the capacity to figure out they may need some money saved up if they want to retire at some point. Trust me, your going to see more of this in the future … states creating retirement savings programs they control for you to dish…
Last night, I began reading Black List, a 2012 novel written by Brad Thor. In light of current events, the Preface to the book caught my eye.
With those words, the President sought to assure African-Americans that he truly cared about them, and would do all he could to improve their lives. But, oftentimes, actions speak louder than words.
Why not? Certainly if the federal government can come in and write unique and precedent-setting bankruptcy rules for General Motors, they can do the same thing for Detroit. For those of you who think Detroit’s problems belong to the city and Michigan, you’re wrong. You’re going to end up paying for it.
Detroit is broke, and as we learned yesterday afternoon, the broken city has filed Chapter 9 bankruptcy. If accepted by the courts, it will allow city leaders to restructure their debt. But who gets to do the restructuring?
We learned today that Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is leaving her job with this administration. She will now be the new president of the California University system.
Of course, when the government spends money, that money comes from you, the taxpayer…assuming, of course, you are a piece of the 51% of tax filers in this country who are actually paying taxes. So, as a public service, I thought you would like to know how your government is spending your tax dollars, assuming you are…
Legalize it, regulate and tax it! That has been the battle-cry of those interested in ending the prohibition of marijuana in the United States. Well, they asked for it and they are going to get it in Colorado, which is suggesting a 35 percent tax to cover the “cost of regulation”.
By now, you know that on July 2, the administration postponed the implementation of the Obamacare employer mandate until January 1, 2015. I’m sure you remember Nancy Pelosi in March, 2010 marching to the Capitol with a giant gavel proclaiming that Obamacare would soon be law. She wanted us to know that this was an…
When I heard the Obama administration had unilaterally delayed an important milestone in the Affordable Health Care Act, I had to chuckle. Certainly there may have been some implementation issues, but you know this move was to delay the implementation – at the employer level – until after the midterm elections.