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Symptom of the Disease: Federal government paying for local cops

By Steve McGough / July 29, 2009 /

Fiscal responsibility is dead. Well, it probably died years ago but can we bring it back? The city of Akron, Ohio – along with other cities in the state – will be able to hire and pay 23 police officers for three years thanks to federal stimulus dollars. Of course, the string is the city…

The Caterpillar Flap Continues

By Jim Vicevich / February 13, 2009 /

It began with a statement by Obama yesterday, when he told reporters that the CEO of Caterpillar would hire back laid off workers as soon as the stimulus passed … and followed with a statement by the CEO of Caterpillar that … well no … he still would likely have to layoff more people. It’s…

Banker explains why he turned down TARP funds: “Strings”

By Jim Vicevich / February 12, 2009 /

The banker is Steve Buster, CEO of California community bank “Mechanics”. Alexis Glick conducts the interview and it’s a great one. Part one, Buster tells Glick they wanted the money, could have used the money but it came with too many strings. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3cub9XHaog Here in Part Two Glick asks … “what strings?”. Buster says they…

Stimulus plan includes adding 1.2 million to Medicaid roles

By Steve McGough / January 30, 2009 /

Instead of dealing with nationalizing health care out in the open, the Obama stimulus plan takes the incremental – but significant step – to add more than one million Americans to the Medicaid roles if they are unemployed, or will soon be unemployed. This plan also includes millionaires who were laid off and not only…

Connecticut Tea Party – Update

By Jim Vicevich / February 27, 2009 /

UPDATE: I am an idiot. The credit for this protest, if it were not made plain, lies with the RVO chat room and most especially, I think, Rick from West Hartford. I say I think because I really am not the force behind this today. Rick is and his com-padres who put this together. Without…

Fox Opinion Poll: Halo Slipping?

By Jim Vicevich / February 19, 2009 /

Latest Fox Opinion poll is out and while I hate polls … this is worth at least a mention. First the country is split 50/50 on the stimulus package and whether it will work … but the vast majority are convinced it won’t help them personally. There’s a shock. It’s not meant to help most…

Stimulus More Dangerous After We Recover

By Jim Vicevich / February 19, 2009 /

Pat Toomey, with the Club For Growth, had some sobering words for Neil Cavuto last night. Not only does he believe that the current Prokapalooza can’t pull the economy from recession, but he believes as the nation recovers, as it always does, there will be those who believe that massive spending was in the fact…

I knew Ronald Reagan and you are no Ronald Reagan

By Jim Vicevich / February 18, 2009 /

Larry Elder, one of my talk show heroes and the man who coined the phrase “Republitarian”, was a guest on the O’Reilly Factor last night and does a great job of explaining, factually, why government spending did not pull America out of the Great Depression nor will it work this time. What’s more he takes…

Simply Giddy

By Jim Vicevich / February 15, 2009 /

Congresswoman Maxine Waters on This Week discusses the possibility of nationalizing some banks. She says, no doubt in defference to Senator Graham, “but not yet”. Disturbing. But wait there’s more.

The New Welfare State – video added

By Jim Vicevich / February 10, 2009 /

When new is old … and scary too. Two stories jumped out at me this morning and they are worth noting.