Category Archives: Entitlement Programs
Bending The Healthcare Cost Curve – Upwards
Remember how Democrats promised us that once we passed Obamacare that healthcare costs would start coming down? I knew that wouldn’t be the case and now even NPR has to admit that Obamacare’s promises are not being fulfilled. “Gunnar Ebbesson … Continue reading
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France Is Waking Up, The US Is Going To Sleep
It took a while but after years of socialistic economic policies, many political and business leaders in France are having a change of heart based on this NPR report: “ELEANOR BEARDSLEY: The major players of the French economy gathered this … Continue reading
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An Inconvenient Truth For Obamanomics
Liberals are cheering the latest drop in Unemployment numbers but they never seem to add the following graph of Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) in their news stories and blog posts. The LFPR is defined as the percentage of working … Continue reading
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A Leftist Dream Shattered
To many of us who live in the real world and understand math this next statement shouldn’t come as a shock to you – Increasing Medicare and Medicaid spending does not reduce Nationwide health care costs. But alas, there are … Continue reading
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Liberalism Must Be Defeated (Part 1)
Here we sit on the brink of a Federal Government shutdown and once again the battle lines are drawn but unfortunately few understand the true enemy. My hope with this two part post is to identify the true enemy of … Continue reading
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Government Handouts Are Not Income
Leftists are getting to the end of ideas so they are attempting to redefine a very inconvenient truth – Decades of Liberal entitlements in an attempt to win the war on poverty have failed. Exhibit A – The Poverty rate … Continue reading
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Have We Reached The End Game For The US?
We have able body Americans who could work but choose to live a life of leisure while getting handouts from the US Government. This has to be the point of no return. We have roughly 47 million people in the … Continue reading
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New PR Tactic For Obamacare
Last week Obama presented a new tactic for getting people to love Obamacare. From the White House transcript from 18-JUL-2013 (emphasis mine): “It’s hard. This is a big country, and the health care industry is massive and there are tons … Continue reading
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Poverty Rate and the Failure of Liberal Policy
You only need to look at two graphs to prove the failure of Liberal policies. First, from Heritage, we see the amount of money our Federal and State Governments spends on Welfare programs to reduce poverty in the US. Second, … Continue reading
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#No1040NextYear
I’ve had it! The IRS targeting Conservative groups was bad enough but their smug attitude during questioning made my blood boil and now we find out that this corrupt organization is living the life of luxury. “Already heavily criticized for … Continue reading
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A Way to Rebuild the US Infrastructure
The American Society of Civil Engineers released their 2013 Infrastructure Report Card today and the grades aren’t very good. But wait, I thought the 2009 Stimulus with all the shovel ready jobs was supposed to improve things and create jobs. … Continue reading
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Government Spending And GDP Growth
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released their initial estimate of US 4th Quarter GDP growth on Wednesday and it wasn’t pretty. “The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis … Continue reading
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It’s Time For Immigration Reform
It appears that the Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on Immigration Reform and I support this long overdue legislation. From CNN: Washington (CNN) – “Millions of undocumented immigrants would get immediate but provisional status to live and work in … Continue reading
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Obama Is A Big Spender – Part 3
To those who aren’t blind followers of the Dear Leader Obama, it is evident that the Federal spending under the current regime has far surpassed any other President in the modern era. There are many ways to show this and … Continue reading
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Playing In The Margins
Our esteemed representatives in Washington DC just passed another sweeping tax overhaul with the Fiscal Cliff Senate deal but as I see it, this is just another instance of our Federal Government playing in the margins and avoiding the much … Continue reading
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Oh Look, A Crystal Ball
When future Historians write about the demise of the United States, they will marvel at the vast evidence hiding in plain site that should have warned us about adopting destructive Leftist policies. England and Canada went down the path of … Continue reading
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Going Galt Lite
Sometimes you have to show tough love. For those of us with children, we can all appreciate the following scenario. You see your child about to do something stupid (like touch a hot stove) and you jump into action. You … Continue reading
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America Will Do The Right Thing
There are 5 weeks until the Presidential Elections in the United States and if you believe the Leftist Media and the poorly sampled polls, Romney doesn’t have a chance but I have faith in the American people to do the … Continue reading
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Romney Was Right
A “secret” video surfaced this week and if you believe the Leftist media, you can go ahead and call the elections off in November, Obama will crush Romney! But I disagree and in my opinion, this video release will only … Continue reading
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A Thought Experiment on Entitlement Programs
One of the topics during the 2012 Presidential election is entitlement spending and whether we need to reform these programs (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Food Stamps and Unemployment Insurance), keep them in their current state or expand them. In … Continue reading
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