Category Archives: politics
A Social Security Reform Plan
This is the first in a series of periodic investigations into so called “entitlement” programs which include Social Security, Welfare, Medicare, Medicaid and Unemployment Insurance. I hope to address each one in a separate post and answer such questions as … Continue reading
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Take That Eric Holder
If Eric Holder didn’t like South Carolina’s Voter ID law, he’ll really hate this new law that is moving through the Palmetto state legislature. A Bill has moved forward in the South Carolina Senate that will change the conditions under … Continue reading
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Education Is The Tide That Floats All Boats
Over the past two decades we have seen an economic paradigm shift where more of the lower paying manufacturing jobs in the US moved to countries like Mexico, China and India and this is exactly what the Free Market predicted … Continue reading
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What Would Obama Be Saying Now?
Remember that Obama announced his plan to bring down Unemployment in September 2011 and called it the American Jobs Act (AJA). The AJA was really just a sequel to the Stimulus 2009 and the bill would not have helped unemployment … Continue reading
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Calm Down Conservatives
It was a tight race in Iowa and Romney squeaked out a win over Santorum by 8 votes! Now Conservatives all over America are in full suicide watch mode and gnashing their teeth at the thought of Mittens as the … Continue reading
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Eliminating the Penny
The Penny is one of the most useless items we have in America right now. Most stores have a jar at the cash register where you can place pennies that you get as change so that other customers can use … Continue reading
A Messenger From The Future
How many times have you thought that it would be nice to have a message from the future so that you could avoid mistakes? Would the executives at Coca-Cola benefited from hearing from the future about the lunacy of changing … Continue reading
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What Really Frightens Me
I’m not scared of people like Barrack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. They are the equivalent of political prostitutes – bought and paid for by wealthy Liberals – and they are ignorant of the destruction that their actions bring … Continue reading
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Obamacare – Destroying Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
I have already written earlier how Obama and his henchmen (and henchwomen) are not only killing business but also killing American Citizens and just a few days ago came a new report from the DesMoines Register showing the damage that … Continue reading
Posted in healthcare, Over Regulation, politics
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Problem Solving 101
You can’t offer solutions until you completely define the problem. To those who have analytical minds, this is common sense and you can look at any collegiate Engineering curriculum and you won’t find a class on this topic. But there … Continue reading
NLRB Redefines Business Practices in US
The Economist published an article about the latest National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) involvement in Boeing’s decision to expand in South Carolina and they show that the recent ruling by the NLRB sets a dangerous precedent that will lead to … Continue reading
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Political Disconnect and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
I was reading an article from The Economist, The Faith (and Doubts) of Our Fathers, and the last two paragraphs were very telling of our current political climate and they appear below (emphasis mine). “There is a great irony … Continue reading
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Nikki Haley Report Card – 2011
Recently, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been in the national news after she endorsed Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential nominee. Romney lags Gingrich in SC polls and this endorsement might provide the momentum to give Romney the boost … Continue reading
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Economic Expectations and the 2012 Election
Obama will not win reelection if the US economy during the latter half of 2012 is similar to the economy we see now. I do not subscribe to the theory that Obama will win reelection by spouting the ‘do nothing … Continue reading
We Don’t Have to Wait for the Death Panels
We do not have to wait for the Obamacare’s Death Panels to see how over regulation from the Federal Government will kill Americans. It is happening right now and will get worse in 2012 for at least 11 states. Dr. … Continue reading
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Payroll Tax Cut Comes Down to Philosophy
The latest battle in Congress is over the payroll tax cuts which are about to expire at the end of 2011. The payroll tax cuts are really a reduction in social security deductions from our paychecks (6.2% to 4.2%) and … Continue reading
Debbie Downer Hits an All Time Low
In case you missed it, this morning Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated that Unemployment didn’t go up after Obama entered the White House. I don’t know if this is a case of Schultz imitating Joseph Geobbels (If you tell a … Continue reading
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ECON 101 for a Liberal
The Blamestormer-in-Chief gave us another example how our President appears to be mentally handicapped when it comes to basic Economics and Mathematics. In case you missed it, here is the quote from the Washington Examiner: President Obama said that he will … Continue reading
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DNC Panders to Unions
Ben Howe at Red State broke the story over a month ago that while preparing for its upcoming convention in Charlotte, the Democratic National Convention (DNC) will only accepting bids from Union companies. This was a major blow to many … Continue reading
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A Religion of Peace
In Afghanistan yesterday a terrorist organization called Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed at least 60 people. The terrorist group is affiliated with a Sunni extremist group and they apparently hated the Shiite minority group so much they … Continue reading
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