Tag Archives: spending
Health Care Disaster
Well, that was a partisan debacle. Speaker Pelosi put too much energy into “making history” and not enough into reading it. Johnson-era lawmakers could not predict that their programs would later drag America toward bankruptcy. Today, we can, and House … Continue reading
Filed under Health
Politicize the GAO!
Now that Congress has captured the Fed, the next voice to be silenced is the GAO. Already there is an ominous dearth of reporting on America’s debt crisis. The GAO, which had been shrieking from the rooftops, has not produced … Continue reading
Filed under Finance
Moment of Truth for the Tea Party
The grassroots anti-tax movement known as the Tea Party is meeting this week in Nashville. Jeremiah has written before on the need for a third party, and about the schism in the Republican Party. The question is which side of … Continue reading
Filed under Center Field
Privatize Social Security
The Economist wonders “whether it makes sense to let people retire at 65.” Jeremiah wonders why the government is telling him when he can retire. They only have this authority because they have taken thousands from Jeremiah throughout his working … Continue reading
Filed under Finance
A Cautionary Tale
Bright young people in France aspire to join the social service. The “public sector” is where the cushy jobs are found, with fat salaries and benefits courtesy of French taxpayers. College kids in France do not create Facebook in their … Continue reading
Filed under Finance
Handouts for China
Unemployed Americans may be surprised to learn that they are paying to clean up pollution in China. Jeremiah is not necessarily a global warming skeptic – the evidence is actually pretty good – but he is certainly a give-a-trillion-dollars-to-China skeptic. … Continue reading
Filed under Trade
Someone Else Will Pay
John F. Kennedy has been quoted lately in the press. The Economist has compared his “pay any price, bear any burden” to President Obama’s (rather less inspiring) speech at West Point. Citations regarding the end of the space program include … Continue reading
Filed under Finance
“Private Option” for Education
With House Democrats now pushing for government-run health insurance, it is worth noting the growing movement against government-run education. They call it “separation of school and state,” by analogy with the disestablishment clause in our constitution. The movement has many … Continue reading
Filed under Education
