At Monday’s CNN/Tea Party debate, Wolf Blitzer said in his opening remarks that the candidates would get equal time to answer questions. For the first half hour or so, he appeared to have kept his word. After that, the debate turned into the Romney/Perry debate with Bachmann thrown into the mix to boost her failing poll numbers.
Archive for the ‘Welfare state’ Category
If history is a guide, Obama is toast in 2012
23
Aug
The latest Gallup Poll shows President Obama running neck and neck with top-tier Republican candidates Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann for the presidency in 2012. This is not surprising given the state of the economy, the out-of-control federal spending, the ballooning federal debt, the $1 trillion budget deficits, the frenetic money printing and the endless wars overseas. No matter who the GOP standard-bearer is in 2012, President Obama will be defeated next year if history is our guide.
The MSM are acting like the KKK in their treatment of Ron Paul
21
Aug
After nearly winning the Ames straw poll on August 14th, Rep. Ron Paul was ignored by the mainstream media on Sunday’s talk shows the following day. The straw poll winner, Rep. Michele Bachmann, was on every major talk show basking in the limelight as the MSM anointed her, Mitt Romney and Texas governor Rick Perry, who announced his candidacy for the presidency the day of the straw poll in South Carolina, as the three top tier candidates in the race for the GOP nomination.
Good default, bad default
27
Jul
On August 15, 1971, President Nixon announced to the world that the U.S. Government is defaulting on its promise to redeem dollars to foreign institutions that had the right to exchange their greenbacks for gold at the official rate of $35 dollars per ounce. This is in an example of a bad default because the U.S. Government had the legal obligation under the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement that shaped the postwar international monetary system to maintain the dollar as the world’s reserve currency by making it redeemable into gold at a fixed rate.
Raise the debt ceiling…to $100 trillion
13
Jul
The negotiations between President Obama, Speaker of the House Boehner and other Republican congressional leaders about raising the debt ceiling and cutting the deficit have stalled because the president wants to increase taxes as part of a “balanced approach” to the federal government’s fiscal imbalances. Republicrats assert that higher taxes are “off the table.”
Ayn Rand, Jesus and the morality of the welfare state
16
Jun
In the summer of 1969, my wife and I were visiting her sister’s family in Utica, New York. One day we took a ride to Syracuse and stopped in a bookstore where I bought a copy of Ayn Rand’s Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. Having been a history major and interested in economic issues, I eagerly read the collection of essays by Rand, Alan Greenspan and others. I especially was intrigued with Alan Greenspan’s “Gold and Economic Freedom,” where he makes the case that the Federal Reserve’s easy money policies of the 1920s caused the boom that led to the stock market crash.
The New York Times hates Ron Paul
15
Jun
The word has gone forth from the upper echelon of the New York Times; Rep. Ron Paul is to be treated with the utmost disrespect—again–in our coverage of the Republican presidential primary campaign. What else explains the disingenuous front-page article (“Candidates show G.O.P less united on goals of war,” June 15th)?
Ron Paul and the Pandering Six
14
Jun
At the GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire on June 13th, the seven candidates gently sparred on most of the issues that have taken front and center in the campaign—jobs, Medicare, taxes, government spending, and military intervention. Rep. Michele Bachmann announced she would make her formal announcement for president soon.
How to end U.S. wars
21
May
What is the difference between George W. Bush and Barack Obama? The former gave us wars in two countries when he promised the American people a “humble” foreign policy and no nation building when he was the GOP presidential nominee in 2000, while the latter positioned himself as the “peace” candidate in 2008—and won overwhelmingly but is escalating military intervention in other Middle Eastern nations. In short, the only major difference between Bush and Obama is that one is a white neoconservative and the other is a black neoconservative.
The Republican Jewish Coalition and Ron Paul’s presidential candidacy
14
May
The day before Rep. Ron Paul announced his bid for the Republican nomination for president, the Republican Jewish Coalition issued a press release on May 12th, “RJC Expresses Concern about Ron Paul Candidacy.”
Who won the first GOP presidential debate?
06
May
No one “won” the first GOP presidential debate Thursday night in South Carolina. There were no “body blows” and gaffes, but three of the candidates continue to support America’s warfare state while Rep. Ron Paul and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson want U.S. troops withdrawn from Afghanistan ASAP now that Osama Bin Laden is dead.
The Madoffcrats are in control…for now
19
Apr
Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ9) held a pep rally for Medicare with seniors at a Fair Lawn dinner yesterday. The seniors at the meeting reflected on their illnesses and praised Medicare for paying for their surgeries, treatments, etc. Of course, seniors love Medicare; the general population heavily subsidizes it. If seniors had to pay the full cost of Medicare, the premium for each beneficiary would be approximately $11,000.
Pick your poison: Ryan’s welfare state versus Obama’s statist vision for America
17
Apr
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee, and all but four of his fellow Republicans passed a budget for fiscal 2012 on April 15. No Democrat voted for the Ryan budget. The Senate, controlled by the Democrats, will not approve Mr. Ryan’s “path to prosperity.”
Education is too important for the courts to decide
11
Apr
Paul Tractenberg’s turgid screed, “Let’s get real about education in New Jersey,” criticized me for challenging the assertions he made in a recent Record op-ed defending the current school aid formula. He also claims I live in “eccentric parallel universe.”
GE pays zero federal taxes…so should you!
27
Mar
The New York Times, in a front-page article, reported that General Electric paid no federal income taxes in 2010. Should Americans be angry that one of the world’s largest corporations paid no federal income tax while middle income and upper income Americans pay federal, state and in some cases city income taxes?