According to government and consumer group figures, Americans pay an average of $1,010 more a year for gas than they did on President Obama’s Inauguration Day in January 2009. Washington Examiner
we need a global minimum tax – Sperling, Obama White House
“[Obama] supports corporate tax reform that would reduce expenditures and loopholes, lower rates for people investing and creating jobs in the U.S., due so further for manufacturing, and that we need to, as we have the Buffett Rule and the individual tax reform, we need a global minimum tax so that people have the assurance that nobody is escaping doing their fair share as part of a race to the bottom or having our tax code actually subsidized and facilitate people moving their funds to tax havens,” Gene Sperling, director of the White House’s national economic council said.
I guess the in the United States 47% who pay no taxes are going to see their taxes go up a lot.
So much for the Obama White House not wanting to raise taxes.
invent a method of embalming drowned persons, in such a manner that they might be recalled to life at any period, however distant; for having a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years – Benjamin Franklin
“I wish it were possible …to invent a method of embalming drowned persons, in such a manner that they might be recalled to life at any period, however distant; for having a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence, I should prefer to an ordinary death, being immersed with a few friends in a cask of Madeira, until that time, then to be recalled to life by the solar warmth of my dear country! But…in all probability, we live in a century too little advanced, and too near the infancy of science, to see such an art brought in our time to its perfection”. 1773, Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Dubourg.
Rick Santorum’s only hope
Rick Santorum’s only hope right now is to team with Newt Gingrich. Santorum needs to talk to Newt and say, “look, we need to team up. You and I on the ticket together. Right now. Otherwise Mitt Romney ties up the nomination in April.”
Will it happen? Doubtful, but if not, there is little chance for Santorum in the long term.
(Of course he could do the same with Ron Paul, however the differences in their positions make that seem unlikely).
Unemployment rate 4.4% on 12/31/2006
The unemployment rate was 4.4% on 12/31/2006, three days before Democrats took total control of the 110th Congress on 1/3/2007.
The middle between freedom and slavery is still slavery.
The middle between freedom and slavery is still slavery.
Slower service from the post office and higher prices means success?
“As a result of the $3 billion in cuts, first-class mail that used to take just one day to deliver will now take two to three days. Stamps will also rise in cost by 1 cent to 45 cents, starting next month.” (Link)
Slower service and increased prices. A recipe for success from a (pseudo) government entity.
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war.
“The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Here in Asia” – Obama says Hawaii is in Asia
One other thing that I want to say about this: When I meet with world leaders, what’s striking — whether it’s in Europe or here in Asia…
President Obama, November 13, 2011 (see transcript here or at around 35:11 in the video here)
2008 Presidential Debates
Q: This year’s deficit will reach $455 billion. Won’t some programs you are proposing have to be eliminated?
OBAMA: Every dollar I’ve proposed, I’ve proposed an additional cut hat it matches. To give an example, we spend $15 billion a year on subsidies to insurance companies. It doesn’t help seniors get better. It’s a giveaway. I want to go through the federal budget line by line, programs that don’t work, we cut. Programs we need, we should make them work better. Once we get through this economic crisis, we’re going to have to embrace a culture of responsibility, all of us, corporations, the federal government, & individuals who may be living beyond their means.