Economic issues-taxes, freedom to do business, unemployment
It is said that if the lawsuit currently before the Supreme Court (King vs Burwell) goes against the government, the entire structure of Obamacare will collapse. Have you given this some thought? The complete title of the act that is meant to destroy the world's best medical-care system was called the "Patient Protection and Affordable …
Continue reading The “Affordable” Care Act, better known as Obamacare
Sigh...Have you noticed lately the increasing rate of government scandals coming to light? I have given it much thought, and it seems to me that, since Obama and his minions took power, nearly every part of the huge (and expanding by leaps and bounds) federal government has been corrupted in some way by the Democrats, …
Last week, Michael Solon wrote an op-ed essay in the Wall Street Journal entitled "What Democrats and the CBO Don't Get". He was talking about how the administration's actions relating to the economy are not leading to economic growth, which is the best way to increase federal revenues and improve conditions for Americans. However, none …
Continue reading What the Op-ed Writers Don’t Get about Obama’s Economy
Yes, I do. This post was written a couple of years ago, and updated today in 2015. I will be 66 in April, and I just love tossing all the junk mail telling me about everyone's very best Medicare Advantage or Medi-Gap policy. No serious illnesses, and still at my same employer after seven years. …
Continue reading No Social Security or Medicare for Me-Do I have the Courage of my Convictions?
It started with an essay in the (supposedly) high-minded publication for Wall Street Journal subscribers, WSJ Magazine. This comes out every other month in the print edition, and is a slick magazine designed to appeal to high-income readers. It is filled with ads for expensive clothing, watches, and jewelry, and features stories about people and …
So, why do people give? What makes giving to others a good thing? Some would say that giving is to help other people, perhaps those defined as "needy"; i.e. the purpose of giving is to improve the situation (emotional or material) of others. As you might imagine, the motivations for giving have been extensively …
During the tense negotiations in DC a while ago, where the D's and R's "negotiated" (scare quotes intended) a spending bill to keep the sainted government running for yet another fiscal year, I was rooting for the R's to simply say NO. I want them to shut down the government, since much of it …
Continue reading Rats! I WANTED them to shut down the government!
I've been doing this here blog for a few years now, and I have noticed some things. Like, I seem to get new followers whenever I do a post that's not relevant to the theme of my blog (conservatism). And a goodly number of other WordPress bloggers seem to blog about their personal lives, and …
Continue reading Just some thoughts on blogging…what do readers like?
Here are some headlines found on Fox News today. Prisoner Bogus Tax Refunds The Next Housing Crisis runup (relaxed mortgage lending standards) Black Friday shooting at Chicago Nordstrom Social Security benefits for illegal immigrants? UN scolds US on record of "torture" and police brutality. Employers have incentive to hire illegal immigrants (over native-born Americans) New …
Continue reading World Turned Upside-down…Headlines after Thanksgiving
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