America will become Greece in the absence of reform. Well, that’s basically the Obama fiscal plan, as illustrated by this amusing cartoon. What makes the Ryan budget so impressive is that it includes the reforms that are needed to avoid this fate.
Archive for Category: "Economy"
August 16, 2012 12:22
Political Connections to Drive Up Electric Rates in Delaware
In the case of Bloom Energy, some truly big hitters are involved in what can only be described as highly suspect permit applications, crony capitalism, political pressure and secretive backroom deals that will benefit the few at the expense of countless taxpayers and ratepayers. What these arrangements could do to energy prices in Delaware and other states served by the PJM electricity grid is scary to ponder – and Bloom is trying to cut similar deals in North Carolina and elsewhere.
August 16, 2012 09:27
Paul Ryan: Saving the American Idea – Rejecting Fear, Envy and the Politics of Division
[I]nstead of working together where we agree, the President has opted for divisive rhetoric and the broken politics of the past. He is going from town to town, impugning the motives of Republicans, setting up straw men and scapegoats, and engaging in intellectually lazy arguments, as he tries to build support for punitive tax hikes on job creators. – Rep. Paul Ryan
August 16, 2012 08:24
Romney’s Right Agenda
Obama’s campaign against “wealthy, successful Americans” who “attribute their wealth and success to their own intelligence and hard work” has backfired with a vengeance.
August 16, 2012 07:00
Greens Push Climate Lies in Courts to Achieve Radical Agenda
Greens have understandably concluded they can get what they want, restrictions on all energy use, in the courts of justice if not in the court of public opinion.
August 16, 2012 06:43
America’s Energy Outlook
Oil and gas not only touches people’s lives everyday whenever you flip on the light or gas up at the gas station but it affects costs of all services and goods. Higher energy costs drive up costs for virtually everything.
August 16, 2012 06:16
Obama’s Shared Prosperity: A Euphemism Wrapped in a Lie
[T]oday’s hardcore neo-Marxists need more. They are not primarily interested in buying votes by playing on people’s stupid sentimentality. They want America’s soul. – American Thinker
August 16, 2012 05:22
Dark Night – Major Terrorist Threat
Airplanes would fall from the sky; most cars would be inoperable; electrical devices would fail. Water, sewer, and electrical networks would fail simultaneously. Systems of banking, energy, transportation, food production and delivery, water, emergency services, and even cyberspace would collapse. It would take years – possibly decades – to restore the U.S. electricity supply.
August 15, 2012 09:41
Obama’s Wind Power a Lot of Hot Air
The part [he] left out was that this money was first taken from taxpayers, ratepayers and successful businesses. It was then given to Big Wind developers, who gave a tad bit of it back to the [Obama], who then recycled some of those revenues back to businesses and people with the right political connections.
August 15, 2012 07:59
Obama’s Debt Mountain a Threat to National Security Veterans Say
Every year of Obama’s term has record deficits over a TRILLION dollars. By the end of his first term Obama will have increased the debt more than all other presidents combined – $5 TRILLION dollars.
