The Republican Study Committee, led by Congressmen Jim Jordan and Scott Garrett, with an assist by Senator Jim DeMint and bolstered by 70 new members, has hit the House floor running in the new Congress. Without a bit of hesitation the RSC has offered up legislation that would make huge cuts to the federal workforce […]
Archives for January 2011
Obamacare Repealed in the House
Yesterday the House of Representatives voted to repeal Obamacare, 245 to 189, a much larger majority (and a bipartisan majority at that) than the strictly party-line aye-votes that passed it in the first place. Harry Reid absolutely must bring the Obamacare repeal to the floor of the Senate. There are 24 Democratic Senators up for […]
Swiss Banks to Clients: Exit U.S. Securities
The oldest Swiss bank has pulled out of the U.S. and advised clients to get out of U.S. securities. St. Gallen-based Wegelin (founded 1741) advises that U.S. clients may become global pariahs. Can this possibly be true? For what reason, and who is to blame? As a test, I spent considerable time over the last […]
Sebelius Wants Single Payer Healthcare
Kathleen Sebelius wants a single-payer healthcare system. Now she has been given 1,968 new rules to run America’s healthcare.
Out of Control Government
The FreedomWorks team, headed by former House Leader Dick Armey and FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe are out in force making some suggestions as to what programs Congress should consider cutting in their drive to decrease government spending. An obvious and somewhat forgotten suggestion that the two gentlemen make is removing the “temporary” stimulus from the […]
Steve King: Repeal and Replace
Congressman Steve King on the issue of the repeal and replace of Obamacare.
Deregulation Coming?
After receiving terrific pushback from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Tea Party, and businesspeople all over America, the administration of President Barack Obama is starting to make noises like it may streamline and delete a few regulations. The president wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal this morning that said he is […]
Escape to Wisconsin
Money goes where money is well treated. It’s that simple. Look no further than the state of Wisconsin’s newly elected GOP Governor Scott Walker and his new slogan to businesses in neighboring states, “Escape to Wisconsin.” And escape they will, as he works to eliminate the corporate income tax for two years and most likely […]
We’ve Tried This Before
Regarding bans on high capacity magazines, expert John R. Lott Jr. says, “We’ve tried this before.”
Air Force Unleashes ‘Gorgon Stare’
The United States Air Force’s new revolutionary wide-area airborne surveillance system named “Gorgon Stare,” designed and developed by Sierra Nevada Corp., and the USAF’s 645th Aeronautical Systems Group was deployed to Afghanistan this winter. This revolutionary system, which operates day and night, allows its users to overcome the “soda straw” view that the current conventional […]