“Your life is made of two dates and a dash. Make the most of the dash.” Twice a year a client of mine leaves the comforts of home to patrol 26,000 sq. miles in Southeastern Utah for the Department of Interior. He spends two weeks in the Spring and two months in the Fall, September […]
Executing Americans Without Trial
President Obama should withdraw his nomination of David J. Barron to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the first Circuit. Rand Paul calls him out in The New York Times here: WASHINGTON — I BELIEVE that killing an American citizen without a trial is an extraordinary concept and deserves serious debate. I […]
Go Big or Go Home
Rand Paul offers big ideas. Like getting rid of the Department of Education. Contrast that with the teleprompter reading/speeches and poll watching Obama administration that’s too timid to make change we can believe in.
My Friend Gene Healy
In the private sector, when someone isn’t getting their job done, or they’re misbehaving at work they get fired. Much like stories of repeat offender teachers who are never given the boot because their unions protect them, politicians are also insulated from the proper consequences of their objectionable actions. Gene Healy recently wrote a piece discussing […]
Rahm Emanual’s “Chicagoland”
How can cities like Chicago get ahead if politicians like Mayor Rahm Emanuel have to always do battle with the unions? They can’t. The best solution is to get the unions out of politics and get them into 401(k)s like the rest of the taxpayers. The WSJ shows the ugly numbers here: Related videos:
I Love New York
Wait and see union politics has leadership singing “I Love New York” all the way to the bank. Union leaders are cashing in their chips thanks to Mayor Bill de Blasio. More from The WSJ’s Review and Outlook: Unions refused to negotiate for five years with former mayor Michael Bloomberg, and their refusal has paid off. […]
Bailing-Out Your Cities
You’ve read at richardcyoung.com about the fiscal problems hitting big cities and the dependency placed on an entire state’s taxpayers. Newark, NJ is in need of a bail-out from all of New Jersey thanks to the mess left behind by Mayor Cory Booker. Here Steve Malanga explains in his “Cross Country” column in The WSJ: […]
His $3.5 Billion Haul
Hedge fund managers aren’t getting the job done–losing money for investors in back-to-back months for the first time in two years. Last year when the S&P 500 was up over 30%, the average hedge fund made only 9.5%. But don’t worry, the hedge fund managers are just fine. The billions of dollars they’ve pocketed in […]
Senate Race Update: Coin Flip
You can gauge the race for the Senate daily here using The New York Times statistical-election forecasting machine called LEO. The current odds give Republicans a 55 percent chance of retaking the Senate. What does that mean? Not much. Republicans’ chances of gaining control of the Senate have improved slightly in the time Leo has […]
Missourians Win Tax-Cut
Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a tax cut that was thankfully overturned by a Republican legislature Tuesday. The new top income rate is lowered to 5.5% plus there’s a new tax break for small-business owners. Mr. Nixon’s concern and his reasoning for the veto, cue the music, is to protect education and public services. […]
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