Here Mitch McConnell takes your breath away. And the Democrats own O’Care for the 2014 election season. Sound like a winning hand to you? Not a single Democrat deserves to be reelected after foisting on America the worst job-killing monster in history. America’s small business owners are being especially hard hit. And the negative economic […]
States that are Cutting Taxes
The Red State tax cut revolution is just getting going. The WSJ’s Stephen Moore writes: After five years of wrenching fiscal deficits, states are once again experiencing stable budgets and healthy revenue growth. A new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council—a national network of more than 2,000 state legislators—finds that about one-third of the […]
Republicans to Take Senate in Midterms?
The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein thinks Mitch McConnell will be the Senate majority leader in 2015. The bleak outlook for O’Care-hugging Democrats unfolds in depth here. The electoral map, the demographics of midterm elections, and the political problems bedeviling Democrats make it very likely that Mitch McConnell will be majority leader come 2015 and then […]
BUY HARPOON!
“Is it me, or are we all walking around with a little jump in our step now that everything we’ve been warning people about Obamacare—for the last three years—has actually come true?” said one of the All-Star panelists. This was an evening to remember. The All-Star cast from National Review was in rare form at […]
Small Business Owners Clobbered by Obamacare
Here in The Wall Street Journal, read about the $63 per employee tax that will hit small business owners, thanks to O’Care. Companies with over 200 workers largely self-insure and thus will not be part of the O’Care mess. In fact 83% of these big companies already self-insure and are largely insulated from the O’Care […]
Harry Reid Jams through Nuclear Option on a 52-48 Vote
Writing at National Review, John Fund explains the dangerous implications and likely trail of events ahead. It may sound like congressional “inside baseball,” but yesterday’s decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to limit the power of the minority to block nominees for Executive Branch and most judicial vacancies is momentous. Ezra Klein, a liberalWashington […]
Obamacare and the End of Liberalism
Pat Buchanan lays out the case as Obamacare breakdowns pile up daily and millions lose insurance. Democrats, as Pat points out, now must abandon the sinking ship. A loss of the Senate in 2014 is looming as payback. Obamacare was an act of hubris by an administration of talking heads most of whom never ran […]
The Mayhem and Meltdown of Obamacare
America has lost heart, and Daniel Henninger explains why here in The Wall Street Journal. The ObamaCare train wreck is plowing through the White House in super slow-mo on screens everywhere, splintering reputations and presidential approval ratings. Audiences watch popeyed as Democrats in distress like Senators Kay Hagan, Mary Landrieu and Mark Pryor decide whether to cling […]
Obamacare Insurance Mandates Maternity Care for Men
Obamacare is forcing people off their current plans, and making them pay for plans with benefits they don’t need. Single men with no children on the way will be forced to pay for maternity care. How can that make health care more affordable? The Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner explains the whole ugly mess here. As […]
Boeing Union Bosses
Once again union leaders roll the dice hoping the NLRB will save them. The Wall Street Journal explains. Boeing’s eight-year contract offer included a 1% wage increase every other year starting in 2016 on top of annual cost-of-living increases. Pension accruals would be frozen, and traditional defined-benefit plans would be replaced with 401(k) accounts with […]