Kerry screws the troops again
President Bush just signed this year’s Department of Defense Appropriations Act, which appropriates $391 billion toward such worthy goals as more body armor, more armored Humvees, more ammunition, more...
View ArticleFor the record: Kerry defense cuts
As several 24-hour news cycles pass by after the Republican National Convention and blur our memories of who said what at which point in time, a reminder can come in handy. Lest anyone forget that John...
View ArticleIs President Bush really a profligate spender?
I’ve been under the impression that President Bush spends money like a sailor on shore leave. Orrin Judd has me thinking that I might be wrong. Hat tip: Instapundit
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Ohio’s Porkulus data
I just looked up the summary of Ohio data on Recovery.gov and here’s some of what I found. Compare the numbers for jobs created/”saved” and money wasted spent for Ohio’s 18 congressional districts, and...
View ArticleThe Vote Pump sucketh
Is this what you want? If so, vote for Barack Obama. We do not have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem.
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The Obama budget
This chart comes from the White House (check page 58 of the monster PDF file), not from some crazy right wing extremist oppressor of downtrodden poor people and kicker of puppies. This is the Obama...
View ArticleStill waiting on the U.S. Senate to pass a budget
Any time now would be nice, Democrats. You’ve controlled the Senate since the last time it passed a budget. Do your jobs, for once.
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“Hey, Reagan increased the debt just like Obama.”
Oh, really? When a country’s debt climbs past 60% of the total size of its economy for an entire year (what economists call its “Gross Domestic Product”), the country’s economic health suffers. When...
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What if we cut all defense spending?
Would we balance the budget and reduce the national debt if we completely eliminated every last dime spent on the military and on defense? The numbers speak for themselves. Look at the chart. We do not...
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Do we have a revenue problem?
Take a look at the average American’s share of federal revenue and spending from 1920 to now, adjusted for inflation to the value of a dollar in the year 2005. Click the chart to see it at full size....
View ArticleBob Gibbs & the Obamacare repeal letter
The effort to choke off funding for Obamacare continues in the U.S. House of Representatives. Yesterday morning I e-mailed the following question to Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH) via his 7th District...
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Do the rich pay their fair share?
I have questions for people who say “the rich don’t pay their fair share.” What counts as “rich” to you? Are we looking at net worth? Annual income? Households or individuals? What’s the cutoff for...
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What does sixteen trillion dollars look like?
Looking at the spinning numbers of the National Debt Clock doesn’t quite convey just how much the Democrats liberals progressives statists in Washington have spent. Try this. We. Do. Not. Have. A....
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Do we have a revenue problem?
Tax receipts are at near-record highs, and yet: We do not have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem.
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Will the federal government default?
If the President (and his Senate) fail to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling on October 17th, will the federal government go into default? Only if Barack Obama wants it to, because it’s entirely...
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