Obama

Shrinking Deficit

by on May 15, 2013

We have been bombarded for the past few years by an endless stream of analyses, diatribes, and invectives about the horrors associated with the Federal [more…]

A Picture Of History

by on May 13, 2013

There is no serious effort in Washington to deal with our so-called debt crisis. I would like to think this is because people realize we [more…]

More Sideways Than Up

by on April 29, 2013

The economy just can't get on a roll. We managed to get passed the slow down of late last year only to run full square [more…]

Obama’s Pointless Budget.

by on April 10, 2013

What, exactly, is the point of the Obama budget released today? We all know that, in the context of the American political process, it has [more…]

There He Goes Again

by on April 5, 2013

I have a friend who can be guaranteed to wax lyrical about anything Barack Obama does.

Me? Not so much. I have never been a [more…]

Austerity Bites? Jobs Evaporate.

by on April 5, 2013

And some of you thought that budget cuts were a good thing.

We knew today's jobs report from the government was going to be bad [more…]

Deficit Realities: No Cuts Needed

by on March 12, 2013

It seems like the entire economic discussion is now about the Federal deficit and what we ought to do about it. You all know my [more…]

Sequester – Now What?

by on March 4, 2013

If you're like me and think that the economy neither needs, nor can stomach, government spending cuts reading the media frenzy over the sequester has [more…]

Sequester Day

by on March 1, 2013

Well here we are. And there we go. I doubt many of us really imagined that there would be a sudden out break of sanity [more…]

Ho Hum, Another Crisis

by on February 26, 2013

Hey everyone: it's sequester week! Aren't you excited?

No?

I don't blame you. And you're not alone. According to Pew Research only 27% of Americans [more…]