Just 2 short notes today. 1. The Sequester is nearly upon us. The consequences have been much covered in the press. Long lines at airport security, cut-backs in air traffic control, military cuts, fewer food inspections, and many more. Additionally … Continue reading
Category Archives: economic recovery
Jon Huntsman would be a good choice for Treasury Secretary
I wrote about this a few months back but wanted to repeat that Jon Huntsman would be a good choice for Treasury Secretary . Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has announced his intention to leave. Now that we have settled the … Continue reading
Crazy Idea: the NRA stimulus that might save the economy
After the tragic child murders at Sandy Hook Elementary, the NRA proposed a plan to put armed guards in each school. There are about 99,000 public schools in the country according to National Center for Education Statistics. NRA Executive Vice … Continue reading
Fiscal Cliff: Be flexible in seeking solutions
Last year we had a big standoff on raising the national debt ceiling. It was very strange in that Congress has repeatedly passed budgets with deficits over the past several decades and suddenly decided that the national debt had grown … Continue reading
Mitt Romney had a Good Idea
In defending his tax plan which many analysts thought impossible Mitt Romney did come up with 2 good ideas, one of which may be a partial solution to the fiscal cliff we are facing. President Obama is pretty insistent on … Continue reading
Huntsman for Treasury
It seems we are in the market for a new Treasury Secretary. It is a very important position in the cabinet. President Obama must work with the Republicans in Congress to continue the recovery and improve upon the economy of … Continue reading
It may be a good time to do some actual governing
Now that the election is over, it may be a good time to do some actual governing. Seems the parties need to find enough common ground to reach a compromise and prevent us from falling off a fiscal cliff on … Continue reading
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Only 12 Million jobs, Governor Romney
Mitt Romney has mentioned many times that his policies will add 12 million jobs. I wrote about this before but thought an update is in order. He says this will happen over his 4 year administration and it will be … Continue reading
Is the Obama job recovery really so bad? And the stimulus worked
There has been much complaint about the Obama job recovery and many think we should trust our economy to Governor Romney because President Obama is doing such a bad job. His stimulus failed they say. In my view President Obama … Continue reading
Mitt Romney is now the candidate of big change or big flip-flop
So Mitt Romney is now the candidate of big change. Sounds very 2008 when President Obama was a candidate of hope and change. I guess the difference is that I liked some of President Obama’s changes. I think it is … Continue reading
Science Debate
No doubt science is important. Very important. It help us understand our world and beyond. It guides us in many ways as we find our way to live in the world. It is the basis of industrial advances. It is … Continue reading
Romney’s 12 million job promise
Mitt Romney has mentioned many times that his policies will add 12 million jobs. In the recent debate ( transcript here ) he specified this would happen in 4 years and is a result of his five-point plan. That’s why … Continue reading
Mitt Romney gets almost specific
Mitt Romney has been a bit short on details when it comes to his plans. For example, he will cut taxes by 20% (that does sound specific) but he wants to keep revenue about the same and will do so … Continue reading
Deficits matter only if the other party did it
About 10 years ago, Vice President Cheney supposedly declared that “Reagan proved deficits don’t matter” as the administration moved us from the surplus at the end of the Clinton administration to the deficits of the Bush administration. Then a few … Continue reading
Disingenuous crap: Obama has no jobs plan
I liked the phase “disingenuous crap” so much to describe Romney’s claim that Obama has no jobs plan that I stole it from Andrew Sullivan. This is the third in his series on the big lies of Mitt Romney. This … Continue reading