If this was justified, please respond. ===== As government expands, so does its potential for abuse. Yet in the Obama era the media have largely abandoned their role as watchdogs, and even gross abuses of power go unpunished. Consider the sordid persecution of for-profit Decker College, which has belatedly received vindication after being driven into bankruptcy a decade ago by a malicious... Read more
Archive for the ‘Big Govt’ Category
Why Americans Hate Government
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Obama, The LeftHow We Might Defeat Radical Jihadism – Noonan
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ISIS, Noonan, Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Terrorism, The LeftA great read. ===== 3/26/2016 These things are obvious after the Brussels bombings: In striking at the political heart of Europe, home of the European Union, the ISIS jihadists were delivering a message: They will not be stopped. What we are seeing now is not radical jihadist Islam versus the West but, increasingly, radical jihadist Islam versus the world. They are on the move... Read more
The Super Pac Bust
February 20 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Party PoliticsWSJ 2/21/2016 Campaign fundraising may preoccupy the press corps, but it isn’t dominating the presidential race. A new analysis from the Center for Competitive Politics shows that the amount of spending by candidates and their Super Pacs was negatively correlated with results in Iowa and New Hampshire. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is illustrating that piles of Super Pac cash can’t elevate... Read more
The War on Cash
February 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big GovtIf they don’t like cash, let them bring back gold. ========= These are strange monetary times, with negative interest rates and central bankers deemed to be masters of the universe. So maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that politicians and central bankers are now waging a war on cash. That’s right, policy makers in Europe and the U.S. want to make it harder... Read more
The Carbon Tax Budget
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Obama, Tax IssuesIf this isn’t the way it is, let me know. ====== WSJ 2/10/2016 President Obama rolled out his $4.1 trillion fiscal 2017 budget proposal on Tuesday, and the good news is that most of it has no chance of passing. The blueprint is nonetheless important as a statement of progressive priorities and the direction a Democratic successor might lean. That goes in... Read more
Your Grandchildren Won’t Thank You..
February 2 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Losing Freedom, The LeftFrom a recent episode of the television show “Downton Abbey” and it was a great line! =========== Dowager Countess of Grantham ( Maggie Smith): For years I’ve watched governments take control of our lives, and their argument is always the same—fewer costs, greater efficiency. But the result is the same, too. Less control by the people, more control by the state, until... Read more
