Its not plain if you don’t want it to be. ========= The mainstream press has justified its lack of coverage over the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups because there’s been no “smoking gun” tying President Obama to the scandal. This betrays a remarkable, if not willful, failure to understand abuse of power. The political pressure on the IRS to delay... Read more
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“Confusing tax laws…” made them do it.
February 6 | Posted by mrossol | IRSHow’s that again? ============ House committees are still digging into the IRS political targeting scandal, and based on a hearing Wednesday there’s more to learn. The day produced more evidence blowing apart President Obama’s claims that there was “not even a smidgen of corruption” or political motivation in the IRS handling of groups applying for tax-exempt status. Mr. Obama wants Americans to believe... Read more
The President’s NSA Illusions
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, NSAWhat are we being protected against? ===== Now that President Obama’s promise in December of a “pretty definitive statement” about the nation’s electronic intelligence-gathering practices has been fulfilled with Friday’s speech, it is worth looking at what will actually happen as a result, at least in the near term, and what won’t. The speech was preceded by seven months of arguably the most... Read more
Obama’s Political Surveillance
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | NSA, US ConstitutionHe proposes to change antiterror programs that he admits are necessary and haven’t been abused. ===== President Obama finally joined the surveillance debate on Friday with a conflicted address, and perhaps it would have been better had he stayed out. His new antiterror proposals will do little to secure American privacy but they might make the country less safe. Rhetorically Mr. Obama tried... Read more
A Good Time for Housing Reform
January 6 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Party PoliticsIf Congress cannot address and issue like this, then it is truly dysfunctional. Please, someone tell me why I’m wrong?? ============ The prospects for progress on Capitol Hill this year are few, but one possibility is reform of federal housing policy. With home prices rising and the economy growing, now is a good time to pare back the government support that has... Read more
How Britain Returned to Growth
December 17 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Debt, Economics, Tax IssuesWhat could a Brit know ??? ======= As the U.S. and Britain recover from the Great Recession, the question being asked of advanced economies like ours is this: Do we now face secular stagnation and long-term decline, so that it simply won’t be possible to promise the next generation better lives than our own? Having met with policy makers and business leaders in... Read more
