“Corrupt government officials” is the number one fear of Americans surveyed in Chapman University’s latest fears survey*, with 60.6 per cent reporting to be afraid or very afraid as reported by USA Today on-line. Certainly not a good sign for Hillary Clinton’s campaign, with all of the corruption around her years in government. Continue reading
Economics
Trump’s missed opportunities
The first debate is behind us, and from my point of view it was pretty much a draw, with Lester Holt, a partisan moderator, aiding a heavily scripted-scripted Hillary Clinton. edging a rather ill-prepared Donald Trump I must admit being disappointed in the opportunities Trump missed to score solid points. Here are a few. Continue reading
A history lesson for blacks
Donald Trump is asking black voters what they have to lose voting for him, pointing out the stunning economic statistics showing that their lives under the Obama administration have gotten worse. Continue reading
Those who would sacrifice their integrity to vote for Hillary Clinton
I’m obviously not a progressive and I am opposed to Hillary Clinton becoming president, but I continue to marvel at how so many Americans are willing to sacrifice their values to support her candidacy. Continue reading
Student debt creates ripple effect
A friend recently commented how the Democrats are so free with our money when it comes to their claim that America’s children have a right to free college, while imposing costly regulations on business, that must in turn reduce the number of new hires, leaving graduating students with no job prospects. Continue reading
Time to remember Margaret Thatcher
The next time you hear Hillary Clinton talk about another huge stimulus to fund the biggest enactment in good paying jobs since World War II (more shovel-ready jobs) … free community college … student debt relief … day care assistance … Hillary Care with lower premiums and deductibles … and the other free stuff, remember the words of a proven female leader, Margaret Thatcher. Continue reading
Roped in by a headline writer
“The GOP Has Its Own Nanny State Dream,” read the headline over a guest editorial by Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post. Obviously, the far-fetched headline caught my attention. Continue reading
GOP to convince voters they have ‘A Better Way’
Earlier this year I mentioned that House Speaker Paul Ryan was meeting with Republican leadership to develop a plan for Congress to run on in 2016. This week he published A Better Way: Our Vision for a Confident America – reminiscent of the 1994 Contract With America. Continue reading
Another liberal failure
Democrat presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are both touting free college, telling us that a college education is a right. And as you can imagine, they have a scheme for you and I to pay for it. Continue reading
Obama wants shareholders to bite the hand that feeds them in effort to push his climate change agenda
On Wednesday, I wrote about auto manufacturers having second thoughts about the EPA’s 2025 fuel efficiency standard they signed-on to in 2011, and the result of getting in bed with big government. They are forecasting difficulty in selling their cars – expected to cost some $6,000 more – in a market where low fuel prices prevail.
Now President Obama and his EPA have their sights set on the fossil fuel industry itself, making it even more difficult for auto makers to sell their cars. Continue reading