How do you create a multi billion dollar taxpayer-funded Government work program? Well, you begin with taking General Motors into a pre-packaged bankruptcy and come out with 60% ownership for the Government after sinking in a total of $50 billion (possibly higher), then give 17.5% ownership to the Union, offer 12% to the Canadian [...]
I have been thinking recently about social security and what actions the Government might take to solve the impending crisis. Some very strong measures must be taken simply because the United States can not afford to administer this program by increasing the national debt to any greater extent than what is already projected. [...]
It is hard to believe that an estimated $1.4 trillion deficit for Fiscal year 2010 along with trillions more in subsequent years is being proposed as if it should be even remotely acceptable. The popular position lately has been that we must take this action to save ourselves, and there are no other options [...]
All the stories of corporate pay packages, offsite conferences, bonuses, and office redecorations can be quite infuriating. It is a challenging time in America where so much wealth has been erased in the form of retirement savings and home values. People are hurting and they want answers as to why this happened, and [...]
Hardly a day passes that we Americans do not think or hear about how our Government has deteriorated into an inept, immoral, self-serving morass. The following quote spoken over 130 years ago should provide some insight as to its origin.
…”the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body [...]
