The manufactured crisis of sequester
by George F. Will Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of…
Norquist: Fight Against President Obama’s Overspending Is Winnable
“There is great anger that Obama could force higher tax rates on small businesses simply by saying no.” by Grover Norquist The 2001 and 2003 “Bush tax cuts” were enacted…
Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address to the ’88 Republican National Convention
“Our party speaks for human freedom, for the sweep of liberties that are at the core of our existence. . . . Together we’ve fought for causes we love. But…
Ronald Reagan, “Our Noble Vision: An Opportunity For All”
“You cannot create a desert, hand a person a cup of water, and call that compassion. . . . And you cannot build up years of dependence on government and dare…
Stossel: It’s the Spending, Stupid!
“Given our growing debt, can’t they even slow the growth of government to the rate of inflation? Or inflation plus 1 percent? . . . That might balance the budget…
Federal Spending Up 78% After Inflation Since 1998
“If we had kept government spending down to just increases for inflation and population growth, we wouldn’t be in the trouble we’re in now.” by David Hogberg President Obama says…
White House Data Debunk Myth Bush Cuts Built Deficit
“After President Bush in late May 2003 signed the largest tax cut since President Reagan . . . government receipts from individual income taxes rose from $793.7 billion to a…
Federal Spending is the Problem: Defense is Not!
by George Landrith With a long history of federal overspending and the recent explosion of more federal debt, it is obvious that the federal budget must be cut back to…
The Real Fiscal Cliff
“After the phony cliff, we face the terrifying one.” by Conrad Black Last week, Fareed Zakaria and Charles Krauthammer appeared in Toronto (where I live much of the time), and…
Clinton Era Taxes and Clinton Era Spending
by George Landrith With the budget and fiscal crisis facing the United States and difficult economic times surely ahead for the foreseeable future, President Barack Obama has vociferously argued that…
Fiscal Crisis: Failing the Details, Math and Leadership Tests
by George Landrith President Barack Obama repeatedly chided Mitt Romney’s budget plan during the presidential campaign on at least two grounds: (1) it lacked detail, and (2) the math didn’t…
Ronald Reagan on Tax Cutting Legislation (The “whole controversy”)
“This whole controversy: Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?” by Scott L. Vanatter…
Mandates, Taxes, Spending Cuts and Crazy Talk
by George Landrith After a long, tough campaign, Barack Obama won reelection by a slim 51% to 49%. Now Obama is claiming a broad mandate to increasing taxes and demands…
Ronald Reagan’s Economic Bill of Rights
“Taxation is forced labor; and if it goes beyond reasonable bounds, it is a yoke of oppression.” by Scott L. Vanatter Nearing the end of his presidency, Ronald Reagan laid…
Fact-checking President Obama
by George Landrith Let’s fact check President Barack Obama’s debate statements. He spent a lot of time since the first debate and during the second debate complaining that what Gov.…