In practice it has turned out to be strongly redistributionist, but only because of its Ponzi game aspect, in which each generation takes more out than it put in. Well, the Ponzi game will soon be over, thanks to changing
On September 12, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) wrote to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Craig Becker, asking him what role he had in drafting a Service Employee International Union (SEIU) manual instructing union organizers how to intimidate business into
Voters in New York City and Nevada went to the polls today to fill two vacancies in Congress. The polls have closed in New York City: Polls have closed in a New York City special election that will determine a
President Obama’s campaign adviser David Axelrod told ABC News that the president is not interested in negotiating any parts of his jobs package but instead wants the congress to take the entire proposal as a package.
During an event on the lawn of the White House, flanked by first responders, teachers and other public employees, President Obama presented what he calls the “American Jobs Act” urging congress to pass it immediately. “No games. No politics. No
Another poll has the Republican up over the Democrat by 6 in the race to fill Anthony Weiner’s former seat. As upsets go, to invoke V.P. Joe Biden, this would be a big f***ing deal. Stay tuned. A newly released
Connie Schultz is one of the most well known columnists working for Ohio’s largest newspaper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She’s a Pulitzer winner, nationally syndicated and very liberal. She also happens to be married to Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who
Capt. Charles Burlingame, or Chic, was a Navy veteran who grew up in Anaheim and spent years stationed at the Pentagon. He was killed by the four hijackers in the plane’s cockpit. It is believed they might have also been
When Texas Governor Rick Perry in the Republican debate at the President Reagan Library described Social Security as a “Ponzi Scheme”; Perry hoped the media would hyper-ventilate and scream that his political career was over. Back in 1982, Democratic Speaker
The White House continues to press the message that congress should pass President Obama’s jobs bill immediately despite the fact that there is no actual bill yet and the details on how the president expects to pay for the bill
From the Associated Press: Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is struggling to keep his money-losing organization afloat as more and more people are ditching mail in favor of the Internet, causing the lucrative first-class mail flow to plummet. Donahoe has a
[Ed Note: This is the first post to run at BigGovernment. It was published two years ago today. It still seems relevant.] In 1995, President Bill Clinton stood before the nation and proclaimed, “The era of big government is over.”
One of my life’s maxims is: Education and knowledge are often mutually exclusive. With the Barack Obama Administration’s all-out assault on the for-profit higher education industry, one of the books I have long intended to write is becoming ever more
Last night the President started his reelection campaign for real by setting up the Republican Party to take a fall. Today he takes that act on the road. Allow me to put the entire speech into two sentences, “Hey Republicans,
Herman Cain probably had the best reaction to the President’s speech: “We waited 30 months for this?” My reaction yesterday was mixed. In some sense, I was almost embarrassed for the President. He demanded a speech to a joint session
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets090911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Barack Obama’s jobs speech, the chances of his proposal passing Congress and
Michael Barone in The Examiner: Barack Obama looked and sounded angry in his speech to the joint session of Congress. He bitterly assailed one straw man after another and made reference to a grab bag of proposals which would cost
For the past several weeks, as the economic situation has deteriorated, the Obama Administration has shouted that they “get it,” they would have a plan, finally. Obama had two years with complete Democrat control of government and didn’t do anything
Melody Barnes, the White House director of its domestic policy council, says the president has been very focused on his jobs plan and adds that she thinks it will get bipartisan support in Congress.
From Politico: Just hours before President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress on his jobs plan, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is demanding the nation’s first African-American president prove he cares as much about unemployed blacks as he does
From NBC Bay Area News: FBI agents armed with search warrants descended this morning on bankrupt solar company Solynrda this morning. The investigation comes after a request by the Department of Energy’s inspector general, FBI spokesman Peter Lee told NBC
For nearly three years as Americans have struggled through this Great Recession, President Obama has given speeches that relied on failed Keynesian economic theory and the politics of class warfare and envy. As his big government policies have spent this
From the Associated Press: First, do no harm. Economists say the most important part of the jobs plan President Barack Obama will unveil Thursday night is the renewal of two measures already in place–a cut in Social Security taxes and
As campaign season begins, expect to see some pretty entertaining advertisements. Here’s our first favorite.
From The Hill: President Obama’s new effort to revive the ailing economy may be too little, too late, according to Democrats and liberal policy experts. They contend that Obama missed his chance to turn the economy around by November 2012,
