Not the Onion: Presidential Proclamation – National Financial Capability Month, 2013
That’s right. Wile E. Obama, President and CEO of the ACME Economic Destruction Co. and the guy who has presided over the $53,377 per household increase in the national debt, has declared April 2013 to be “National Financial Capability Month.” Read it and weep, bitches. And get you some financial capability; they’ve set up even [...]
What Sequester? Feds Gave $3.8 Million to ‘Decrease Human-Elephant Conflict’
It’s good to know, with funds stretched dangerously thin, that we’re addressing the important issues. I know – this one already happened, but there’s absolutely no reason to believe this kind of ridiculous BS isn’t going on right now. I’d be willing to bet some of your money on it. The federal government is looking [...]
The Government has Huge Amounts of Waste, But the Sequester’s 2.2% Cuts Will be a “Disaster”
Wile E. Obama, CEO of the ACME Economic Destruction Co. is busy telling anyone who will listen that the budget cuts automatically enforced by sequestration will be a disaster. Cutting 2.2 percent of our enormous federal budget will precipitate disasters on many fronts, and -of course- it’s the Republican’s fault. Charles Krauthammer examines how the [...]
No Kidding? We Coulda Told You That. GAO Report: Obama’s Policies ‘Not Sustainable’
And, this is news to whom? Apparently to the lapdog media, who doesn’t report on such things if they make the Dear Leader look bad. Consequently, they aren’t reporting on much of anything that’s substantive these days. And, just this week, we learn that Wile E. Obama and the ACME Economic Destruction Co. wants to [...]
Where Does Strengthening Gun Laws Sit in the Public’s Priorities List? Not Very High.
In fact, it ranks 18th on a list of issues that the Pew Research Center asked about. Say, that’s just a little above global warming, which was in last place. Seems lots of folks are concerned about the economy and our ever-burgeoning deficit (Not Obama, though, his work is “just about done“). Funny how much [...]
“An Absurdity Wrapped in a Legislative Incongruity inside a Farce”
That’s Megan McArdle’s description of the current discussion of minting a $1 trillion platinum coin to try and solve some of fiscal woes. That it’s even being discussed is an indication of how silly and protracted and contrived our legislative process has become. Those guys in Washington are really a joke – but if they [...]
Fiscal Cliff Deal: $1 in Spending Cuts for Every $41 in Tax Increases
Looks like we get screwed again. The Republican “leadership” in the House of Representatives is a joke. They gave up everything, and got nothing. I read somewhere that only one VA congressman voted for it – don’t know who it is yet. Cantor voted against it. Interestingly, Paul Ryan voted FOR it. According to the [...]
How Much Deficit Reduction Will Tax Hikes on Rich Achieve? Zero.
That’s the judgement of the Congressional Budget Office. I don’t think raising taxes on the “rich” (those making $250K or more) was ever about deficit reduction for Obama. It’s about getting even. Raising taxes on the rich was the cornerstone of President Obama’s reelection campaign. “If we’re serious about reducing the deficit,” Obama told a [...]
The Imaginary Teacher Shortage
Do we really need to hire hundreds of thousands more teachers to “improve” educational opportunity for our children? The evidence suggests that we don’t. Jay Greene argues that, if anything, we should be hiring fewer teachers. Last week’s presidential debate revealed one area of agreement between the candidates: We need more teachers. “Let’s hire another [...]
Budget analysts project $1.1T federal deficit this year
Can we take another four years of Wile E. Obama and the ACME Economic Destruction Co.? Congress nonpartisan budget analysts are projecting a $1.1 trillion federal deficit for 2012, the fourth straight year the governments shortfall will exceed $1 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office also says it expects the economy to continue recovering at only a [...]
The Petulant Boy-King Achieves the Pinnacle of Success: Complete Bipartisan Agreement!
Unfortunately for Wile E. Obama, CEO of the ACME Economic Destruction Co., complete agreement comes in the form of a 409 – 0 vote AGAINST his budget proposal. Better luck next time, ace. (H/T Weasel Zippers)
Geithner to House Budget Committee: “We Don’t Have a Plan to Solve the Debt Crisis, But We Know We Don’t Like Yours”
That’s a paraphrase, but it’s essentially what Treasury Secretary and noted tax-cheat Timmy Geithner said to House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan in testimony. James Pethokoukis of The Enterprise Blog provides the details: Testifying before the House Budget Committee today, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told Chairman Paul Ryan the following: “We’re not coming before you to [...]
Krauthammer on Obama’s Budget: Truly Scandalous
Charles Krauthammer rightly called a spade a spade (wait, can I say that? Is that raaaaacist? No. It’s a garden implement) last night on Fox’s All-Star Panel.
Wile E. Obama and the ACME Economic Destruction Co. Need Just a Few More Dollars
Wile E Obama and his ACME Economic Destruction Company need another extension on the debt limit. You know, until they can get things under control, and the economy comes roaring back. (via Red State)
House Budget Committee Chairman Likes Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan, Too
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan got another endorsement today, from the House Budget Committee Chairman: House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan says he “loves” presidential candidate Herman Cain’s signature “9-9-9″ tax plan. Ryan told The Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that Cain’s plan is a good starting point for debate, and shows the GOP presidential campaign [...]
Not Building Bridges, but Poisoning Wells
Rep. Paul Ryan delivers a response to Obama’s (*DfOaLG) budget speech from earlier this week. He starts his response with a phrase that many of us have come to rely on when describing anything our Prevaricator in Chief does: “I’m very disappointed.” I don’t really expect much to change for the remainder of his term. [...]
Federal Gov’t Will Continue to Run: Reactions Vary on Who “Won” Budget Battle
A deal was reached at the eleventh hour (literally) to keep funding the government for another week, until a final vote on the 2011 budget. It’s a little ridiculous that we’re talking about finally passing the 2011 budget in April, but that’s where we are. Reading around the blogosphere, reactions are mixed as to who [...]
The Path to Prosperity vs. the Status Quo
Here’s an effective (and scary) visual presentation by Paul Ryan of the GOP’s Path to Prosperity, contrasted against the enormous spending increases proposed by the Obama (*DfOaLG) administration. The scariest part for me and my children is the CBO’s projection that the status quo proposed will essentially “crash the system” by 2037. I’ll still be [...]
Paul Ryan Unveils GOP’s Path to Prosperity – Expect Liberal Caterwauling to Begin Shortly
70,000 children will die! Old people won’t be able to get their prescription medications! Blood will run in the streets! Dogs and cats, living together – it will be chaos (wait, that’s Ghostbusters, not the budget)! But, you can expect hyperbole along these lines when Democrats start screaming about the “draconian” cuts proposed in Paul [...]
The Obama Budget: Apocalypse Soon
Doug Ross shares a disturbing chart that displays just how trivial and ineffectual Obama’s proposed “budget cuts” are in relation to the explosion in spending included in the new budget blueprint. Ross’s modification to the chart was to identify the cuts proposed by Obama – they’re marked in yellow. In closing, Ross had this to [...]
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