Nothing makes a recession last longer than market uncertainty. Contrary to what the government would have you believe, the “market” is fairly predictable. There are thousands of leading and lagging indicators that move in certain directions of varying amounts and can… Read More ›
Government Failures
Posts about government’s negative manipulation and impact on the American citizen.
Tea Party As A Third Party?
My faith in the American people has somewhat recovered recently in the light of their reaction to the out-of-control spending in Washington and the Healthcare Reform Bill which culminated in the peaceful revolution that occurred in Massachusetts. Still, it was… Read More ›
Triple-Taxation in California
California gasoline is comprised of the following taxes… Federal Excise Tax 18¢ State Excise Tax 18.3¢ Underground Gas Tank Tax (Federal) 1¢ Underground Gas Tank Tax (State) 1.4¢ Misc State, County and Local Taxes approximately 26.1¢ Total California Gasoline Tax:… Read More ›
The hot sandwich tax, and is it possible to buy a tax-free coffee?
A recent comment on this post (can be found below) that pointed out an error in one of my calculations as to what was taxable and what was not has led to this new post as their comment was correct…. Read More ›
The Job’s Bill-Government Magic Tricks
I remember learning how magicians use sleight-of-hand to keep the audience focused on one hand, while they use their other hand to perform the trick. This intentional distraction works well in magic and works wonders in politics. The recent Jobs… Read More ›
State of the Union – My Thoughts
The following are my personal thoughts on President Obama’s State of the Union speech last night. The bulleted lines are from his speech, everything in italics or [brackets] or bolded is mine. The speech was long, so the post is… Read More ›
GM and Chrysler Employees – Only 0.1% of the Employed
UPDATE 04/24/10: For perspective, Fortune magazine (April 12, 2010) reports that 870,000 people will be hired this year for the census which could reduce the unemployment rate by 0.5%. GM & Chrysler only employ 170,000 people. So if all of… Read More ›
Banks Get to Pay for Government Expansion
The healthcare reform bill may be dead but there is still a need to understand why government expansionism is bad for business and for taxpayers. The elephant in the room on the healthcare plan was how the heck was the government going to pay… Read More ›
Uncertainty, The Storm That Never Ends
Nothing makes a recession last longer than market uncertainty. Contrary to what the government would have you believe, the “market” is fairly predictable. There are thousands of leading and lagging indicators that move in certain directions of varying amounts and can… Read More ›
Some Didn’t Get The Memo
A BATTLE WIN FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE WAR GOES ON In today’s Wall Street Journal, “President Barack Obama suggested he’s open to Congress passing a scaled-back health-care bill, potentially sacrificing much of his signature policy initiative as chaos engulfed Capitol… Read More ›
Washington-Did you get the memo? The People Have Spoken
With 52% of the vote, Scott Brown defeats Martha Coakley for the Massachusetts Senate seat left vacant by the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy and becomes the 41st vote needed in the Senate to kill the health care reform bill…. Read More ›
Massachusetts Senate Race Update
Polls are closed now, as of 8:00pm EST. The numbers are just starting to come in, and Boston.com’s interactive map is back, but this time it’s real-time data feeding it. With only a few locations reporting counts, Brown is ahead…for… Read More ›
Absentee Ballot Abuse in Massachusetts
Why is this woman running around in Lawrence, Massachusetts with blank spanish-language absentee ballots and asking people to mark the box for Martha Coakley, the Democrat candidate?
Boston Globe Declares Winner in Senate Race! 8 Hours Before Polls Close
The Boston Globe posted the interactive map below on their website moments ago, which was quickly pulled as soon as a blogger posted this information on Twitter. There is no way the Boston Globe has any of this data. It… Read More ›
Update: Colonel Barfoot Gets to Keep His Flag
In a recent post I talked about a ridiculous Homeowners Association that was keeping an honored War Veteran from flying a flag in his front yard, and showed you the letter I sent to the Association. According to Fox News,… Read More ›
Triple Whammy: Foreclosures Rise, Retail Sales Fall, Unemployment Claims Rise
CNBC reports, “Foreclosures jumped 14 percent in December 2009 from the previous month, according to a new report from foreclosure listing Web site RealtyTrac.com. The increase came despite foreclosure suspensions during the holiday season from Citigroup, Bank of America and Fannie… Read More ›
New California Law: You Can Be Fined $1,000 for Underinflated Tires
The insanity never ends. The California Environmental Protection Agency:Air Resources Board (CARB), to save the earth, is going to require all California repair shops to check your tire pressure and inflate your tires to the proper pressure. If this service… Read More ›
Negative Savings Rate Reaches Great Depression Level
“Government deficits have caused the U.S. savings rate to turn negative for the first time since the Great Depression…” ~Bloomberg This is a good example of why government stimulus sounds good on paper, but does little to help the economy…… Read More ›
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