Haven’t really posted in a bit due to 80+hour work weeks and if I hear the words “health care” again, I’ll throw up.  But today, I was inspired. Wait, wrong word… today I was motivated.  Wait, still not there… today I was incensed!  There we go.
The cover of USA Today reads “For Feds, more get [...]

Maybe some of you have heard.  I had heard, but forgot until this morning when I checked my bank account.  I get paid on the 15th, which is Sunday, so it rolls forward to today.  I took a look at my deposit and noticed it was less than normal.  I thought, hmmm that’s funny.  Wonder [...]

Remember this video where Rep Brad Sherman D-CA questions the auto executives if they flew on private jets to Washington?  It was the beginning of a lot more populist rhetoric from the House.

Well maybe you’ve heard about how the House of Representatives recently tucked a purchase of 8 private jets into a defense funding bill.  [...]

Probably the most annoying thing to hear about lately, even more than twitter, is cash for clunkers.  It’s all over the news, CBNC, radio, etc.  I was out car shopping this past weekend and everywhere I called and went the first thing I was asked was if I was going to turn in a clunker. 
This [...]

I am not a Reagan-ite. He was a great and inspiring President, but unlike certain friends of mine, I do not have a framed picture of him hanging above my fireplace.   Despite vivid memories of him crushing Michael Dukakis in the election, when every Republican candidate attempted to project “Reagan-ness” at me during the [...]

Do a google search and type in the following letters - legali.  I find this topic so fascinating.  Isn’t it interesting that this movement would gain strength during a time of massive government deficits?  The most likely time to get people to overlook their moral compass is when they are imprisoned by debt.  I also think [...]

I know many of our readers live outside of California, so I apologize to you for the many postings about The Golden State.  But as the old saying observes, “As goes California, so goes the nation,” so I feel OK posting about all of California’s troubles.
One thing that we have talked about is the absurd amount [...]

First, the CBO director says the budget is unsustainable.  From his blog:
Under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run. Although great uncertainty surrounds long-term fiscal projections, rising costs for health care and the aging of the [...]

We’ve all heard numerous times about the $42 billion budget deficit in California.  The number changes all the time.  We thought we had it fixed a year ago and then it turned out you can’t tax your way to a balanced budget.  State revenues declined much faster than expected and the budget remained in deficit.  [...]

The Boston Globe reported today that Saturday night the Obamas had a date night.  That’s great.  All married couples should take time out of their schedule to spend time together.  What did they do for their date night?  Well, two days before the filing of GM’s bankruptcy, during a huge recession, and record deficits, of [...]