Well, first look at the size of the video screen!  I couldn’t get it to be any smaller with my blogging skills.  So I guess it kind of fits with the video itself.

I know much has been said about Congressmen not reading the healthcare bill.  But look at the size of it!!  It’s huge!!  John [...]

I watched Sicko last week and, like all his other films, Michael Moore had some good points and some terrible points.  When trying to refute obvious counters to his arguments, he would use the weakest anecdotal evidence possible.  But that is his formula, so I accepted it and watched the whole thing.  But this isn’t a post [...]

I hate to be the kind of person that constantly finds the faults and inconsistencies in others.  But it helps to recognize where other people err in order to learn from their mistakes, right?  The latest person to make no sense is someone who I thought was infallible: Warren Buffett.
He is a well-known Democrat and made [...]

I recently watched a video by Joachim de Posada where he talks about a behavioral study done at Stanford.  In short, the professor would put a 4 year-old in a room with a marshmallow.  He would tell the child that he was going to leave him/her in the room alone with the marshmallow and come back [...]

“We expect consumers to live within their means and pay what they owe.”  Who do you think said that?  That’s pretty good advice for anyone. 
The above is from Mr. Obama’s speech during his signing of the “Credit Card Holder’s Bill of Rights” on Friday, May 22, 2009.  I couldn’t believe it when I heard it!!  [...]

Greg Mankiw had this little tidbit about Obama’s newest push for fiscal responsibility. 
The Washington Post reports:
President Obama plans to convene his Cabinet for the first time today, and he will order its members to identify a combined $100 million in budget cuts over the next 90 days, according to a senior administration official….Earlier this month, [...]

Here are a couple of issues that I have with Obama’s “the rich need to pay their fair share of taxes” crusade. 
First, higher tax rates don’t necessarily translate to more tax revenue.  See my earlier post.
Second, here’s a little perspective on the “fairness” of our tax system in recent years.  The top 10% (those who make [...]

I’ve been really into Saturday Night Live again for the past 3-4 years.  The most consistent thing about the show, however, is how weak their opening skits are.  A lot of people love them; I don’t.  They’re usually political, go on for too long, and are not very funny.  But the opening skit from two [...]

President Obama submitted his proposed budget last week.  Since then, we have had many clients at work calling and asking how it’s going to affect them.  I started researching through the hazy details and these are some of the things I have found:

Taxes are going up one way or another on people in the 33% tax [...]

I wrote once before about a panel discussion I attended that included Gao Xiqing, the GM and CIO of China’s Sovereign Investment Corporation.  I was browsing through a review of the event and I came across something that I wish the current administration and congress would consider a little more closely.
He said America’s chronic overspending [...]