Category Archives: stoopid government

If at first you don’t succeed….

try try again. I sure hope they do something different this time. Perhaps spend the money? Or Ron Insana’s idea of a tax holiday? Apparently Harry Reid doesn’t agree.

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Czars

How many is too many? Apparently we’re up to 20. Good grief, all the better to ‘feel our pain’ I suppose.

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From socialized healthcare to state socialized liquor

Washington State out of booze! Ya can’t make this stuff up.

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Bring on Government run healthcare….

Hospital patient so shocked at dirty ward she climbed out of bed to clean it herself But the last place she expected to need her skills was in hospital – where she was a patient. The sick 48-year-old was so … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurship

Tigerhawk suggests that the decline in entrepreneurship is due to added regulations (one regulation at a time) and decreasing reward. Or perhaps Americans are starting fewer businesses because our local, state and federal governments, in a thousand little steps, have … Continue reading

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Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity

You can’t make this stuff up. This is the government that’s saving jobs and wants to provide health care? KALISPELL – Across the nation, local firms can expect to lose billions of economic stimulus dollars to large multinational corporations, thanks … Continue reading

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Single payer health experiment

First fix Medicare. Duh!

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No good news here…

The economy stinks, and it’s going to get worse. These dire economic indicators are merely the prelude to the detonation of Social Security and Medicare, the Fat Man and Little Boy of financial catastrophe . Yippee!!! Bring on universal health … Continue reading

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Too much government

Barbados and Jamaica, a case study. The experience of these two Caribbean nations holds lessons for governments, both large and small, grappling with the current global crisis, says Henry, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Economics at the Stanford Graduate … Continue reading

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International finance

Idiocy continues when it comes to the finances of the United States. The Federal Reserve is puzzled by the steepening of the yield curve. This refers to the fact that longer term rates are increasing while short term rates remain … Continue reading

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“Just a little bit pregnant”

In the space of less than two hours I heard that phrase twice on the TV today. First on Fast Money (CNBC) it was used in describing the banks and the government being in bed with each other. On the … Continue reading

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How could they not?

China and the dollar. And this 5 day chart of the 10 year treasury note basically says “Pay up if you want our money”. The yield is up 400 basis points in 4 days!? Where’s Obama going to get all … Continue reading

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Venezuela police raid opposition broadcaster

What a surprise. Of course, closer to home the government involves itself with the press too. To that end, the DOJ is currently pursuing litigation against two West Virginia newspapers, who have been operating for decades under a joint operating … Continue reading

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Out of control spending

Washington, you stink…

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Obama TV

Hope and change. It’s perfectly fine, of course, for the White House to put out its own version of events — but is it right to do so by preventing actual reporters from covering something? (Even something like a pickup … Continue reading

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You can’t make this stuff up

Dead People Get Stimulus Checks This week, thousands of people are getting stimulus checks in the mail. The problem is that a lot of them are dead. A Long Island woman was shocked when she checked the mail and received … Continue reading

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LOL!

Our view on the federal budget: Obama, Congress go AWOL on fiscal responsibility When it comes to federal spending, there’s a pattern emerging with President Obama, and it’s not a flattering one. The president says all the right things about … Continue reading

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Intervention and structural imbalance

Spending money they don’t have. The two key words in that sentence are “structural imbalance.” Sounds like something beyond the ability of mere mortals to change, doesn’t it? Part of the natural order, kind of like the swine flu. It … Continue reading

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Pelosi and Waterboarding

Poor Nancy, her excuses on ignorance of waterboarding. Where are we now, was it she was in the room but on the telephone when the technique was described, or was in the room but not listening, or in the room … Continue reading

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Tea parties continue

Today in Buffalo New York. Why does the slogan in the picture make me think of the power troika at the Boulder County Commissioners?

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