Archive for 2011

For our summer vacation this year, we traveled to Inlet, NY in the Adirondacks. We were in luck as Old Forge has two miniature golf courses. The first one was too busy so we played at the Over the Rainbow miniature golf course on Rt. 28  across the street from […]

When I was 14, I picked up Atlas Shrugged thinking it was a science fiction novel.

My critique at the time was one word: boring. As science fiction, it didn’t measure up to Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Orson Scott Card, or any of the other science fiction I was reading at the time. Even L. Ron Hubbard.

With so many folks referring to Ayn Rand in the news recently and with the new release of Atlas Shrugged, I thought I’d revisit Rand to better understand it.

Tax cuts, less taxes, lower taxes. That’s all you hear conservatives talking about these days. What we should be asking is: What creates jobs? Put yourself in the position of a business owner for a second. Let’s say you’re given a sum of money in the form of a tax […]

This should be the economic platform of the Democratic party: “The small businesses are the ones we have to protect, and they don’t think it’s fair they pay more in taxes than the largest corporations who ship jobs overseas,” Kathy Hochul (D- NY)

In the recent debate over increasing the debt ceiling, the White House has coined a new term to describe the GOP’s position: maximalist. What the White House means is that the GOP wants 100% of what they want and doesn’t want to give anything in return. For example, the GOP […]

Dear Congressman Chabot, I am curious as to why Republicans don’t seem willing to compromise on our budget. Democrats seem willing to make many of the tax cuts you want. Why not get rid of some of the tax loopholes that they are asking for? I don’t understand your position […]

From the category of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: This week John Kasich issued proclamations honoring Ohio’s public employees and teachers. Dear Union Thugs … ahem … err, Ohio Teachers … Ok, that’s not how it starts. Read the full text here and next time the governor goes after […]

Recently I was asked a question on Chris Weigant’s blog that helped me clarify how I feel about government and the relationship between government-run programs and private sector programs. I realized, and I think many progressives feel the same way, that I view government programs and private sector programs as […]

I recently stumbled upon a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that explains much of what is going on in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and other states across the country.

The report is entitled The Impact of State Employment Policies on Job Growth – A 50-State Review.

A quick executive summary of this report is that Wisconsin should become more like South Carolina. California should become more like Mississippi. Massachusetts should become more like Kansas.

Today, I’d like to re-post some pieces from a wonderful article written by Chris Weigant. NOTE: The following is excerpted from “Friday Talking Points [155] — Class Warfare Indeed” by Chris Weigant. Intro Before I even begin here, I’d like to address what my critics will respond with, when they […]