Episode 19: State of the Union Address
Posted in Audio, First Principles on 29 January 2010
Stats: 105 views and No Comments Mike Van Winkle and Sheldon Richman discuss the State of the Union Address. Was it all just political theatre? What were the most important messages? Find out.
Posted in Audio, First Principles on 29 January 2010
Stats: 105 views and No Comments Mike Van Winkle and Sheldon Richman discuss the State of the Union Address. Was it all just political theatre? What were the most important messages? Find out.
The Stimulus Helped the Economy? Not So Fast!
Posted in Not So Fast! on 30 September 2009
Stats: 7 views and No Comments President Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, and Paul Krugman claim the “stimulus” and other interventions have “pulled the economy from the brink.” And even that’s not enough, as Krugman notes in a recent New York Times blog post: In a rational political and policy environment, the implication of all this [the fading ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 30 September 2009
Stats: 7 views and No Comments President Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, and Paul Krugman claim the “stimulus” and other interventions have “pulled the economy from the brink.” And even that’s not enough, as Krugman notes in a recent New York Times blog post: In a rational political and policy environment, the implication of all this [the fading ...
TARP Could Be Extended
Posted in In brief on 24 September 2009
Stats: 4 views and No Comments "The Obama administration is signaling that it is in no hurry to let the $700 billion financial bailout program expire at year's end amid continuing stress on the economy and the banking system." (AP, Thursday) Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this ...
Posted in In brief on 24 September 2009
Stats: 4 views and No Comments "The Obama administration is signaling that it is in no hurry to let the $700 billion financial bailout program expire at year's end amid continuing stress on the economy and the banking system." (AP, Thursday) Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this ...
A Modest Health Care Proposal
Posted in Articles on 21 September 2009
Stats: 18 views and 10 Comments [This article was originally published in the Philadelphia Bulletin] Enough dithering! President Barack Obama says it’s time to act on health care. I agree. But act how? Are we really going to be happy with the pussy-footing proposals floating around Congress? All the so-called reformers want to do is tinker with insurance ...
Posted in Articles on 21 September 2009
Stats: 18 views and 10 Comments [This article was originally published in the Philadelphia Bulletin] Enough dithering! President Barack Obama says it’s time to act on health care. I agree. But act how? Are we really going to be happy with the pussy-footing proposals floating around Congress? All the so-called reformers want to do is tinker with insurance ...
Hangover Follows Stimulus Spending Spree
Posted in In brief on 21 September 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments "After a two-week binge to meet President Obama's 200-day goal, stimulus spending has plummeted once again - and the roller-coaster pace of spending has critics worried about how the money is being spent. "Throughout the summer, the administration had averaged about $4 billion in new spending obligations per week, but went ...
Posted in In brief on 21 September 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments "After a two-week binge to meet President Obama's 200-day goal, stimulus spending has plummeted once again - and the roller-coaster pace of spending has critics worried about how the money is being spent. "Throughout the summer, the administration had averaged about $4 billion in new spending obligations per week, but went ...
Senate Votes To Keep Stimulus Signs
Posted in In brief on 17 September 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments "They're spending hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the economy, so Senate Democrats said Wednesday they might as well spend millions putting up signs to highlight where the money is being spent. "The road signs, which let motorists know the paving and construction projects they see are being paid for ...
Posted in In brief on 17 September 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments "They're spending hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the economy, so Senate Democrats said Wednesday they might as well spend millions putting up signs to highlight where the money is being spent. "The road signs, which let motorists know the paving and construction projects they see are being paid for ...
Obama and the Protectionist War Against the Poor
Posted in Not So Fast! on 16 September 2009
Stats: 20 views and 8 Comments After President Barack Obama unilaterally slapped a 35 percent tariff on Chinese-made tires imported to the United States, I checked the Usual Sites to see if there were any objections to this latest government assault against lower-income Americans. I flyspecked the New York Times, and while there were editorials and columns ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 16 September 2009
Stats: 20 views and 8 Comments After President Barack Obama unilaterally slapped a 35 percent tariff on Chinese-made tires imported to the United States, I checked the Usual Sites to see if there were any objections to this latest government assault against lower-income Americans. I flyspecked the New York Times, and while there were editorials and columns ...
Cash for Clunkers is a Loser
Posted in Articles on 27 August 2009
Stats: 100 views and 42 Comments August 25, 2009 was the last day of President Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program, inspired by the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act. As I drove through a major shopping area that day, I passed a large and highly successful Toyota dealer. Just past the sparkling showroom and sparsely ...
Posted in Articles on 27 August 2009
Stats: 100 views and 42 Comments August 25, 2009 was the last day of President Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program, inspired by the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act. As I drove through a major shopping area that day, I passed a large and highly successful Toyota dealer. Just past the sparkling showroom and sparsely ...
Stealth Expansion of Government Power
Posted in Articles on 20 August 2009
Stats: 28 views and 3 Comments The government of the United States is in the midst of debating major new undertakings, ranging from health care to climate change to energy development to tax reform. Yet far more fundamental is a basic but stealth shift in national priorities—in the form of a rapid and pervasive expansion of ...
Posted in Articles on 20 August 2009
Stats: 28 views and 3 Comments The government of the United States is in the midst of debating major new undertakings, ranging from health care to climate change to energy development to tax reform. Yet far more fundamental is a basic but stealth shift in national priorities—in the form of a rapid and pervasive expansion of ...
If You Really Love Volunteers, Mr. Obama . . .
Posted in Articles on 10 August 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments [This article will be published in the October 2009 edition of The Freeman] Barack Obama gave volunteerism a big boost early this year, visiting service centers on Martin Luther King Day, greeting volunteers, and working alongside them. “Everybody’s got to be involved,” he said. “If we’re waiting for somebody else to ...
Posted in Articles on 10 August 2009
Stats: 1 views and No Comments [This article will be published in the October 2009 edition of The Freeman] Barack Obama gave volunteerism a big boost early this year, visiting service centers on Martin Luther King Day, greeting volunteers, and working alongside them. “Everybody’s got to be involved,” he said. “If we’re waiting for somebody else to ...
