Fighting for 15
by For some perspective, $15/hr is scarcely less than what new, degreed teachers earn at many school districts here in Texas. The low pay of teachers …
Category: Finance
What Americans Must Do
The American economy is built on the illusion of hope rather than the foundation of economic reason. Our immediate, desperate need to balance the current …
Moving Toward Fiscal Responsibility
FreedomWorks provides a very telling graph demonstrating the country’s recent, belated move toward fiscal responsibility: There are two caveats to be aware of in regard …
Budget Plans – Obama vs. Ryan
Who’s more credible when it comes to reducing the federal budget deficit, Barack Obama or Paul Ryan? It should be no surprise that Mr. Ryan’s …
Spending on the Backs of Babes
This is exactly what we’re talking about in the budget debate. If we have do choose, it should be an easy decision.
Of Budgets and Sacred Cows
Now that the drummed-up budget controversy is over, here are my thoughts for the next one. There can’t be any sacred cows, period. I’ve been …
One Take on Krugman-omics
?”Paul Krugman is actually the last of the Keynesian economists left in the world. Most of them are in shallow graves in North Korea and …
Paul Ryan’s Budget Proposal a Good Start
Barack Obama’s supporters once said that a vote for him was a vote for putting grown-ups back in the White House. Financially speaking, that’s proven …
Mitch Daniel’s Wisdom
The Spectator: “[Mitch] Daniels is seen as someone engaged with policy details who can go beyond trite Obama-bashing and deliver a critique of federal spending …
Americans Should Celebrate as Income Inequality Increases
The Business Insider has a new series of charts describing the “bum deal” working Americans have gotten in the last few decades, including this one …