Congress needs to close a $1trillion budget deficit. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) releases the results of a study it did to help lawmakers decide where to cut spending and increase revenues. HA! If ALL of the recommendations made by the CBO for spending cuts to both mandatory and discretionary spending were to be made, the […]
My wife is so funny I sometimes think she should be a comedian. I even asked her if she ever thought of being a one. She said that yes, when she was a kid she wanted to be a comedian. So why didn’t she go for it, I asked. Her answer: “Because I was worried […]
There is no question that capitalism is disfavored by a majority of voters. According to CEO Magazine, “All eight ex-CEOs or business owners who were highlighted for their political ambitions in a Chief Executive story in the September/October issue got defeated at the polls on Election Day.” Also in the news is the closing of an icon in […]
I have gotten completely engaged by the History Channel’s series called “The Men Who Built America.” I love the way industrious people, seeking a profit, create wealth for society, and the series depicts much of that. I would love to recommend the series to you, but… I was made aware of a glaring misrepresentation of […]
Bookmark and come back to this post from time to time, as I pan to add to the list as I discover more of what the country voted for. Close down oil development (because during Obama’s reign oil production has been higher than under Bush…too high, apparently) http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/267095-interior-proposes-shielding-federal-lands-in-west-from-drilling Massive layoffs attributed to the costs of Obamacare […]
For years I’ve argued that it is disingenuous for Democrats to complain that Obama inherited a bad economy from Bush. In fact Obama inherited a bad economy from a Democrat Congress of which Obama was a member. Right after election day in November 2006, when the Democrats were elected to take control of Congress, I […]
In a comment to one of my recent posts the commenter (whose name is also Michael Mort, but he is not me, and I am not him) said, “You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.” I LOVE that phrase. I’ve heard it used by both Bob Beckel and Sean Hannity. Whenever you […]
It must be election time because pundits are weighing in, talk show hosts are showing their colors, and celebrities are pretending they have a brain. But you’ve come to the right place, because only I know what’s going to happen. And the answer is… It does not matter who wins the presidency, the United States […]