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• The Next Bubble

  You remember the housing bubble, yes? One version of that narrative goes like so: homeowners are better off financially than renters; therefore we decided it would benefit the economy to subsidize housing through cheap loans, mandates, low interest rates, etc. — the “ownership society”; this mainly served to inflate housing prices and saddle millions of Americans with unaffordable debts; in 2008, it blew up in our faces to the tune of trillions of dollars.

  I … Read more

• The Party of Social Darwinism

  A couple of weeks ago, Paul Ryan released his budget plan. The Democrats are going nuts denouncing the plan, culminating last week with the President calling it “Social Darwinism”.

  My response to this accusation is, to an extent, “if only”. Ryan’s proposal would still spend enormous amounts of money and make very little dent in Medicare and Social Security spending. It relies on ridiculously optimistic assumptions about Congress’ spending habits and the economy and leaves … Read more

• Who’s Wallet?

  In another thread Kimpost said ,” I have never voted with my wallet, ever. I don’t think I even know anyone who does”. I’m here to say categorically that I can’t think of a national or state wide election where “the wallet” was not a factor, mine or the collectives’. Fiscal impact always comes to the forefront for me. Most times, the collective’s wallet takes precedent over my own because I know that if the … Read more

• I just knew it..

  Sandra Fluke was not just a liberal political activist the LSM tried hard to portray as a disadvantaged college waif unable to make ends meet without the help of big daddy government, but in fact a connected insider linking straight to those trying to make political hay out of contraceptives.

  As we reported last night, “The Factor” believes that the Sandra Fluke contraception controversy was manufactured to divert attention away from the Obama administration’s

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• Speculating About Oil

  Gasoline prices have reached absurd levels. In my town – which is not exactly the most expensive market – the price today was $3.83 per gallon. This is kind of odd since we are not yet in the summer travel season and the global economy, while improving, is not exactly on fire. So what is driving it? As with all thing, the Left has their ready-made answer: eeeeevil speculators. But Ezra Klein has put up … Read more

• Getting “serviced” by government.

  Normal people often wonder why some feel the call to go into government. Most will tell you it is about some nonsense like wanting to make a difference or to help their fellow men. But the truth, especially with the ones that are the most vocal about hearing the call to public service because they want to make a difference, is that it is an awesome money making scheme. Case in point another member of … Read more

• I’d Rather Have A Nobel

  Meet Time Magazine’s person of the year:

  

  For you memorabilia hunters,that poop he deposited is now available on Ebay.

  OK, it was a shared award, this guy is also being honored.

  Time loves symbolism, and still thinks of itself as edgy, so anyone or anything that can be portrayed as “sticking it to the man”, gets special consideration:

  “The Protester” has been named Time’s “Person of the Year” for 2011.

  The news magazine cited dissent

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• Futile Gesture

  Feeding the beast, the ever ravenous appetite of government spending waste has been the largest impediment to fiscal solvency. The mantra of this administration, couched in deceptive terms like ,”Paying their fair share”, has always been income equality. But raising taxes only leads to more spending, which leads to even more calls for raising taxes, all the while the junkie gets more smack, and the drug problem goes unanswered.

  Some liberal do gooder (at least … Read more

• CBO numbers fail again.

  Recently I posted about how the CBO had to downgrade the effects it was claiming for the Patronage Bill. Certain people then proceeded to not just question that this was what happened, while trying to defend this epic trillion dollar failure, but to imply I was purposefully being dishonest about the CBO being dishonest – leaning left in that dishonesty – or the way the LSM reports on this crap. Well, the the usual … Read more

• Timeless Lessons

  World temperatures will ebb and flow, but one constant remains, human nature is what it is. He was wrong when then candidate Obama told Joe the plumber that it is good for everyone when you spread the wealth around, as wrong as that failed experiment with socialism when the Pilgrims first landed on Plymouth Rock, a noble endeavor, but clearly unworkable when you factor in the human condition. What’s mine is only mine if it … Read more