April 17, 2013 By John Seiler You might have heard the term, "Me too Republicans." It's similar to the more recent term, RINO: Republican in Name Only. A Me Too Republican's main function is to raise taxes to pay for such Democratic socialist programs as the New Deal and Great Society, whil...
Posts Tagged ‘Ronald Reagan’What are Republicans for? Dept.Wednesday, April 17th, 2013Jerry Brown, faux foe of regulationSaturday, April 13th, 2013April 13, 2013 By Chris Reed Jerry Brown has talked such a good game on regulations that he often gets credit for being a stalwart on the issue -- even when all he ever does is offer lip service. That's why Dan Walters' column on the topic is so maddening. He presents a 2 + 2 scenario, and ... Demise of two conservative journals helps explain GOP problemsThursday, February 28th, 2013 Feb. 28, 2013 By John Seiler Two venerable old conservative print journals have died in recent days. Policy Review has ceased operations entirely. Human Events, which was Ronald Reagan's favorite weekly journal, will cease printing but remain online. I was associated with both of them. A... Misery Index about to soar in CA, USFriday, February 22nd, 2013 Feb. 22, 2013 By Chriss Street The “Misery Index” is inflation plus the unemployment rate. For example, today the U.S. unemployment rate is 7.9 percent and inflation is 1.7 percent. So the "Misery Index" (rounding off) is 10 points. Anything above 10 points is considered a tough time... Actually, stock market shows economic decline for 13 yearsThursday, February 7th, 2013 Feb. 8, 2013 By John Seiler The stock markets supposedly have been bumping up against the records they scored in 2007, before the crash during the Great Recession. Except it's all phony. The U.S. markets are denominated in dollars. But the dollar's value has been plummeting since 2001, when... Real Culprits in CA Housing CrashFriday, January 11th, 2013Jan. 11, 2013 By Joseph Perkins As the California economy continues slowly to recover from the collapse of its once-thriving housing sector, the banking industry is trying to close its books on the financial disaster. This week, Bank of America agreed to pay Fannie Mae $11.6 billion to sett... Another phony study claims high top tax rates just greatSunday, December 16th, 2012Dec. 16, 2012 By John Seiler If I got paid $1,000 for every time I refuted a phony government study, I'd be as rich as that socialist billionaire, Warren Buffett. The latest phony study comes from the "non-partisan" -- meaning pro-big government -- Congressional Research Service. It suppose... Do Dem or Rep presidents most help the poor?Monday, December 3rd, 2012 Dec. 3, 2012 By John Seiler Sometimes I wonder if people can think anymore. Today the L.A. Times ran an op-ed piece, "Why the poor favor Democrats." Subheadline: "Data show unequivocally that minorities do better under Democratic administrations than under Republican ones." It's by Zoltan H... Americans exiting for jobsMonday, December 3rd, 2012 Dec. 3, 2012 By John Seiler I was reading about how, in the late 1980s during the Reagan prosperity, there was a shortage of workers. The top federal income tax rate was 28 percent. In California, the top state rate was 9.3 percent. Combined: 37.3 percent. Today, there remains mass unemploy... How to break up CaliforniaSaturday, November 24th, 2012 Nov. 24, 2012 By John Seiler California obviously is a preposterously large state. Its 38 million population is greater than the population of 209 of the 242 countries listed by Wikipedia. It's greater than Algeria, Canada, Uganda, Iraq, Peru, Venezuela, Saudia Arabia, Afghanistan, etc. ... |