07/30/18 Filed in:
Spending | TaxesDon't tap Social Security to cover cost of paid family leave; don't gloss over cost of fighting global warming; don't use energy revenues to cover national park maintenance; don't add to woes of the USPS. Read More...Tags: entitlement programs, fiscal crisis, paid family leave, Ivanka Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Mike Lee, Social Security , Environmental Protection Agency, Citizens' Climate Lobby, James Baker, George Schultz, Carbon Dividends Plan, Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform, national parks, deferred maintenance, Ryan Zinke, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Rep. Rob Bishop, US Postal Service, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Citizens Against Government Waste, Porker of the month, Postal Banking Act
03/05/18 Filed in:
SpendingThe GOP tax cut may have been a reasonable bet, but trillion-dollar deficits are sure to backfire. Read More...Tags: fiscal meltdown, economic gamble, Federal Reserve, streamlining regulations, cut taxes, Child Tax Credit, Wind Production Tax Credit, protectionist trade policies, tariffs, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Sen. Pat Toomey, Sen. Mike Lee, Joshua Bolten, Larry Kudlow, Lord Maynard Keynes, deficit experiment, productivity miracle, inflation, GOP tax cut, Bipartisan Budget Act, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, inflation spike in 1966, Paul Volcker, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Senate filibuster rule, Social Security, Medicare, House Speaker Paul Ryan, paid family leave, Ivanka Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump
The State of the Union address was effective political theater, which received a favorable response from the American public. But when and how is the GOP going to tackle the fiscal problem? Read More...Tags: Constitution , State of the Union address, President Donald Trump, US economy, streamline regulations, cut taxes, one American family, veterans , American flag, Illegal immigration, external threats, Ashlee Leppert, David Dahlberg, Steve Staub, Sandy Keplinger, Corey Adams, Preston Sharp, Kayla Cuevas, Neesa Mickens, Celestino Martinez, Ryan & Rebecca Holets, Justin Peck, Otto Warmbier, Mr. Ji Sung-Ho, Rep. Luis Guterrez, congressional generic ballot, fiscal problem, appropriation bills, defense budget caps, paid family leave, Ivanka Trump, DACA fix, path to citizenship, border wall funding, visa lottery, chain migration, infrastructure, firing federal employees for cause, Right to Try, Guantanamo, Iran Nuclear Deal
06/12/17 Filed in:
Energy | Political SystemDon’t be fooled by the blowback, withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement was a good decision. Read More...Tags: Paris climate agreement, man-made global warming theory, EPA, Paris 2015, Copenhagen 2009, President Barack Obama, China, India, Donald Trump, Clean Power Plan, Scott Pruitt, Senate ratification, G7 summit, Ivanka Trump, Jstrf Kushner, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Steve Bannon, John Greer, Al Gore, Tom Steyer, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Moore, CA Governor Jerry Brown, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, WA Governor Jay Inslee, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, DE Governor John Carney
The president's tax plan looks promising, but it will be important to minimize revenue losses to the US Treasury. Read More...Tags: tax reform, House Republicans, A Better Way, corporate tax overhaul, Steve Mnuchin, Gary Cohn, White House briefing on president's tax plan, Alan Blinder, National Taxpayers Union, Laffer Curve, Kennedy tax cuts, Reagan tax cuts, David Stockman, border adjustment, Value Added Tax, carbon tax, estate tax, mortgage interrest deduction, child & dependent care propsal, Ivanka Trump, infrastructure, gas tax hke