The American Rescue Plan: COVID Relief or Partisan Wishlist?
Early next week Americans for Prosperity is hosting a webinar: The American Rescue Plan: COVID Relief or Partisan Wishlist?
Early next week Americans for Prosperity is hosting a webinar: The American Rescue Plan: COVID Relief or Partisan Wishlist?
Iran is a naughty little nation. Not so little. But they are proud to be the world’s leading supporter of international terrorism. They seize oil tankers in the Gulf. Block IAEA Inspectors. Ignore European outreach. And have been enriching uranium in violation of international treaty. And they want reparations from the US.
New York the Empire State has financial issues. So, to see what kind of emperor New York has OpenTheBooks.com did a comparison. They matched the New York state checkbook with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign donor disclosures. From 2014 to 2018, Cuomo solicited 377 state vendors.
California or Bust … and Go Broke. The Okies had it pretty much right. Today in the Golden State, 341,000 state and local government employees earn more than $100,000 in salary or pension payments. The statistics in this post come from OpenTheBooks.com and their article in RealClear Politics. Don’t worry; the HEROES Act will bail …
Senate Republicans are unveiling details of their proposal for another round of coronavirus stimulus. The GOP plan includes roughly $1 trillion in new spending. The intention is to shore up the flagging market. But bottom line the action is unnecessary. It is unhelpful.
Last week we shared some data from Kaiser Health. In it, they reported how much states had received per COVID19 case (as of Mid-April). New Hampshire was pegged at 200,000 per incidence. But that struck me as the wrong way to look at it. The grave concern was hospitalizations, so what was the cost for …
NH Received at Least $2.24 Million Per COVID19 Hospitalization – Where’d it All Go? Read More »
Sure, it’s old news that US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi came back from her San Fran vacation and blew up what was then a rare bipartisan effort to get a coronavirus stimulus bill.
Should taxpayers pay for private-sector pensions? Before we start I have to disclose I collect two private-sector pensions. Congress is preparing to vote on a spending package. The spending package provides a $6 billion taxpayer bailout to the United Mine Workers of America pension fund.
The Concord Cronyism is reaching new heights as a new effort emerges to use government to force ratepayers to pay more for electricity.
You probably didn’t know this but in an offline thread Skip and Jim Rubens traded debate ‘punches’ on Mr. Sununu’s veto of Biomass subsidies. We have opposed the plunder. Mr. Rubens considered the Biomass bailout to be worthwhile. In an email, via Jim Rubens.com, Jim gives a nod to that debate and perhaps others and then defends his …
Sanctioning Government Plunder and Big Money in Politics Read More »