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It’s simple economics. Government money comes from taxpayers. The more government spends the more it relies on taxpayers to pay for its spending. The less money taxpayers have the smaller the economy will be the fewer jobs there are, which means less income, less taxes, more debt. The stimulus, the huge budget bills, the massive … Read more
When it becomes evident that they have exceeded our mandate or entered into agreements which have or will become fiscally untenable, the officials charged with representing the taxpayers interest must endeavor to introduce savings and efficiencies that limit the fiscal impact of those tasks before they overcome the ability of reasonable men and women to sustain them.
There is always speculation about the state of the economy and plenty of people–mostly middle left–have looked at the goat entrails and pronounced a recovery underway if for no other reason than that they want to. More than a few folks disagree, and it is fair to say that to some small degree the opinion is … Read more
Something you won’t find in your daily broadsheet or on any of the more fashionable cable news channels is a paper presented by a prominent geologist at the 4th International Conference on Climate Change in Chicago. In it, Dr. Don Easterbrook warns us of imminent global cooling. (Oh boy!) I’ll see your warming and raise … Read more