Monthly Archives: January 2012
Failure In Illinois
Taxes have been cut. States and cities and counties and townships nationwide have cut about 500,000 from the government employment roles. Budgets have been and are being balanced, sometimes quietly as in Mitch Daniel’s Indiana and sometimes noisily as in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin. … Continue reading
Cycle 25
Late note: I find that The Drudge Report ran a link to this article below yesterday (on the 29th). So kudos to Drudge and apologies to those of you who’ve seen this already. I try not to echo the large … Continue reading
On The Road
The Wizard and I concluded our 6 week winter sojourn yesterday in San Diego. The sunsets off Point Loma were marvelous. Today we’re on Wasson Mt., in the Saguaro National Park in the Tucson area. (Shot is from Feb 2011) And … Continue reading
2012-2022: Back To The Future?
This is part two of two. Part one posted yesterday…read that one first. OK. Take a second look at this graph. Following the graph is imho what’s wrong with it in one major way. I’ll let you nitpick the minor ones. … Continue reading
2012-2022: A Massive Bear Market?
This graph below, created by Doug Short, is a very good chart that has been turned to the proof of the ”bear market” case: that we are in for a long, deep, secular bear market reaching out to the mid-2020′s. If you … Continue reading
John B. Taylor’s America
I was a Democrat as a young man; grew up in a Democrat-voting, union oriented family. There was only one picture hanging over my Dad’s Dad’s chair, where he self-educated for 50 years: FDR. I am still a strong advocate of … Continue reading
Geo Will: ObamaCare’s Supreme Test
No one says it better than George Will. A Supreme Obamacare test By George F. Will The Supreme Court can pack large portents in small details. When in late March it considers the constitutionality of Obamacare, there will be 51 … Continue reading
A Radical Idea for Greg Mankiw’s Consideration. And Yours
This is a follow-on to the last post, “Mitt’s Tax System?”, regarding a NYT’s article by Greg Mankiw. Dr. Mankiw: Coercion will not work; will not solve the deficit and debt problem nor the unfunded liabilities mess we have created … Continue reading
Mitt’s Tax System?
Greg Mankiw (Harvard Prof and W’s Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors for awhile, currently Mitt’s advisor on things economic) checks in with his tax system. You can bet it will be the core of Romney’s when he gets … Continue reading