Posts by Tom Quiner
Is Obamanomics a better strategy than Reaganomics? PART 2
By Tom Quiner President Obama is the anti-Reagan as I pointed out in yesterday’s Quiner’s Diner post. His economic policy is pretty much the opposite of the path taken by Mr. Reagan. So the bottom line is the bottom line. How do results compare? When Ronald Reagan took office, the misery index (the unemployment rate…
Read MoreIs Obamanomics a better strategy than Reaganomics?
By Tom Quiner The economy was in shambles when Ronald Reagan took office, much worse off even than when Barack Obama took office. The misery index, which adds the inflation rate to the unemployment rate, stood at one of its all time highs at 19.33 when Mr. Reagan took office. By contrast, it stood at…
Read MoreWhat would James Madison think about the Supreme Court’s latest decision?
The 4th President of the United States, James Madison, visits with Tom Quiner about the Supreme Court’s recent shocking decision.
Read MoreIs $278,000 per job a good taxpayer investment?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDT5vBQQr8&feature=player_embedded] Here’s what the White House Council of Economic said on Friday. The President’s economic stimulus plan added or “saved” about 2.4 million public and/or private jobs. The price tag to taxpayers? $666 billion. Some quick math reveals that the President’s stimulus plan cost taxpayers $278,000 per job created or “saved.” Does…
Read MoreShould we penalize marriage?
By Tom Quiner [I am reprinting a Quiner’s Diner post from last year to to wrap up this week’s series on marriage.] Society has a vested interest in marriage. The institution was established thousands of years ago as society’s way to protect wives and their children. To this very day, we see measurable benefits to traditional…
Read More“I have some serious commitment issues …”
By Tom Quiner A young man wants to live together with his girl friend. But he doesn’t want to get married because he has some “serious commitment issues.” Read yesterday’s post for the set up for today’s post (The Mysterious Benefits of Marriage.) The young man’s commitment phobia gets to the heart of the marriage…
Read MoreThe mysterious benefits of marriage
By Tom Quiner I read advice columnists. How I would have loved to respond today to the young lady who wrote in to advice columnist, Carolyn Hax, in her column which is called “Tell Me About It.” The woman begins: “I’ve been dating my boyfriend for two years (he’s 29, I’m 30). I’m the first…
Read MoreHow to condemn a child to poverty
By Tom Quiner Don’t fall for the tired mantra that “tax cuts for the rich” are the root cause of economic inequality. Data refutes the premise. Illegitimacy, or for the politically-correct, out-of-wedlock births, is the engine of poverty. Children born to married white parents enjoy a family with a median income of $45,041. Children born…
Read MoreThe case for the “affirmative wage” experiment
By Tom Quiner A writer characterized Michelle Bachman as a “sideshow candidate” in this Sunday’s Des Moines Register. He mocked many of her quotes, beginning with this one regarding the minimum wage: “We could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we could offer jobs at whatever level.” Yes, Ms. Bachman was less than elegant…
Read MoreYou’re invited …
By Tom Quiner Tomorrow I’m celebrating the release of the CD and DVD of The Pope of the People, the John Paul II Musical. You’re invited to the celebration. The album-release party takes place at Divine Treasures Bookstore at 5701 Hickman Road. It runs from 10 AM to 2 PM. Stop in and say hi.…
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