fiscal responsibility
Obama: “I call for higher deficits forever.”
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjklHhh5toI&feature=player_embedded] The president’s budget is out. Here is what he is saying: “I have submitted a budget to Congress, and I call on them to approve it now without delay. I boldly and without apology call for more government spending and higher deficits as far as our accountants can see. I ask…
Read More“If this is how we measure reality, heaven help us.”
The president has added $5 Trillion to the national debt. The president’s new budget will add another $11 Trillion to the national debt, claims Republican Paul Ryan. But he president claims his budget saves the U.S. $4 Trillion. How do the president’s men explain away the gap? With smoke and mirrors …
Read MoreWhat’s the biggest issue in America?
By Tom Quiner Several big issues are top burner issues in America right now. One of the biggest? Our runaway deficits and unfunded entitlements. America is desperate for political leadership. They will not get it from the Democrats. It’s now been 1106 days since the Senate passed a budget. In other words, at a crisis…
Read MoreThe Tea Party responds to the president: “the time is now!”
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhiq1Gclybo&feature=player_embedded] The president gave his State of the Union address. He says the “time is now” to make change. The Tea Party movement agrees, only the change they call for is far different than what the president wants. The Tea Party calls for: 1. A budget. It has been 1000 days since…
Read MoreThe debt ceiling blame game
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyLmru6no4U&feature=player_embedded] Is there anything wrong with raising the debt ceiling? A Senator said yes. He charges the president for being “unpatriotic” and “irresponsible” for asking to have the debt ceiling raised. Who is this Senator? You guessed it: the former junior senator from Illinois, Barack Obama. It is wrong when a Republican…
Read MoreThe payroll tax cut is a double loser
By Tom Quiner Liberal instincts seem to be consistently wrong when it comes to creating jobs. Republicans have an uncanny ability to be suckered into supporting ill-conceived “job-creating” legislation. The payroll tax cut extension is a tour de force of bad economic policy. The premise of the president and his party is that “putting money…
Read MoreCongress under fire
By Tom Quiner The American public is disgusted with America’s runaway debt and a Congress unable to do anything about it. Yes, President Obama has contributed to the mess by promoting and signing bad legislation. And yes, he is a shameless class warfare demagogue, a man who promised to be a post-partisan president, but is…
Read MorePostal politics
By Tom Quiner I’m in the marketing business. I’ve created a ton of direct mail campaigns during my career. I communicate with customers and prospects via direct mail all the time. I’ve certainly been critical of the post office in the past and will be in the future. I’ve called for the privatization of the…
Read MoreIs this a smart way to create jobs?
By Tom Quiner Job creation is the job of government. No one else can do it better. This is the view of the president and his party. The Democratic Party’s approach to job creation has been given a rigorous workout, and it has failed. They have taken tax payer money, borrowed even more from China,…
Read MoreIs the Iraq War the cause of our deficits?
By Tom Quiner The “Supercommittee” meets. Their vision on why America’s fiscal house is such a mess varies wildly. The USA Today reports that Democrats on the committee blame the two wars this decade as one of the major reasons for our crisis, along with Bush-era tax cuts. I am re-running a Quiner’s Diner post…
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