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Read MoreOur problems are “eminently solvable”
By Tom Quiner It’s always a breath of fresh for me when the president and I agree on something. Today, President Obama said our problems are eminently solvable. I agree. Despite our nation’s credit downgrade, and despite the hammering the stock market is taking right now, the president and I both agree our problems can…
Read MoreThe irrelevant president
By Tom Quiner Something happened to me about a decade ago that reminded me of the President. I was in Atlantic City, New Jersey, attending a convention as an exhibitor. I had a very good show. I had fifteen hundred dollars in cash on me. I don’t usually carry much cash, so this was a…
Read MoreThe Tea Party vs. the President
By Tom Quiner One simple chart explains everything. Quiner’s Diner’s exclusive Federal Spending for Dummies chart reveals why the Tea Party came into existence. It quickly reveals why the Tea Party changed the debate in Washington from how much will we increase spending to how much can we cut spending? The chart shows how much…
Read MoreThe debt limit issue at a glance
By Tom Quiner The chart above quickly tells the story. If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, will we have enough money to make interest payments on the national debt? Yes. If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, will we have enough money to cover social security? Yes. Medicare? Yes. Essential defense? Yes.…
Read MoreWhy the Tea Party movement is weird
By Tom Quiner This is the way our system works: Teachers want more money for schools (and salaries, of course). Defense contractors want more money for defense. Social justice advocates want more money for welfare and society’s safety net. Planned Parenthood wants more money for abortions. Senior citizens want more money for Social Security and…
Read MoreThe rationale behind “tax cuts for the rich”
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Lnk1BHzJ8] The President and his party are fixated on increasing taxes on America’s most-productive citizens, aka “the rich.” That seems to be their solution to our debt-ceiling problems: tax the rich more. So let me pose a question to you. Who is going to create the most jobs for America with extra…
Read MoreThe debt crisis for dummies
By Tom Quiner Liberals, the media, and even some moderates and conservatives are beginning to pile on the Republicans for the debt limit crisis. They are falling for the liberal mantra that we’ve got a tax problem, not a spending problem. A quick recap is in order. Democrats controlled both houses of Congress from 2006…
Read MoreWould you trust the President with your political career?
By Tom Quiner The President said: “This is part of the problem with a political process where folks are rewarded for saying irresponsible things to win elections or obtain short-term political gain, when we actually are in a position to try to do something hard we haven’t always laid the groundwork for.” So the President…
Read MoreWill the President’s deficit reduction plan work?
By Tom Quiner The cornerstone of the President’s plan to reduce our deficit is to take away corporate tax breaks for corporate jets. Charles Krauthammer did an analyses to calculate the net effect: “I did the math. If you collect that tax for the next 5,000 years — that is not a typo — it…
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