Politics
Why a presidential candidate’s resume’ is important
By Tom Quiner The President looked the American people in the eyes and said something devastating: social security checks may not go out if the debt ceiling isn’t raised. There are few things more frightening he could have said to senior citizens, so many of whom depend on those checks for their survival. The President…
Read MoreA breakthrough idea from “the gang of 6”
By Tom Quiner Six Senators have presented a framework to tackle our deficits and the debt ceiling in a bipartisan way. The plan is lacking in detail at this point and should be approached warily. There are things I don’t like about it. Having said that, they have put a dynamic idea on the table…
Read More“It’s Obama that’s responsible for this fear in America”
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvEXft_rvO0&feature=player_embedded#at=33] I go to Las Vegas every year on business. I’ve been going there regularly since 1980. One can’t help but notice the impact real estate developer, Steve Wynn, has had on this gambling mecca of America. He built The Mirage, Treasure Island, The Bellagio, and The Wynn in Vegas alone, and…
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 MoreDoes an abortion hurt?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5PlZzpfHQI] Does an abortion hurt? Does it matter if it hurts? After all, the Iowa legislature refused to stop abortions after 20 weeks of conception even though the we now know that the fetus feels pain at 20 weeks. For a unique perspective on the pain of abortion, you have a chance…
Read MoreAre people the problem or the solution?
By Tom Quiner Someone I know once said only partially in jest, “I hate strangers.” I continued the banter by responding “I love strangers, because they represent opportunity.” I meant it. I have benefited profoundly from strangers. So have you. Strangers have invented things that make our lives better. They developed new medicines and cured…
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…
Read MoreIs 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 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…
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