Politics
Grassley knows how to create jobs. Obama doesn’t.
When President Obama was sworn in as President, America’s unemployment rate was 8.5 percent. Fifteen months later, it had climbed to 10.2 percent. When President Obama was sworn in as President, Iowa’s unemployment rate was 6.2 percent. Fifteen months later, it had climbed to 7.4 percent. The President’s economic initiatives aren’t producing jobs. I wrote…
Read MoreMy Tea Party Introduction
I attended the Tea Party rally at the State Capital in Des Moines last Friday, my first. I had three specific things I was looking for: What is the single biggest issue of concern to this movement? How many people would show up? Are the people in this movement normal? Let me answer these questions…
Read MoreTHE NATIONAL CREED IS UNDER ATTACK
What is the glue that holds this great nation together? Think about it. The foundation of any family or nation is its shared value system. America has stood united throughout its history because, despite differences in political beliefs, race and religion, we have a shared set of values. The belief system was stated beautifully by…
Read MoreFEDERAL SPENDING FOR DUMMIES, Part One
As seen in the Des Moines Register, January 24, 2010 “I am confident we can get government off our backs and out of our pockets …” Ronald Reagan, November 3, 1980 “Read my lips, no new taxes.” George H. W. Bush, August 18, 1988 “The era of big government is over.” William Jefferson Clinton, January…
Read MoreFEDERAL SPENDING FOR DUMMIES, Part 2
As seen in the Des Moines Register, February 21, 2010 “Federal deficits were caused by Bush’s tax cuts for the rich.” That was a typical response I got to last month’s column, “Federal Spending for Dummies.” It struck me as a legitimate reaction. After all, President Bush and a Republican-controlled Congress cut income tax rates…
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