the Economy
Mitt is still thinking like a liberal
Imagine the huge impact on the U.S. if we could find jobs for teen age males and engage them productively before they get themselves into trouble. What a boon this would be for America. The beauty is that it doesn’t require a government program. It simply requires more freedom, freedom to let each worker sell his or her productivity for what the market will bear.
Read MoreThree themes in this presidential campaign
By Tom Quiner The theme of Barack Obama’s campaign is fairness. Taking his cue from the Occupy Wall Street Crowd, he targets capitalism and Big Business as the root cause of our problems. Envy is the foundation of his message: you are downtrodden because the “rich” are making money on your backs. The job of…
Read MoreWhat I like about Rick Santorum
By Tom Quiner I like something about each Republican candidate. There is something I very much like about Rick Santorum: he is authentic. This is a huge deal in the year 2012. Many Republicans look at Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich and have concerns about what they really stand for. Independent voters have legitimate concerns…
Read MoreRemarkable media bias at last night’s debate
By Tom Quiner Just when you think the media can’t crane to the left any further, they surprise you. Take ABC’s George Stephanopoulos with this question in last night’s Republican debate: [Do you believe] “that states have the right to ban contraception, or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy?” Think about this question. As…
Read MoreGingrich offers a dynamic pro-growth economic plan
By Tom Quiner There is only one way Republicans can beat President Obama next year. They must run a pro-growth campaign. Ronald Reagan did it so beautifully. He appealed to the proven track record of American free markets, limited government and taxation, and the glory of entrepreneurship, which is essentially the exact opposite of the…
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 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 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 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 MoreTime for the President to shoot straight on jobs
By Tom Quiner Here is what President Obama’s job chiefs said in The Wall Street Journal: “There are more than two million open jobs in the U.S., in part because employers can’t find workers with the advanced manufacturing skills they need.” The solution? More big government. The president wants to spend $2 Billion on remedial…
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