Would 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 MoreWhat would James Madison think about the Supreme Court’s latest decision?
The 4th President of the United States, James Madison, visits with Tom Quiner about the Supreme Court’s recent shocking decision.
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…
Read MoreShould we penalize marriage?
By Tom Quiner [I am reprinting a Quiner’s Diner post from last year to to wrap up this week’s series on marriage.] Society has a vested interest in marriage. The institution was established thousands of years ago as society’s way to protect wives and their children. To this very day, we see measurable benefits to traditional…
Read More“I have some serious commitment issues …”
By Tom Quiner A young man wants to live together with his girl friend. But he doesn’t want to get married because he has some “serious commitment issues.” Read yesterday’s post for the set up for today’s post (The Mysterious Benefits of Marriage.) The young man’s commitment phobia gets to the heart of the marriage…
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