You betcha one day we’ll elect a true fiscal conservative
Deficit spending during a recession may be necessary, but it sure feels ugly. An ever increasing national debt — and it has increased virtually non-stop since the country’s founding — will continue to...
View ArticleGovernment shut-down
If any readers took the time to read David Brooks article,”Ryan presents a moment of truth”(4/6/11), these are critical facts to remember. A. Democrats by law were required to create a budget before...
View ArticleWanted: credible plan for economic recovery
I’m getting a little tired of the statements like “libs think…” and “Republicans think….” They can tell me what they think, and I think I can figure it out myself. Lead the pack by stopping the name...
View ArticleCharity begins at home
Obama better take a course in “Deficit Spending 101″ (and enroll Clinton at the same time)! How can they logically send $25 million worth of goods to Libya when the U.S.A doesn’t have the money?...
View ArticleCut deficit spending
It is generally understood that if the U.S. is to avoid financial disaster like Greece (10% interest rates and worse) the federal government must have no more deficit spending. The bickering and...
View ArticleWhy do we have a deficit?
“Egocentric”—regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things.” - Webster Watching the recent “Kabuki” show over the debt ceiling debate suggests to me American citizens have allowed...
View ArticleDo the math
Congress and the president just voted to increase the debt limit by $2 trillion, effective immediately. The debt is current $14.3 trillion. Very soon it will be $16 trillion plus. They are going to cut...
View ArticleBiden ignores deficit’s burden on our children
In Sunday’s “Forum,” the contrast between the editorial by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and the guest column by Russ Jackson (President of Anderson Township Board of Trustees) summarizes exactly what...
View ArticleRyan’s budget offers solution
In “Ryan’s budget fails the test,”Christine Schroder and Debora Rose-Milavec offer the premise that Paul Ryan’s budget is immoral, irresponsible and destructive. What the authors fail to offer is a...
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