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As always… the views and opinions expressed herein are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of anyone else I may be associated with. I realize that opinions stink and that mine are not the exception… if you take offense to anything I publish please note that it is not meant to be personal, but if you feel an overwhelming need to comment on something you are more than welcome to do so using the feedback page. Enjoy…
Congress, once again facing a looming deadline to get something done, has come to a mutual agreement on extending the 2% Social Security Tax Holiday through the end of 2012. The biggest stumbling block has typically been finding the spending reductions in the budget to pay for the tax cut. So how did Congress solve their dilemma this time around? Simple… they just decided to throw out any notion of paying for the tax cut … Continue reading the story “Who Would Have Thought…“
The madness never ends in Washington DC… earlier this week President Obama decided to issue a proclamation that anyone providing health insurance coverage to it’s employees must also cover contraceptives prescriptions regardless of the organizations possible religious objections. Today Obama announced that his office has reached an agreement with all parties involved in that particular controversy, which changes the rule to read that the employer can opt out of the provision if they have objections, … Continue reading the story “Washington Madness“
The 2% Social Security Tax Holiday expires – again – on February 28th, which is just over two weeks away. Congress is taking the usual approach, which means if there is no looming crisis then there is no urgency to get anything done. Personally I don’t know what the big deal is… it was never intended to be anything more than a one year tax holiday designed to pump some life into our economy. Since … Continue reading the story “Social Security Tax Holiday“
What a difference a few days can make… Sunday Mitt Romney was picking out curtains for the oval office and today he’s sitting in the back of the bus wondering where all the thunder went. I’m not sure what happened in Iowa. I was under the impression that since the voting actually takes place in private homes using cut up pieces of scrap paper with the results called into a central location that doing any … Continue reading the story “Whole New Ballgame“
The US Postal Service is on pace to loose $8 billion this year… on Jan22, 2012 the price of a first class postage stamp will see an increase of one cent to $0.45. Does this mean that the projections for 2012 are to only loose $7 billion? Who’s running this thing? We keep hearing that no tax money is used to subsidize the Postal Service. If that’s true then who are the morons that are … Continue reading the story “Stupid Is…“
I don’t know about you, but the 2012 presidential election has turned into a huge snooze fest for me. I can’t bring myself to accept the idea that the Republican Party is most likely going to put Mitt Romney up as their nominee. Plus I’m having a hard time with the fact that it’s only January and there isn’t anybody else left in the field of hopefuls that I can get excited about. Only thing … Continue reading the story “I’m Bored“
It appears that Herman Cain is headed down that same slippery slope that several other prominent former presidential candidates has taken on their way to becoming ingrained in the problems plaguing our political system. Hermain Cain’s Solution Revolution is following Mike Huckabee’s lead to become the latest Super PAC to hit the scene raising money to run shadow campaigns for Republican candidates. I guess I must have been dreaming when I heard this country passed … Continue reading the story “Down The Slippery Slope“
The 2012 Iowa Caucasus is history and Romney was declared the winner by 8 votes over second place finisher Rick Santorum. If you listen to the mainstream media the Republicans have their man… Romney will be the 2012 nominee. And why not? We’re being reminded over and over again that he’s the only one capable of beating Obama in the general election… and we all know the mainstream media experts are such savvy political analysts, … Continue reading the story “Is the Republican Nominating Race Really Over That Quickly?“
Wow… another year already. We can finally say it’s an election year. Even though the campaign for 2012 Presidential election really started almost a year ago. The field of Republican hopefuls has boiled down to Romney, Perry, Santorum, Gingrich and Paul. Which in my opinion isn’t much of a choice. If you’re like me, looking for someone to oppose Obama who has a real plan to turn the economy around you’ll join the hoards of … Continue reading the story “Welcome to 2012“
The US Senate passed a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut and then left town. Two-months… two-months, really! Do these people exist in another dimensional plane or are they that removed from reality that they don’t realize just how stupid a move that is. Of course the House is holding out for a one year extension and President Obama is telling them it’s pass the Senate bill or else… or else the Social Security … Continue reading the story “Really?“