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Jews

Wall Street

The federal government bailed out Wall Street with $700 billion on October 2, 2008. Now we have the 2300-page Wall Street Reform bill. It establishes over 400 new agencies that are neither funded yet or […]
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Economists

Our Debt Situation is Worse Than Greece

The Greek economy is in free fall. The “austerity measures” there have driven unemployment above 20%, and the future looks bleak. The reason is their national debt-to-GDP ratio is 130%. How does the U.S. compare? […]
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Washington

Modern Math in Washington

I know it’s the great American way to live with tons of debt, but nobody anywhere balances their books like Washington. The Republicans are proud of their proposal to fix the economy, which will reduce […]
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Citizenship

Achtung !

I spent the last 3 weeks being hounded by hackers from one dedicated server hosting provider to another.  It’s been a harrowing experience.  Then last night (February the 24th) I turned on the radio while cooking supper […]
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Democrats

The Closing of the Democrat Mind

It has to be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer that the U.S. has a bad debt problem.  I know people are used to living in debt – mortgages, car payments, credit card payments, […]