In general, the extent of my relationship to farming includes eating the foods and drinking the milk they produce, and mooing at the cows as I drive past. I’d say that makes my credentials for criticizing farm subsidies quite impeccable. In looking into a post about potential areas of cuts in our bloated federal...
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There’s a terrific interactive chart on the NY Times online today that is worth a look and some thought. There has been much discussion about “out of control spending” and the scariness of the budget numbers but it’s very interesting to take a look at the breakdown of budget components to see just how...
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With all of the talk on Political Realities and around the nation about the budget deficit, I thought it fitting to mention the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The White House is set to release some of the details later Monday, but it has been learned that the budget will total $3.8 trillion...
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As our budget deficit continues to grow and Congress continues to show a complete lack of political will to take difficult steps to rein in spending growth or raise taxes, it becomes clear that extraordinary measures are necessary. The creation of a bipartisan Congressional commission is hardly an extraordinary step but given the sizeable...
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I don’t like to see the government expanding unnecessarily and I especially deplore political pandering with the budget process…aka increased “discretionary” spending and earmarks. The budget bill just passed by the House included another 8% increase in discretionary spending for Congress plus 5200 pork barrel projects costing over $4 billion. Correct me if I’m...
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I have always believed President Obama was pragmatic man. Although he has an agenda that is much more ambitious than that of most other Presidents, he realizes that some of it simply will not get accomplished. That's not to say he has not tried and will not try again, but he understands he...
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