Sanford wins special election to Congress
I am surprised at how the blogosphere seems to have missed the pertinent lesson of Mark Sanford’s return to Congress last night. Yes, it’s a highly…
Read articleThe Fauxsterity Chronicles: Greece
At first read, the Examiner headline gives the impression that Greece is finally getting the message about what needs to be done – “Greek Workers to…
Read articleThe Prez’s budget: higher taxes and higher spending
You read that right: the president’s ten-year budget plan calls for higher spending over the next ten years. Patrick Brennan (Corner) provides the details on the…
Read articlePortugal Constitutional Court rejects Fauxsterity Plan A, pushes Fauxsterity Plan B
The Portugese government, like just about every other deficit-crippled government in the Mediterranean, has responded to Brussels’ demands for belt-tightening with what I like to call big-government-on-the-cheap…
Read articleMcDonnell’s amendments to transportation tax: a few rate tweaks, and a mechanism for AUTOMATIC future tax increases
Under the Governor’s latest version of Plan ’13 From Outer Space, a subdivision imposed multiple counties away from you can trigger a tax increase that no one can stop…
…and he calls this an improvement…
Read articleHow bad are things in Great Britain? Bad enough to make Labour columnists look thrifty…
We were all told in 2010 that the newly-minted Conservative/Liberal Democratic coalition would pull its nation out of the debt doldrums; establish a model for civility…
Read articleVirginia, education spending, and budgets
During the great transportation-tax-love-in last month, a slew of Republican delegates and senators lamented that there was “nowhere to cut” in the Virginia budget. I can…
Read articleAbout that sequester…
One of the amber-encased pieces of conventional wisdom regarding the sequester is that the Administration has no room to maneuver on what spending it can reduce.…
Read articleKen Cuccinelli opposes the General Assembly’s plan to raise taxes for Transportation!
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has issued a statement opposing the transportation tax increase that the General Assembly is about to vote on. Bearing Drift has the…
Read articleThe Newman-Cuccinelli plan: yet another tax hike (albeit smaller)
After a somewhat annoying silence on Governor McDonnell’s transportation tax hike, Ken Cuccinelli has come out in favor of a different tax hike, presented by State…
Read articleDHS: Never Mind The Terrorists – Beware Of Wet Mittens!
Our vaunted Department of Homeland Security, mocked for once having had color-coded terrorist alert levels, is now issuing warnings to stretch before you shovel snow and…
Read articleKen C. Kilgore
I write this post more in sadness then in anger. Yet I am compelled to write it all the same. I have been patient, regarding Ken…
Read articleSnyder and Bell: we don’t want tax increases in the transportation plan either
Meanwhile, Pete Snyder (by phone) and Rob Bell (or, to be precise, his campaign – by email) have informed me they, too, don’t want a transportation…
Read articleSusan Stimpson: Whaddya mean Obenshain was first to oppose tax increases?
Less than two hours after I posted on Mark Obenshain’s opposition to transportation tax hikes with these words… Mark Obenshain became arguably (depending on how one…
Read articleObenshain: Transportation plan should not have tax hikes
Mark Obenshain became arguably (depending on how one reads E. W. Jackson’s statements) the first statewide candidate the first AG candidate in Virginia to publicly oppose…
Read articleThe Wall Street Journal and AFP weighs in on McDonnell’s transportation tax hike
The short version – they’re not happy: “Many states are grappling with road congestion and a scarcity of dollars for improvements. Let’s hope they aren’t tempted…
Read articleMy reaction to the fiscal cliff debacle: the GOP caved, and will again
So while I was on vacation, the Republicans did what I expected them to do in the “fiscal cliff deal” – they caved. They did not…
Read articleCorporatism at its worst: the Miami Marlins
Just one week after the election, Jeffrey Loria (owner of the Miami Marlins) reminded us all just how much big government is actually local government. Loria…
Read articleThe reason Romney lost (odds are, you haven’t heard it yet)
The three most prevalent answers for what happened last night are, in order: Romney’s flaws, demographics, and the Democrats’ ground game. All of them certainly had…
Read articleAfrican-American Unemployment up 12.5% since Obama took office
One of the rather desperate arguments of some supporters of the president is that no African-American should even consider voting against him. I can understand the…
Read articlePlease vote Yes on Question 1 in Virginia
Amidst the whirl and rush about the candidates, there is a critical ballot initiative up in Virginia tomorrow. Question 1 would enshrine in the state constitution…
Read articleMeanwhile, in the UK…
The House of Commons fired a shot across the bow at Prime Minister David Cameron. His push for a real dollar freeze on the European Union…
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