Emergence of White Affluent Guilt
I learned a lesson this Christmas season. A person I know, who is young and increasingly affluent, sponsored a Sub for Santa this Christmas. After the person had provided a needy family a Christmas, the person felt a oddly unfulfilled. The person commented that they now have a lot of material things and they wanted [...]
Congress, White House: Whose Money Are You Spending?
The White House has just dedicated the last little bit (Really, how can 17 billion be little?) for bailing out the GM, Chrysler and the UAW. It’s as if the money is the governments. How can that be? What does the government do to make money? It does nothing significant to make money. It taxes [...]
Congressional Expertise Disease
My latest post was a rant. This one will likely echo that one.
For some reason Congress feels that they are experts at everything. How can that be? How can Nancy Pelosi be an expert at trade (Columbian Free Trade Act), the mortgage industry (protecting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), Wall Street (TARP… need I say [...]
Breathtaking Auto Arrogance
Here we go with another bailout… the long awaited Big 3 salvation by Bush and Congress. They do promise more oversight. That should make it better? Right?
What gives Congress and the poly sci or law degree aides any inkling that they can adequately run the auto industry? They can’t. They can’t any more than they [...]
Why Religion Should Stay Privatized
Why is government control of our social mores a bad idea? The answer is easy… government, by itself, is amoral. No matter what one says about In God We Trust, it is the citizenry that puts the God in the Trust, not the government. But the real danger is the when Government legislates morality, the [...]
