Daily Archives: May 2, 2011

Budget deficit

Written on May 2, 2011 at 5:04 pm, by

Live Blog House Republicans had a press conference today to explain their budget proposal. A number of questions focused on what happened to the $2.4 billion shortfall discussed earlier this year. The actual deficit that needs to be filled is cheap viagra for sale $1,998,057,612. Here’s the score: the continuation budget for FY2011-12 starts atContinue Reading

New at CJO: Annexation reform measure moving forward

Written on May 2, 2011 at 1:17 pm, by

Sara Burrows’ latest Carolina Journal Online report focuses on an annexation reform measure that’s likely to move forward this week in the N.C. House.

Another reason to dislike The Donald

Written on May 2, 2011 at 12:30 pm, by

As Walter Olson points out in this Cato@Liberty post, Trump has a nasty record of bullying people through litigation.

High gas prices–it’s a money problem not an oil problem

Written on May 2, 2011 at 10:09 am, by

The idea that someone can talk about the high price of gas without even mentioning Ben Bernanke, the value of the dollar, the supply of money or quantitative easing is a demonstration of how ignorant pundits and politicians are of basic economics. Over the weekend I had a co-authored article published in the Washington ExaminerContinue Reading

You might be a progressive if…

Written on May 2, 2011 at 9:52 am, by

…you believe that subsidies for wind and solar power result in lower prices for these forms of energy but subsidies for oil are somehow contributing to higher prices for gasoline.

Hood, Hayward praise the American military

Written on May 2, 2011 at 9:43 am, by

In the wake of the news of Osama Bin Laden’s demise, reaction on National Review Online’s “Corner” includes observations from John Hood and Steven Hayward, a recent Shaftesbury Society speaker. Hood’s contribution to the discussion: I’ve been thinking this morning about Julius Caesar’s immortal phrase, later adopted as a Scottish motto and, informally, by certainContinue Reading

Think the federal government’s debt is no big deal?

Written on May 2, 2011 at 6:16 am, by

Perhaps a new TIME article will change your mind: The Congressional Budget Office projects that within 12 years, federal debt could reach 100% of GDP, putting the U.S. deeper in the hole than bankrupt Ireland or Portugal; the bond raters from S&P have good reason to be worried. America’s largest creditor, China, which has beenContinue Reading

TIME’s Halperin examines the impact of Barbour bowing out

Written on May 2, 2011 at 6:14 am, by

Who wins because of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s decision not to run for president in 2012? Mark Halperin of TIME has some thoughts on the subject: Tim Pawlenty and, if they run, Mitch Daniels and Jon Huntsman stand the best chances of scooping up Barbour’s staff and fundraisers; whoever takes the lion’s share of Barbour’sContinue Reading