12/09/19
It’s too late for real tax reform, but let's not make things worse by starting new spending programs no one wants to pay for and assuming billionaires & big corporations will pick up the tab. Read More...Tags: Flat tax, FairTax", StimpleTax, TCJA, Bipartisan Budget Act, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman, corporate income tax, Pete Buttigieg, tax extenders, tax gap, carbon tax, European welfare state
12/02/19
Don’t blame sporadic, ineffective government on the current president. This pattern has been developing for years, and barring corrective action it will keep getting worse. Read More...Tags: Sen. Bernie Sanders, President Donald Trump, appropriation bills, continuing resolution, border fencing, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, multiemployer pension plans, joint select committee, Rep. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Congressional Budget Office, NAFTA, USMCA, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Mexican President Lopez Obrador, presidental vs. congressional roles, Pew Resarch polling, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
11/25/19
Political revenge is not a good reason for the impeachment inquiry, and the ideas being offered in the Democratic primary debates seem uninspiring. Read More...Tags: President Donald Trump , public support for impeachment, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Cory Booker, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Andrew Yang, Tom Steyer, Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchell, Kristen Welker, Ashley Parker, Ronald Reagan, climate change, wealth tax, Freedom dividend, family leave plan, Michael Horowitz, Sen. Lindsey Graham, John Durham, William Barr, Hunter Biden, Petro Poroshenko
11/18/19
Organizers of the impeachment inquiry seem "guilty" of the sins they are attributing to the president. He and his supporters aren’t faultless either. All concerned should "take five."
Read More...Tags: Hunter Biden, President Donald Trump , Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whistleblower, George Kent, William Taylor, Ben Shapiro, Marie Yovanovitch, Benghazi attack, John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney, Hound of the Baskervilles, Ted Kaufman, Berlin in 1945, Adolf HItler, Who is the fascist?, Transference, Impeachment inquiry, Mueller report, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Elise Stefanik, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Robert Shiller, John Brennan, Sean Hannity
11/11/19
Herewith a state of play review of several topics: Impeachment inquiry - generational divide - fiscal problem - taxes - healthcare - climate realism - "renewable" energy - DE public schools. Read More...Tags: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, whistleblower, Joe Biden, Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Chris Coons, shutdown fight, Sen. Tom Carper, President Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Rand Paul, Pete Buttigieg, The Triumph of Injustice, wealth taxes, Medicare for all, Dr. Christopher Casscells, Scott Atlas, Charlie Copeland, MMGWT , John Greer, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, William Happer, David Legates, John Nichols, Environmental Appeals Board, Bloom Energy, Ron Russo, DE Sen. Mike Ramone
11/04/19
Two high profile speakers at the University of Delaware addressed the manmade global warming theory and potential policy responses. Very little new information was offered. Read More...Tags: 13th International Conference on Climate Change, Heartland Institute, Climate Crisis Townhall for Democratic Presidential Candidates, MMGWT , Delaware Climate Institute, Holly Michaels, Dr. Michael Mann, Dr. McKay Jenkins, Big Oil, ExxonMobil, Big Tobacco, President Donald Trump, Frank Luntz, doomsday thinking, carbon pricing, natural gas v. coal, methane emissions from fracking, Green New Deal, Shawn Garvin, DNREC, sea level rise, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Renewable Energy Portfolio, Offshore Wind Work Group, Zero Emissions, carbon neutral, Clean Power Plan, wind and solar power, Bloom Energy, California blackouts