02/18/19 Filed in:
Spending | Taxes | Budget SAFE suggestions: Abolish debt limit, implement targeted spending cuts, do no harm on entitlements, don't raise taxes, expect 2020 presidential candidates to support balancing the budget.
Read More...Tags: Rep. Paul Ryan, President Barack Obama, Congressional Budget Office, Social Security, healthcare programs, Interest expense, Green New Deal, Medicare for all, President Donald Trump, Office of Management and Budget, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Balanced Budget Amendment, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, debt limit, Steven Mnuchin, Citizens Against Government Waste, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security 2100 Act , Ivankacare, tariffs, carbon tax, business tax breaks, Budget Reconciliation Act, Rep. Kevin Brady
02/11/19 Filed in:
Political SystemThe president’s address to Congress was politically astute, but it painted an excessively rosy picture of the true "state of the union." Read More...Tags: SOTU, President Donald Trump, President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, tea party movement, border barriers, Illegal immigration, dreamers, Right to Try, International Pricing Index, manmade global warming theory, fossil fuels, Green New Deal, Medicare for all, socialism, deficits, debt, paid family leave, tariffs, trade talks with China, NAFTA, USMCA, Reciprocal Trade Act, National Taxppayers Union, INF Treaty, South China Sea, Taiwan, Kim Jong Un, Juan Guaido, Maduro regime, principled realism, ISIS, USS Cole attack, Iran Nuclear Deal, anti-Semitism
Let's hope the president's SOTU address will inspire Congress to resolve the battle over border "wall" funding. None of the default options are appealing. Read More...Tags: border wall, security barriers, President Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, continuing resolutions, Illegal immigrants, Shutdown pause, conference committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Normandy fence, Rep. James Clyburn, State of the Union address, National Emergencies Act of 1976, Resolution of disapproval, institutional decline of Congress
01/28/19 Filed in:
EnergyA lot of big names have endorsed the carbon dividend plan, but it's full of holes and not likely to go anywhere. Nuclear power would be a better bet. Read More...Tags: human psyche, apocalyptic visions, Paris climate agreement , Davos conference, John Kerry, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pentagon , Rep. Adam Smith, Jerry Brown, nuclear war, carbon taxes vs. regulations, Carbon Dividend Plan, bipartisan climate solution , Rep. Ted Deutch, Rep. Andy Rooney, Hearland Institute, Bjorn Lomborg, chic renewables, nuclear power
01/21/19 Filed in:
EnergyDelaware regulators should require Bloom Energy to explain how its proposal to replace all fuel cells at the QFCP facilities (Red Lion & Brookside) would serve the public interest. Read More...Tags: John Nichols, Public Service Commission, QFCP tariff, Bloom Energy proposal to replace fuel cells, DNREC, Lisa Vest, Karen Mattio, Arne Ballantine, Caesar Rodney Institute, David Stevenson, Clint Laird, hazardous solid waste, fuel cell decoking, Delaware Coastal Zone permit, investment tax credit , Lindsay Leveen, Amy Roe, EPA, Shawn Garvin, Gov. John Carney, Matt Hartigan, Andrew Slater
01/14/19 Filed in:
Political SystemThis should be an interesting year, judging from the predictions of five astute pundits, but political consensus doesn’t seem to be on the menu. Read More...Tags: Doris Day, Karl Rove, Jared Bernstein, Kurt Schlichter, Veronique de Rugy, Justin Wallin, Mueller report, Trump Tower meeting, impeachment , US economy, Democratic presidental candidates, Joe Biden , Federal Reserve, trade war with China, Trump fatigue, Afghanistan, Michael Cohen, monster tech, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Kamala Harris, Chief Justice John Roberts, Amy Barrett, fiscal problem, crony programs, help the dreamers, President Donald Trump, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg