08/19/19 Filed in:
Budget Here’s a blueprint for balancing the budget, incorporating proposals from a variety of sources. Hang in there, fiscal hawks, we still have a chance to avert disaster. Read More...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, Republcan Study Committee, Office of Management and Budget, Citizens Against Goverment Waste, tax credits, tax collections, federal grants, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
08/12/19 Filed in:
Political SystemSmaller, more focused, less costly government is not in vogue these days, but SAFE has no intention of giving up. Here’s an overview of the battlefield. Read More...Tags: political warfare, better mousetrap strategy, impeachment proceedings, Robert Mueller, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Conservative Caucus of Delaware, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Doug Collins, Bipartisan Budget Act, Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Tom Carper , joe Biden, Tucker Carlson, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Tulsi Gabbard, Medicare for all, debate questions, Google , Big tech, Sen. Ted Cruz, Dr. Robert Epstein, Sen. Josh Hawley, David Legates, Climate Conference, John Greer, man-made global warming theory, John Nichols, Bloom Energy, DNREC, Shawn Garvin, Environmental Appeals Board, Public Service Commission, Reitred Men's Luncheon Club, Ron Russo
08/05/19 Filed in:
Budget Responsible budgeting isn’t exactly in vogue right now, but let’s hear it for the political leaders and other people who are trying to bring it back. Read More...Tags: Bipartisan Budget Act, Sen Tom Carper, Sen. Mike Enzi, Gene Dodaro, David Walker, Peterson Foundation, Sen. Mike Braun, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, SBC proposals for budget process, Joint resolutions, biennial budgeting, Fiscal Control Committee, no filibusters for appropriatoin bills , reconciliation process, CBO cost estimate for appropriatoin bills
07/29/19 Filed in:
Spending | Budget The Bipartisan Budget Act will compound the fiscal problem, and ironically the debt limit – which is supposed to help constrain spending – provided an excuse for hasty action. Read More...Tags: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, Rep. Thomas Massie, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Offfsets, Steven Mnuchin, debt limit, President Donald Trump , budget proposal for fY 2020, Russell Vought, Sen. Mitch McConnell, offsets, CHIMPS, no "poison pills", President Barack Obama Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, James Madison, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Esper, economic results, trade policies
Rein in Google, sure, but think before acting. The first solution suggested may not be the best option. Read More...Tags: Twitter, Facebook , Alphabet Inc., Google , YouTube, Amazon, Apple Computer, Microsoft, bogus cancer-treatment claims, death threats, Diamond and Silk, Mark Zuckerberg, President Donald Trump, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, joe Biggs, Antifa, Att&T, IBM, Deparment of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Adam Cohen, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Sen. Ted Cruz, Prager University, Kay Coles James
Google et al. could do a lot more to sway the 2020 elections than Russia did in 2016, simply by skewing the content that is readily accessible on the internet. Read More...Tags: Alphabet Inc., Google , YouTube, Facebook , Twitter, Google vs. Yahoo search, Netflix, IBM, Prager University, Restricted mode, links to SAFE posts, 2018 mid-terms, What party was Abraham Lincoln, Kay Coles James , Project Veritas, James O'Keefe, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Jen Gennai, whistleblower, President Donald Trump, 2020 election, Goerge Orwell's book 1984, mind control, artificial intelligence, search algorithms, Davis Jefferson