Category Archives: Budget

Interesting Times Bulletin (For This Week)

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The GOP-controlled House today passed the budget bill, a ‘bipartisan’ agreement that spending will accelerate regardless of the absence of money. The next Republican pol who deplores deficit spending should be prosecuted and hung for fraud; neither Charles Ponzi nor … Continue reading →

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Congress Does Deals At Last (Grab Your Wallets)

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Jack Curtis

To much praise from various observers, Congressional leaders have accomplished a budget deal. As the deal dumps the sequester spending cuts in favor of a spending increase, we can see why the deal is receiving praise as a return to … Continue reading →

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Benghazi’s American Dead And “What Difference Does It Make?”

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The full power of the Obama Administration and Democrats in Congress seem bent on assuring that four dead Americans who died representing the U.S. in Libya, make no difference. Is that the whole story? I don’t know. What can we … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Fudge-it Budget…

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The Presidents’ new  Budget is remarkable for two reasons: First, it is the first serious public statement from  a political leader to state unequivocally that benefits cannot be afforded and must be cut, for which unpalatable truth the Prez deserves full marks. … Continue reading →

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Leadership From President Obama (GOP: Be Careful What You Ask For…)

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The Prez has stood up and led while his party and its GOP opponents in Congress continue to play kid-level games with the country’s finances. He has put up a budget proposal that faces this much reality: It identifies Social … Continue reading →

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Federal Government Cannot Duck This!

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Jack Curtis

When the politicians get together with science it’s wise to count your change, keep your hands in your purse or pocket and don’t look to either side. Weather science, adding alcohol to gasoline, ‘sustainable’ energy sources and a bunch more … Continue reading →

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Being In The Wrong Place, At The Wrong Time…

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Jack Curtis

In a Congress become more theatrical than Hollywood, Senate Republicans, stymied by the Presidents’ Chicken Little act on Sequestration, are considering handing the Prez the power to cut whatever he wishes, so long as he equals the $85 B to … Continue reading →

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The Clowns Are Dancing In Washington…

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Though laughter is left to you, this is a humorous piece; it’s about the GOP’s proffered budget, presently on offer from Speaker Boehner. Boehner’s Budget will inform you. The good Speaker of the House has smugly offered the idea of holding off … Continue reading →

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The Hair Of The Dog…

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Readers old enough (pretty old, actually) will recall “the hair of the dog that bit you” as a prescription advising folks with a hangover from the previous nights’ imbibing to cure the next morning’s unpleasantness  with another drink as soon … Continue reading →

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Relax! Alfred E. Neumann Is In Charge and All Is Well…

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Jack Curtis

Not only are the scalawags we elected playing us on the debt and deficit but the scalawag-in-chief  leads the parade of mountebanks, churls and financial finaglers piping us into the slough of debt-spond. Our president now clearly intends to destroy … Continue reading →

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