We’ve been at war with Libya for about a week. The question here is not whether we should be at war with Libya, but rather, does the President have the right to take us to war with Libya absent a provocation against the United States? Giving the power to go to war to Congress, the […]
Have you read “Comeback America” by David Walker?
March 23, 2011 by Daniel Burton
America is a great country–the greatest, as far as Americans are concerned. But its future is threatened, and we same Americans are the threat. I am talking about our nation’s deteriorating financial condition, perpetrated by all of us, and especially by the government that represents us. It is easy to ignore this national decline. Even in these […]
Filed Under: Books and Reading, Fiscal Reform Tagged With: Budget crisis, Comptroller General of the United States, David M. Walker
Why the federal budget is like a road trip…at 174 miles per hour.
March 22, 2011 by Daniel Burton
I had lunch with a fascinating guy today: Matthias Shapiro, or @politicalmath if you’re on Twitter. Matthias has done a few amazing visualizations on YouTube to demonstrate the realities of America’s budgetary problems. He explained to me that he got started when he heard President Obama offer, early in his term, to cut $100 billion […]
Filed Under: Laws and Lawmakers Tagged With: Barack Obama, budget, Federal Budget, Matthias Shapiro, political math, postaday2011, trillions, United States federal budget, wreckless spending
When is $100 billion not enough?
March 18, 2011 by Daniel Burton
When it’s non-security discretionary spending cuts from the budget. That’s when. Then it’s just not solving the problem. It’s pandering for the press and for constituents. The problem, and all the talk Washington, is the deficit and getting it back to a manageable level. Republicans in an effort to keep campaign promises and reduce the deficit, are […]
Filed Under: Entitlement Reform Tagged With: Congressional Budget Office, Discretionary spending, entitlement reform, Federal Budget, federal deficit, Medicaid, Medicare, Paul Ryan, postaday2011, Social Security
Victim 1, Bully 0
March 17, 2011 by Daniel Burton
Common sense revolts against the machine in a post entitled:” If Tomorrow I Tell The Press That, Like, A Fat Kid Will Get Humiliated, Or A Nerd Will Be Slapped, Nobody Panics, Because It’s All “Part Of The Plan.” But When I Say That One Little Bully Will Get His Ankle Broken, Well Then Everyone Loses […]
Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Bullying, Education, postaday2011, Violence and Abuse
Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages – CNBC
March 8, 2011 by Daniel Burton
1 in 3 of us is on the government dole: Even as the economy has recovered, social welfare benefits make up 35 percent of wages and salaries this year, up from 21 percent in 2000 and 10 percent in 1960, according to TrimTabs Investment Research using Bureau of Economic Analysis data. “The U.S. economy has […]
Filed Under: Entitlement Reform, Government Tagged With: CNBC, Economic, entitlement reform, government dole, postaday2011, Poverty, Social Sciences, TrimTabs Investment Research, Welfare, Welfare state
Precedent for Presidential Refusal to Defend Statutes the Administration Believes to be Unconstitutional
March 2, 2011 by Daniel Burton
Initially I questioned the Obama Administration’s refusal to defend DOMA. On reflection, however, there may be precedent for their actions. Ilya Somin points out several precedents in both Republican and Democratic administrations that support the premise that the President may be justified in not supporting legislation he deems unconstitutional. During the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Truman […]
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