Sometimes, I’m a cynic. For example, I don’t trust that Democrats care as much about the Second Amendment and gun regulation, immigration reform, or gay marriage as they say (heck, I’m not even sure Republicans care as much as they say, either, but that’s another post). I think they’re, largely, cherry picking issues that they […]
C is for Comeback America by David Walker
April 3, 2013 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Books and Reading, Entitlement Reform, Fiscal Reform, healthcare reform Tagged With: Barack Obama, Book review, Comeback America, David M. Walker, David Walker, Economic growth, entitlement reform, fiscal reform
April Fools or About Face?
April 1, 2013 by Daniel Burton
Today is April first, commonly called April Fools day, so like my good friend Shannon warns, “Trust no one.” Given the inclination of the press to play along, occasionally throwing out outlandish headlines that couldn’t possibly be true, there still comes this, that sounds like it should be a joke, but really, is more likely just […]
Filed Under: Fiscal Reform, Laws and Lawmakers Tagged With: April Fools, Barack Obama, budget, Fiscal Discipline, National Financial Capability Month, White House
To filibuster or not to filibuster…
March 28, 2013 by Daniel Burton
When is a filibuster an effective tool to raise public awareness? And when is it the anti-democratic tool of the minority to stop legislation it opposes? A couple weeks ago, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky took to the Senate floor to speak against the nomination of John Brennan as head of the CIA because Paul opposed the […]
Filed Under: National Security/Intelligence, Second Amendment Tagged With: Barack Obama, drones, filibuster, Gallup, John Brennan, Mike Lee, National security, Rand Paul, Senate, Ted Cruz
TANSTAAFL: Obamacare turns three and the costs continue to tally [Infographic]
March 27, 2013 by Daniel Burton
This week in TANSTAAFL news: it’s Obamacare‘s third anniversary, and, as then Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said, we had to pass it to find out what’s in it. We’re still trying to find out what’s in it. Today, for your pleasure, a small infographic on the costs that have come with the ironically named Affordable Care […]
Filed Under: healthcare reform, Laws and Lawmakers Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, TAANSTAAFL
Obama would rather campaign than govern [KSL]
March 5, 2013 by Daniel Burton
The following is an op-ed that I wrote and KSL published on its site on March 5, 2013. Of all the political crises coming out of Washington, D.C., in recent years, few demonstrate the dismal state of things like the sequester. The crisis we face is not just the dramatic growth of federal spending, […]
Filed Under: Fiscal Reform, Laws and Lawmakers Tagged With: Barack Obama, campaigning, congress, Democrats, leadership, Repubicans, Sequester, Washington D.C.
Senator Hatch’s anti-tax hike sequester proposal [updated]
March 4, 2013 by Daniel Burton
[Update] Since original publication, Senator Hatch’s Press Secretary was kind enough to both read and comment that the Senator’s proposal is only intended to be a short term fix and that the Senator has proposed more long term solutions to Medicare and Medicaid. The proposal dates back to the end of January and can be found […]
Filed Under: Entitlement Reform, Fiscal Reform Tagged With: Barack Obama, entitlement reform, Federal Budget, Medicaid, Medicare, National Science Foundation, Orrin Hatch, Senate Democrats, sequestration, Washington D.C.
The Price of Politics is too high: Bob Woodward versus the White House
March 1, 2013 by Daniel Burton
Several people have asked me about the Bob Woodward kerfuffle. (I know. The irony. Congressional leaders and the President spend two years negotiating how to deal with the debt, can’t agree on a solution, resolve to on a 2% across the board cut called “sequestration” that almost no one understands–or represents accurately if they do–and people […]
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Books and Reading, Laws and Lawmakers, Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bob Woodward, Jack Lew, John Boehner, Rahm Emanuel, sequestration, The Price of Politics
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