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Kiss of Death Dept.

David Dufour — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:21:00 +0000

Geithner Says Europe Will Succeed

Headline in the Wall Street Journal

When has this guy ever been right?

via Geithner Presses Europe for Solution – WSJ.com.

If you’re ticked off at banks, this actually makes some sense

David Dufour — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:59:01 +0000

Occupy Wall Street has made little sense to us from its inception — Wall Street is, in our opinion, not nearly as culpable in the current economic downturn as are Fannie, Freddie, Chris and Barney. But where banks have done wrong (and there are some good arguments here), we applaud the “vote with your [...]

The Solyndra scandal should never have happened

David Dufour — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:57:17 +0000

Dick Morris reports on how the Solyndra scandal goes pretty much to the top, but here’s what we think is the ultimate point: Governement subsidies in the “green jobs” are morally and economically indefensible. Here’s Dick:

The Solyndra scandal is a gift that keeps on giving. It shows that not only was Obama’s stimulus [...]

Have Europe’s wealthy jumped the shark?

David Dufour — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:59:39 +0000

Tax Me More, Europe’s Wealthy Say – NYTimes.com. First it’s Warren Buffett, now this. For most of these folks (check the article), they have the option of paying more if they really want to, so why don’t they? Hitting the super-rich with more taxes plays well at cocktail parties and down at the union [...]

Elkhart County’s Job Growth Leads the Nation | RV Business

David Dufour — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:14:21 +0000

Elkhart County’s Job Growth Leads the Nation | RV Business.

Everything that Is Wrong with Public Sector Unions

David Dufour — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:01:25 +0000

Writing for Big Government, Mike Flynn lays it out. Unions have been a positive force in many ways, but even pro-labor icons like FDR and George Meany knew they couldn’t work in the public sector. In essence, the public sector union, to borrow a phrase from Marx (which we almost NEVER do), carries with [...]

Census: Fast growth in states with no income tax

David Dufour — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:11:39 +0000

The Washington Examiner comments that, according to the latest census, states with the fastest economic growth are also those with no income tax.

The reason seems obvious: the income tax (both federal and state) directly penalizes economic success. The left consistently defends income taxes, and in particular “progressive” income taxes based on an odd [...]

Obamacare gets a big hit

David Dufour — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:29:09 +0000

Obamacare

Today a federal judge ruled that the insurance mandate aspect of Obamacare is unc0nstitutional, according to this story at Bl0omberg. This is great news, although it doesn’t mean the fight is over. If a combination of the courts and the incoming House can cripple this evil bill, it will continue to be [...]

Buchanan: Putting Government First

David Dufour — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:55:37 +0000

Pat Buchanan, who we don’t always agree with, wrote an excellent piece in Human Events that sheds the right kind of light on why the government voted yet more money to “save teachers’ jobs.” Here’s the main point, but please read it all.

Purpose: Vote $26 billion to prevent layoffs of state, municipal and [...]

Steny Hoyer has a word for you: SUCKER

David Dufour — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:06:07 +0000

Breitbart Reports: Just in case you thought you were under the threshold for a tax increase, Steny Hoyer has a word for you: sucker. See, even though Obama wants to extend the Bush tax decreases a little longer (say, until sometime after the election), Hoyer says we can’t extend them forever because that’s “too [...]