Should U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson follow the same path Florida Gov. Charlie Crist took and opt to run as an independent in her re-election bid for Missouri’s 8th Congressional District seat? Several factors lead me to believe she should. For instance: Emerson voted twice for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on the Obama [...]
Should Jo Ann Emerson Run as Independent?
May 3rd, 2010 · 11 Comments
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Stimulus Fails to Deliver Economic ‘Shot in the Arm’
February 17th, 2010 · No Comments
A lot has happened during the year since President Barack Obama signed the so-called “economic stimulus” into law as as a measure that would give the economy a “shot in the arm.” Unfortunately for the president, little of what has happened can be described as good. The nation’s unemployment rate stands close to 10 percent [...]
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Contract Gives Whole New Meaning to ‘Pork’ (Update 3)
July 19th, 2009 · No Comments
Nowhere on the web page for FARMER JOHN® Premium Spiral Sliced Half Hams could I find a “2-lb. frozen ham sliced” priced at $1,191,200. I could, however, find a contract summary (shown below) that appears to reveal that the Department of Agriculture paid Clougherty Packaging, L.L.C., $1,191,200 for a “2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED.” The [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Federal Spending, USDA
Chart Offers Sobering Look at Federal Spending
June 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Seven months ago, I published a post about Barry Ritholz’s then-soon-to-be-published book, “Bailout Nation,” that has since become a very popular tome. Today, I offer the sobering chart above that, according to the author’s web site, was created too late to make it into the book. Hat tip: Boing Boing
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Video: Another Expensive Corporate Boondoggle?
May 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Wealth redistribution schemes seem to surface in Washington, D.C., on an almost daily basis and Congressional Democrats appear to be targeting anyone with the nerve to operate a business and/or engage in legal contractual relationships. If you’re in need of a good laugh, the Best Western commercial shown in the video above does a great [...]
Tags: · bailout, Bob McCarty, Federal Spending, wealth redistribution
Americans Being ‘Fist Bumped’ by Democrats
April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Until Barack and Michelle Obama received so much attention in the press after exchanging one on the campaign trail, I wasn’t very familiar with the “fist bump.” So I decided to do some research. The Wikipedia definition for fist bump includes the following: “The fist bump (also called a knuckleslap, knudge, fist pound, bro-fist, fist [...]
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Obama Budget: ‘Economic Suicide and Revolution’
March 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
President Barack Obama’s profligate spending programs, in aggregate totaling many trillions of dollars, translate to the act of printing money at a rate never seen in human history, writes Doug Ross in a post today. Experts, from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to Democrat economists, believe that these plans put America on a glide-path to [...]
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