Monthly Archives: January 2009

Drive the tax burden down on the middle and lower income people who have higher marginal propensities to consume (MPC), and the income multiplier effect is magnified. Taxes are not good or bad–they are costs which people must bear. Lower … Continue reading →

  Dale-We’ll never know if you are right. You are a true free market spirit. Over the years I have concluded that the reason that capitalism has worked in this country is that we are willing to recognize its limitations, … Continue reading →

Paul:I couldn’t disagree with you more. You throw words like "lies’ and "torture" around . Most of us including Bush relied on intelligence reports and good common sense to conclude that Hussein had WMD. For god’s sake he had used … Continue reading →

Senator Ensign’s corporate tax cut is cosigned by Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California. The purpose of the tax cut is to incentivize corporations to repatriate foreign profits to the US so these profits can be taxed, only at lower … Continue reading →

  There is no way that I will support government assistance to home builders. Let me give you some reasons why.   First, there is a glut of homes on the market already. This inventory, mainly of foreclosed houses(many never lived in), will take … Continue reading →

There are enough Democratic votes in the House to pass a vote even if all the Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats vote their own way.House Republicans and some Democratic oppositionwere responsible for deleting irrelevant dollars from the bill that passed … Continue reading →

This is in regard to recent news releases which have described that President Obama is extending a new hand of American friendship to Arabs and Muslims. President Obama must believe in the power of "perception", which may certainly be worthwhile in the short term. The risk … Continue reading →

  This is in regard to the article in the Washington Post titled "Obama Extends Hand to Arabs and Muslims". President Obama must believe in the power of perception, which is certainly worthwhile, especially in the short term. The risk that … Continue reading →

Regarding the WashPost article "Obama Officials Weigh Risky Options to Aid Economy", the Obama administration should build on the TARP experiences of the Bush administration, build in safeguards and transparency that was absent in the first round of TARP infusions. … Continue reading →

  This is in response to the article in the LA Times on Tuesday January 26, 2009 , titled "Deluge of layoffs hits U.S. economy".   The hurt varies among the companies listed in the Times article: Some of the … Continue reading →