Archive for March, 2009



Mar6th2009

Voucher Kids Ask For Help

All they are asking is for the same opportunity Obama is giving his children.
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Will Obama put children ahead of the teachers unions?

Mar6th2009

Quote Of The Day

“And yet with our financial house on fire, Obama makes clear both in his speech and his budget that the essence of his presidency will be the transformation of health care, education and energy. Four months after winning the election, six weeks after his swearing in, Obama has yet to unveil a plan to deal […]

Mar6th2009

How Much Is A Trillion Dollars?

Economist James Hamilton explains:
A trillion dollars is about the total amount collected in income taxes by the U.S. federal government in fiscal year 2006– $1.04 trillion, if you’re curious to use the exact number. That gives me a simple rule of thumb for personalizing these numbers. If I want to know what an additional trillion […]

Mar5th2009

Good For Thee But Not For Me

Many rich liberals continue to send their kids to private schools while refusing to allow parents that can’t afford it from doing the same. The WSJ reports:
The children are Sarah and James Parker. Like the Obama girls, Sarah and James attend the Sidwell Friends School in our nation’s capital. Unlike the Obama girls, they could […]

Mar4th2009

Quote Of The Day

“There is a lot of talk about the paradox of thrift out there, including from Krugman.  But just as I think the time has passed for attempting to cure the banking system’s problems by pretending they’ll get better if we just wish spend hard enough, at this point it seems to me that there is […]

Mar3rd2009

Quote Of The Day

“All ideology aside: If the government had followed a laissez-faire policy for the last six months, and output, employment, housing, and financial markets stood exactly where they stand today, what fraction of people would conclude that “Events decisively prove that laissez-faire is a disaster”?  Can you honestly give any answer less than 90%?” — Bryan […]

Mar2nd2009

Quote Of The Day

“President Obama’s new budget is, well, audacious — not just because it includes several big, audacious initiatives (universally affordable health care, and a cap-and-trade system for coping with global warming, for starters) but also because it represents the biggest redistribution of income from the wealthy to the middle class and poor this nation has seen […]