Why Gov’t Is Not the Answer
Conservatives proclaim that the government is not the solution to our economic woes… it’s the problem.   You might ask, “What evidence do you have that can prove that?”  Well, how about a “Cash for Clunkers” program that cost the American Tax Payer $24,000 per a car to encourage individuals, who otherwise would not have been in the market, to buy a car – the average price of the car around $26,900 [1].  This is the same government that is now dictating to the GM and Chrysler how to do business.  Can you imagine your business – ANY business – spending 80% of the cost of an item

Downward Spiral to Single Payer System
According to The Wall Street Journal, it looks as though the Senate is positioned to take two major steps on Health Care Reform legislation.  Step 1:  Unveil the hybrid legislation cobbled together by the democratic Senate leadership and White House senior aids – primarily from the Senate committees on Finance and the Health.  Step 2:  Submit the proposed legislation to the CBO for scoring [1].  Sen. Reid began Step 1 this afternoon by announcing that the Senate version of Health Care Reform will contain something called an “Opt Out, Government Option” – something Reid called a

An Apology For Bloggers
The invention of the printing press in the 1440s by German inventor Johannes Gutenberg ushered in a new age of knowledge sharing.  The large-scale sharing of an individual’s ideas and opinions through printed word was now possible.  But this breakthrough in technology brought with it a new set of problems – precisely the large-scale sharing of individual ideas and opinions. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin brought his skills as a “modern day printer” to the “New World”.  In 1729 he purchased the fledgling Pennsylvania Gazette and began the work of transforming this rag-tag operation into a to a respectable weekly newspaper.  It would not be long before Franklin an

HC Reform Voting Begins
This week, Heritage posted an article that explained the latest Capitol Hill shenanigans that is representative of the out-of-control deficit spending that has become the norm in Washington. Pres. Obama made it clear in his Joint Session of Congress address on health care reform that he would not accept deficit spending as part of this legislation.  Specifically he said, “I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits – either now or in the future. Period.”  The problem is, no matter how the hard the Senate has tries, they cannot fashion a deficit ne

Michigan – Learn From Your Success
In 2008 Michigan Gov. Granholm (D) used the influence of her office to try to diversify the industrial landscape of Michigan’s economy by implementing tax breaks for the film makers to come to open up shop in Michigan.  Her efforts have been successful so far.  Throughout that year the Michigan legislature passed 15 acts that provided tax breaks and other incentives for movie producers to come to Michigan to make films [1].  According to the Michigan Film Office web site,