Obama Targets Ryan Budget to Distract from Failed Policies

by Bob Adelmann | 11:27 am, April 5, 2012

The progressive president revealed a lot more in his luncheon talk with the kept media than was reported elsewhere.

Seeing Stars: Behold Thursday

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, April 5, 2012

Yes, indeed, my friends. Today be Thursday and I be writing this like a pirate because I have nothing better to do. Grab yer rum and make fast as we sail into yesterday’s news today.

Colorado

Colorado’s employment data is okay but needs time to ga…

Boom and Bust in Stockton, California

by Bob Adelmann | 11:15 am, April 4, 2012

This is a lesson in economics that politicians, and other more humble folk, never learn. I call it “straight line thinking in a curvilinear world.”

Seeing Stars: Colorado’s "Amazon Tax" Unconstitutional

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, April 4, 2012

Mitt Romney won all three primaries yesterday in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, DC. (Rick Santorum wasn’t even on the ballot in DC.) As much as it pains me to say it, I think the GOP primary is over. Mr. Inevitable will, indeed, be the nominee and…

Amazon Tax Bites The Dust

by Joshua Sharf | 6:58 pm, April 3, 2012

In 2010, the Democrats in Colorado, in violation of the state Taxpayers Bill of Rights, passed a variety of tax increases known as the Dirty Dozen.  The state’s highly politicized Supreme Court gave the tax increases a pass around TABOR’s requirement for a citizen vote, but the federal courts are frequently a different matter, and [...]

Budget Deadlock, Despite House Passage of Ryan Plan

by Bob Adelmann | 4:26 am, April 3, 2012

Two things are apparent: few in Washington are serious about reining in government spending, and those who are are missing the point. It’s not making the government more efficient, it’s getting government out of where it doesn’t belong that is the real issue.

New Book, White House Burning, Reprises Old Keynesian Canards

by Bob Adelmann | 5:04 pm, March 29, 2012

This is a classic defense of the indefensible, albeit in a most agreeable way. The soothing tones of the writers invite one to accept the lie: we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Or worse: we’re the experts, we know what we’re doing, trust us (and leave us alone).

Seeing Stars: Supreme Court to Kill Mandate?

by Randall Smith | 11:15 pm, March 28, 2012

It’s looking that way but let’s not count our chickens until they’re hatched. I’m being quietly optimistic but, really, if it’s not overturned, what can’t the Federal government — or even a state government — force us to do? It the mandate is upheld,…

Seeing Stars: Taxes and Deficits on the Rise

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, March 28, 2012

If the Democrats have their way, taxes with sky rocket and the deficit will, too, because they plan on spending every dime and more.

On to the links while we can still afford them.

Colorado

Saguache County approved the construction of a pair of…

Seeing Stars: CO Funding Chevy Volts

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, March 24, 2012

It’s a waste that only politicians can love.

On to the links.

Colorado

Colorado schools will adjust their census dates to ensure that they don’t fall on religious days.
BLM is working out leasing policies for geothermal energy in the San Luis Va…

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