Flailing at the Budget

Trying to cut the budget

Many Republicans ran last year on a platform of slashing Federal spending.  Now that they have taken over the House of Representatives, they are having to come up with actual proposals to accomplish that.  it’s harder than it looks.  One of the reason that it’s so hard to significantly trim [...]

It's Your Fault.

It's all your fault!!!

We love our sports here in the United States.  We spend a lot of money and time watching sports, attending sports, reading about sports and talking about sports.  We also participate in sports, and the most wildly popular sport this year is ‘Blaming Politicians for Everything.’

Our politicians can’t balance the budget!  [...]

Wonderful Economic News!

One of the Great American Thieves

For many Americans these have been tough economic times.  Millions have lost their homes and millions have lost their jobs and are likely to stay unemployed for some time.  This sharp economic downturn is attributable largely to uncontrolled greed by many in the banking and financial industry and the [...]

More Taxes?

Will it mean death to drink it?

Conventional wisdom is that voting for a tax increase in an election year means defeat for a politician.  With many Marylanders still smarting over the tax increases the General Assembly voted in the special session a few years ago, that would seem to be the case in Maryland [...]

Has O’Malley Slain the Budget Dragon?

Is the dragon truly slain?

Nope.  Despite the Governor’s efforts, which have resulted in a budget which is nominally balanced, the systemic problems with the Maryland state budget remain.

The proposed budget relies on a number of one-time or questionable fixes to get to a balanced budget this year.  For example, the budget assumes almost $400 [...]