Author: Danny Lemieux

Half French, Half American, grew up in socialist Europe and would never wish for the same to be inflicted on his own United States of America. Christian and conservative (Episcopalian). Works in food manufacturing industry. Interests include martial arts, history and politics, bird watching, outdoor sports and travel. Soon-to-be empty nester.

Obama: the double-down-on-disaster President

I’ve come to appreciate that, whatever the unfolding disaster, Obama’s standard MO is to double down. For example: Gas prices were too high under George W. Bush? OK, double them! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKdScVerrBU[/youtube] ObamaCare costs are unaffordable? OK, double them! http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/cbo-obamacare-cost-176-trillion-over-10-yrs/425831 Green energy companies fail and go bankrupt? OK, double green energy

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A) Government promiseth, B) Government taketh away!

This article that just appeared in Bloomberg.com, regarding Stockton-writ-California-writ-USA-writ-large’s pending bankruptcy, is just so absolutely jaw-dropping crazy…uh, no, wait….it isn’t really so crazy after all. Never mind. If Stockton Is Broke, Why Isn’t San Diego?: Steven Greenhut http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-02/if-stockton-is-broke-then-why-isn-t-san-diego-steven-greenhut.html Here’s the money take-away: referencing the fact that, for the past 20

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“Keynes” and other back-pats

Here’s a Robert Samuelson article, “bye bye Keynes” that should give us all pause: the arguments he uses to write Keynes’ obituary are arguments that we all posited in our own excoriation of Keynes in years past, in response to a string of commentators, ranging from A to Z. I’ve

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