I posted that little blurb about Obama getting oh-so-tough with the budget at lunch, and I’ve been thinking about the numbers off and on all afternoon. A trillion of something is very difficult to imagine. I spent a bit of time this evening on everyone’s favorite wiki, looking for fun and alarming ways to convey … Read more
Obviously deeply concerned about out-of-control federal spending, this morning President Obama directed his Cabinet to cut a total of $100,000,000 from the budgets of their respective agencies. The cut of $100,000,000 represents just under 0.003% of Obama’s $3,500,000,000,000 budget. It is enough to pay the interest on the federal debt for two hours and eight … Read more
It’s trivially easy to pick on Joe Biden. He’s a walking gaffe machine. He’s the oaf the cool kids let hang around in high school because he was such a rich source of comic relief. Well, here’s a depressing additional arena for ridicule. (I’m a giver.) The White House recently released the 2008 tax returns … Read more