 |
| Jeff Bingaman with Senators Kerry and Reid |
Business Community Pleads with Bingaman
Time to Re-visit ANWR
 |
| Al Gore's Carbon Footprint |
British Socialism: Pensioners Freezing to Death
Progressive Magazine: New Negotiating Wish List
McCullough: Why True Consensus is Against Obama
Parker: Deficit Cutting Commission Gets it Wrong
 |
| Star Parker |
From Townhall.com - The Bowles-Simpson deficit cutting commission is more Washington theater. Another show with an impressive cast designed to give the appearance of being serious. This kind of theater, unfortunately, not only accomplishes little or nothing, but it makes things worse. Under the guise of doing something, it obfuscates our real problems. Our federal budget did not explode over a few short years to sucking up a quarter of our economy because we didn't have politicos with green eyeshades looking at it. It exploded because we have government in Washington that can do practically anything it wants. Without clarity about the role of government and meaningful law enforcing it, we're never going to get spending and debt under control. And this is what Americans need to wise up to and get resigned about. Here's a few things sticking in my craw from just over the last week that speak to the reality of government with no constitutional constraint. Read full column here:
Outstanding German Economic Performance Continues
 |
| Angela Merkel |
How does German Chancellor Angela Merkel do it? Unemployment in Germany hit a 17 year low in November while the jobless rate in the U.S. moved from 9.6% to 9.8%. Progressives in America continue to blame George W. Bush nearly four years after Democrats seized control of Congress and nearly two years after he left office. The Merkel magic is hardly magic at all. The German Chancellor merely understands basic economics. So, while the progressive in the United States continue to attempt to advance policies that penalize working and investments while rewarding bureaucratic sloth and non-competitiveness Merkel has engineered a remarkable turnaround in Germany's economic fortunes.
Just a few years ago it was America's unemployment rate that was low and its businesses were well respected by government. While Germans continued to hold onto vague hopes that socialism would work Americans understood the importance of private sector leadership. It has only been with the ascension of Angela Merkel that Germany has become the lone exception to the sputtering economic rules that are now dragging down the rest of Western Europe and the United States. What did Merkel do? First she refused to listen to the Obama Adminsitration's calls for more BORROWING and SPENDING to "stimulate" the German economy. Instead, Merkel has been the author of a substantial reform agenda concerning Germany's economic and social system. A trained scientist rather than a social engineering lawyer, Merkel has strongly advocated basic reforms to German labor laws. 
By removing illogical barriers preventing businesses from adjusting their workforces to competitive conditions and increasing the allowed number of work hours in a week, Merkel has made her country more competitive. While the United States continues to engage in charades disguised as tax policy debates with socialists continuing to defend the indefensible, Germany has become more economically viable and influential while America becomes more weakened. No, Merkel is no miracle worker. She has simply learned what America seems to have unlearned. When you punish success, investments, and work and you reward cluelessness and sloth, you will get more of the latter and less of the former.
Emissions-Cap Judgement Day
From albjournal.com The New Energy Economy petition to cap greenhouse gas emissions in New Mexico is back in the spotlight, with the state Environmental Improvement Board expected to rule on the controversial plan this week. Lengthy testimony on the petition was heard by the board over seven days in August and October. But it drifted a bit off the public radar last month when the EIB voted 4-3 to adopt another proposal to combat greenhouse gas emissions — the New Mexico Environment Department's plan for state participation in a regional cap-and-trade program. The board is expected to start deliberating a decision on the NEE petition today.Unlike the cap-and-trade strategy, which requires a partnership with other states and Canadian provinces, the NEE proposal affects New Mexico alone, requiring large emitters to reduce emissions by 3 percent a year, starting in 2012. More here
Richardson's Push for Subnational Climate Action
From yahoo.com CANCUN, Mexico, Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. states and Chinese provinces launch focused effort to cooperate on comprehensive climate action planning. The Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), a U.S.-based 501(c)3, and its Chinese partner the Global Environment Institute (GEI), a China-based NGO, have teamed up to lead the subnational effort between states and provinces in the two nations. CCS and GEI will showcase cooperative work between U.S. states and Chinese provinces. Presentations by key national and subnational government leaders from China and the U.S. will focus on the challenges and opportunities for cooperative engagement at the subnational level. More here
Abra Cadabra: Fed Buys Bonds and We Get Jobs
Climate Change: The End Justifies the Means Mentality
NM Republicans Get the Full Monty
 |
| Monty Newman |
Posts
