Recent polling has found that a majority of Americans feel that the country is too politically divided. No, this does not mean that the American people feel that fifty states are too many, or that counties, cities, parishes, and boroughs should be dissolved across the board. Rather, the concern is that there is too much [...]
Posts Tagged ‘taxes’
Observations Regarding the Recent Japanese Election
The August 30 elections in Japan share many parallels with those held in the United States last November. In both instances, an unpopular ruling party was removed from power. Such parallels are interesting, even when one considers the inherent differences in the political systems of the two economic powers on either side of the Pacific [...]
Liberalism is Dead.
Much like in the United Kingdom, where the Liberal Democrats now comprise a third party, American liberalism is no longer of consequence. The ideological heirs to John F. Kennedy and Harry Truman who once would have freely criticized governmental excess have lost control of the Democratic Party. In their place have emerged leaders who regard their critics [...]
Health Care Policy Discussions Should Be Expanded
The discussion of health care reform has grown in recent weeks across various segments of American society. Debate is underway in Congress as bloggers reveal themselves to be an incubator for ideas, unlike the Republican Party bureaucracy. Fellow NextGenGOP contributor Gideon D’Assandro has offered valuable insights into this topic. Other collaborative political blogs (such as The Next Right [...]
G20 set to embrace Obama’s economic policy.
Ronald Reagan, in describing the economic views dominant in the Democratic Party, once said:
If it moves tax it, if it keeps moving regulate it, if it stops moving subsidize it.
The Group of 20 convened earlier this week in London to much ruckus and fanfare. Making his presence known was the Celebrity-in-Chief, President Obama. While the [...]
Geithner provides more reason to worry
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s bout with foot-in-mouth disease continues. Now, apparently, he endorsed efforts to undermine the security of the United States by (inadvertedly, or otherwise) supporting the replacement of the U.S. dollar as the worldwide reserve currency with something new. Like so many of Geithner’s grand ideas, this one too manages to leave investors weary.
Obama administration vetting process requires greater scrutiny.
The image of Barack Obama as a politician above the typical fray of folly forever present in contemporary political life is speedily being replaced with a more accurate picture of a Chicago suit operating under the the same rules as generations of earlier pols hailing from the windy city. Chicago has its well-known moniker not [...]
