Google: Who is a failure?
Political statement or algorithm? I’ll give Google the benefit of the doubt and say algorithm.
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Who does the windfall tax on profits hurt?
Presumptive nominee Barack Obama promises a windfall profits tax on American Oil companies. He claims this will force them to bring jobs back overseas and that the proposed tax will help the middle class, but Obama seems to be missing a major point in the situation.
Like many companies in America, a majority of these companies are traded on a stock exchange, whether that be AMEX, NYSE, or NASDAQ. Therefore, when these publicly traded corporations make a profit, those profits head to the shareholders in the form of dividends. And when they don’t get dividends, the value of the company often rises which gives the shareholder an increased value for their shares. (Sorry to go through the stock market tutorial, but …
Tags: Barack Obama, Gas, IRS, Middle Class, Oil, president, taxes
A Plan for Healthcare
I’ve decided that I can’t keep bashing the Democrat’s Universal (Socialized - you can call it whatever you like, but it is what it is) Healthcare Plan without offering up a solution of my own. Now let me start by saying that I’m open to changing this plan. In fact, I’m all for scrapping the entire plan or at least large parts of it. But this the best solution I’ve been able to come up with that continues on with the free market American way (controlled with a standardized plan, mind that) and maintains the high-quality of healthcare in this country.
I’m come up with a plan that mixed the current system with some of the elements I feel are the …
Tags: controller general, david walker, Democrats, financial, health insurance, healthcare, IRS, medicare, ny times, social security, socialized medicine, Universal Healthcare
David Walker on Federal Budget/Debt
Pretty scary when this guy gets going into his charts, graphs, facts, and figures. It’s not like he’s an activist either - he’s the government’s top accountant.
Tags: controller general, david walker, federal budget, federal deficit, medicare, social security
Fencing out the laws
The battle for the border fence just got a little tougher as Department of Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff said that his department will bypass environmental and land management laws to complete a border fence project by year’s end.
The move is touching some hearts in the Sierra Club, an environmental group, whose executive director claims the fence will threaten the environment of the region.
Carl Pope, the executive director, believes waiving these environmental laws is unconstiutional and he is calling for the Supreme Court to look into the issue.
The border fence will be equipped with towers, sensors, cameras along a 470-mile stretch that spans from California into Texas. This fence will cut through many areas of federally protected lands including national parks, wildlife …
Tags: border fence, chertoff, environment, homeland security, immigration, IRS, Sierra Club