budget

Defense Spending, Appropriations Bills, And Surveillance State Create A Leviathan-Sized Accounting Labyrinth

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I am dealing with a decimal percentage five zeroes to the right of the decimal point of what the Congress or Senate is dealing with on just one of these appropriations bills. They have to go through this every single year. If you have ever tried to slog through reading one of these monstrosities, you probably made it maybe 10 or 15 pages in […]

July 18, 2013 6

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Will Congress Raise The Debt Ceiling? Of Course They Will!

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Speaker of the House John Boehner and company plan to begin dealing with this this week. There are a couple plans out there. I love how the National Journal story frames this today. [mocking] “They’re going to begin their deliberation with the far right-wing plan of Paul Ryan.” The far right-wing plan of Paul Ryan, you mean the one that adds trillions of dollars […]

July 8, 2013 4

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Social Security Disability Could Learn From Aflac And Other Private Companies Who Aren’t Broke

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – “Congress faces 2016 deadline to save Social Security’s disability program.” Now hold on just a cotton-picking moment there! What do you mean save the Social Security’s disability program? Where’s the trust fund? I thought that there was a trust fund out there. I thought this thing was solvent all the way up until 2033, we were being told just a year ago. Check out […]

June 27, 2013 4

Founders Corner

An Actual Founding Father’s Inaugural Address – No Egos Here

Let me read to you how a Founding Father accepted his inauguration. This will come as a shock to you people, but I actually have here in my hands the text of Thomas Jefferson’s first inaugural address. Yes, even back then those old fuddy-duddy guys in white stockings and powdered wigs gave addresses when they were inaugurated. The striking thing about Jefferson’s inauguration is the humility and the humble attitude […]

June 10, 2013 8

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War-Hungry GOP Wants To Spend Money On War But Not To Feed The Children

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Since you’re not going to end the program, and since you’re not going to end all manner of foreign transfer payments, whether it’s foreign aid or Bernyankme shoveling money off to banks in foreign lands, since none of this is going to stop, why in dude’s holy name would you allow this to be branded as and to come at the expense of women, […]

June 6, 2013 4

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Rand Paul Can Live With $2.6 Trillion Worth Of Government, And That’s A Good Thing

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Rand Paul’s statement that he can live with $2.6 trillion worth of government, to me, is a dropping of the gauntlet. I don’t believe you people out there or your neighbors out there in the states can live with $2.6 trillion worth of leviathan. Here comes the other rub. Whether you have one-third of the largesse you currently enjoy, more than a third, half […]

June 4, 2013 5

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Rand Paul Is The Only Serious Contender Attending “Romney Palooza”

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Christie flies to Utah this Thursday. He and Rand Paul and Paul Ryan are all going to Romney Palooza, a big hoop-de-doo gathering out in Utah that is hosted by the former candidate. “Romney retreat to draw three GOP presidential hopefuls.” The retreat is called the Experts and Enthusiasts event set for Thursday and Friday in Park City. Check out today’s transcript for the […]

June 4, 2013 5

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Instead Of Outsourcing Parking, Cities Should Offer Leases To Private Property Owners

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – My proposition is very simple. I don’t have an issue or a problem with an incorporated city managing any property that they own and selling parking services. What I have a problem with and what I have suggested is what the city ought to do is get out of the business, totally out of the business of parking. Just get out of it. Fire […]

May 30, 2013 5

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The Problem Is Big Government And We Need To Find A Solution

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – If you really want to do something about it, here’s a word for you to research and think about all weekend long: secession. [mocking] “Why don’t you get in line with the rest of us? Why do you keep going to that? You know it’s not going to happen. Why do you keep talking about it?” I keep bringing it up because it forces […]

May 17, 2013 4