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Krauthammer Predicts a VAT Tax
by Pat_S on March 22, 2010A post by Pat Charles Krauthammer predicts the Deficit Reduction Commission (remember the Sparrow’s belch?) will recommend a VAT tax to cover the huge hole we’ve dug with entitlements. He thinks it’s been Obama’s plan all along. The VAT tax is a favorite of socialist governments. A national sales tax. Vulture vomit. Here’s a Fortune write-up about VAT VAT Trap: The inevitable fix for the deficit It’s not an option Americans understand, or ever hear debated much. In fact, most folks probably never heard of it. And if they had, they probably wouldn’t want it, since it’s the bulwark of an economic system alien to the American model — the social democratic economies of Europe. But the sheer scale of...
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Have We Seen The Worst?
by Pat_S on January 22, 2010A post by Pat When things get bad we are inclined to console ourselves by thinking they could be worse. When things are the worst we take encouragement that they can only get better. As Charles Krauthammer describes this last week: Maybe this last week is more than a passing joy. The magic is gone for Obama and it will never return. The game is over for being a god. Now he’s out there trying to be one of the folks. People don’t trade down on gods. They leave them to crumble on their pedestals in abandoned temples. We don’t know if the worst is over or yet to come. Still, the events of this week give us encouragement.
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Disastrous Leadership
by Pat_S on January 16, 2010A post by Pat Liberals endlessly congratulate themselves for their compassion. They are forever in search of a thirsty man in order to hold a cup of water to his lips, taking along their camera. President Obama is making a spectacle of himself trying to be in the spotlight in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Part of it is the post-Katrina template of being seen as on-the-job after President Bush was unfairly branded as uncaring and bungling. It may also be an attempt to boost Obama’s numbers or, ahem, a distraction from his political difficulties with the health care bill. I’m not suggesting the President is entirely opportunistic. It is right for a U.S. President to speak up...
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Krauthammer: Obama’s Response to Iran Uprising “Missing History”
by Pat_S on December 28, 2009A post by Pat Charles Krauthammer critiques the President’s remarks about the Iran uprising. Flaccid words. Meaningless words. This is a revolution in the streets. Revolutions happen quickly. There is a moment here in which if the thugs in the street who are shooting in the crowds stop shooting, it’s over and the regime will fall. The courage of the demonstrators and the boldness isn’t only a demonstration of courage, it is a indication of a shift in the balance of power. The regime is weakening. This is a hinge of history. Everything in the region will change if the regime is to change. Obama ought to be strong out there and saying to the illegitimate government, we stand shoulder...
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