Michael Oberndorf,FloydReports.com For two-and-a-half years,the neo-fascist Democrats,led by Harry Reid,D-NV,and Nancy Pelosi,D-CA,willfully refused to submit a budget,despite controlling a large majority in both houses of Congress and the presidency. The government has thus been forced to operate on continuing resolutions,allowing them to play brinksmanship games [...] Rep. Tom McClintock,FloydReports.com Imagine a family that earns $50,000 a year but is spending more than $88,000 with a credit card balance of $330,000. The discussions around the kitchen table are likely to be a little tense. Proportionally,that’s where Washington’s finances are today,and that’s why the national discussion is a little [...] Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com If indeed the road to Hell is paved with good intentions,President Obama and his cohorts in the Democratic Party must be feeling the heat on their backsides after the House voted to pass the Cut,Cap and Balance (CCB) plan. In response to the GOP’s proposal,it should come [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com Being a congressman can be a great job. It can be attractive for someone who relishes the ersatz virtue of playing Santa Claus with other people’s money,who finds a year-round routine of fund-raising social events enjoyable,and who covets receiving one of the most generous pensions on the [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com The trustees of the Medicare system recently reported that the program will go broke in the year 2024—five years sooner than was projected just last year. The millions of Americans who have been counting on Medicare to be a reliable,stable guarantor of affordable health care in their senior [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com Mao taught his follower,“Politics is war without bloodshed,while war is politics with bloodshed.” Obama practices his politics as the master taught. In his speech before the mourners of the January 8,2011,Tucson shooting,he said,“As we discuss these issues,let each of us do [...] Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com There is a struggle now being waged in Washington,the outcome of which will determine whether the nation’s economy will grow or continue to falter. The main combatants are President Barack Obama and a thoughtful member of Congress from the nation’s heartland,Rep. Paul Ryan,R-WI. One of them,the president,[...] | |