Category Archives: The Left is Never Right

Because they haven’t harmed the auto industry enough

They now want to one-up California on fuel standards The Obama administration on Friday is expected to suggest nearly doubling fuel economy goals for new cars and light trucks — possibly to more than 60 miles per gallon by 2025. Under … Continue reading

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The Easy Way

Whenever tax discussions with leftists or people who just don’t know any better (but I repeat myself) take place, I frequently hear the whine about how people who pay Capital Gains are getting off easy only having to pay the … Continue reading

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Class Warfare vs. Real Numbers

This November, Washington voters will get to thumbs up/down Initiative 1098. This initiative would institute an income tax of 5% on incomes over $200,000 on single filers and $400,000 on couples and 9% on incomes over $500,000 on single filers … Continue reading

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Cutting the parachute off the handbasket

The New America Foundation shows you how! In the aftermath of the Great Recession, a debate over Social Security is heating up. This debate raises fundamental questions about the kind of society in which Americans wish to live. So far, … Continue reading

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This is what happens

When a city refuses to control its population of vagrants. A 35-year-old Seattle man is facing assault and hate crime charges following allegations that he accosted a clerk at a Queen Anne convenience store. According to police, Brock Stainbrook derided … Continue reading

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Remember the Lend/Lease Program?

So will your children. Except that the one they remember will be the second one. Royal Navy may need to borrow US fighter jets Britain could be forced to “borrow” American warplanes for its new aircraft carriers as the Armed … Continue reading

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Obama on the $1, FDR on the $100

First banning ammunition by an end-run around Congress, now this? The administration’s really going for broke to ram everything through before the election, aren’t they? Fake! Calm your blood pressure, folks. This is not a Treasury proposal. It’s actually an … Continue reading

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Stupid Judiciary Tricks

Of course, we’ll be talking about the 9th Circuit today. They laid a pair of goose eggs yesterday, each of which deserves ridicule in its own post, but I don’t have that kind of time. First, one of their three-panel … Continue reading

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Why, yes, they did just say that.

Tim Cavanaugh reads through some recent reports from the International Monetary Fund and wonders: Did the IMF say the USA is DOA? You should RTWT.

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What is it with these people

As with last week, I was again almost killed at work last night. This time by Karoli of the Crooks and Liars blog. Her weapon of choice was this line in a post about the disparity of the wage compensation … Continue reading

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