Federal Spending 1972-2011: What The?!?

By John Brown | May 29, 2012 - 4:00 pm |June 10, 2020 Blather

Last week a chart made the rounds, ranking the Presidents since Reagan on spending. Look at Reagan. That happy man is a freaking profligate. Obama, on the other hand, heck, he’s doing better than Bill Clinton. Except there are a few problems. First, I can’t tie this data out to the official CBO numbers. Second, →

New Mandatory Two-question Test for Our Leaders in Washington

By John Brown | April 18, 2012 - 2:54 pm |April 19, 2012 Blather

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This is not a Democrat thing. This is not a Republican thing. This is a Budgeting for Morons 101 thing. I think anyone who is sent to Washington needs to pass a test. The test will have two questions. Can you pass it? Big Hairy Test Question 1. Fill in the blank. Use your incredible subtraction skills →

Conservative Republican Amnesia

By John Brown | December 27, 2011 - 4:15 pm |December 28, 2011 Blather

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If you ask the “conservative” talking heads–Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, etc.–who THE best conservative president of the last 100 years was, they will say Ronald Reagan. If you ask their dogs, they will bark “Ronald Reagan.” Their gerbils will say other things, but everyone knows you can’t trust rodents. Ask the regular conservative Wanda and Mack (Jane and Joe →

The Rocket Science of Overspending

By John Brown | October 21, 2011 - 8:36 am |October 21, 2011 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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In July, I blogged some spending 101 for Congress and the President, including contigency planning for alien invasions. I thought I made some good points. However, through the whole spending debate that occured this last spring nobody in the media or elsewhere was able to make clear what is going on with the US government. Nobody except Dave Ramsey. He →

Some 101 for Congress and the President

By John Brown | July 29, 2011 - 5:05 pm |August 1, 2011 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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It’s not really rocket science. If you have loans outstanding and the payment is due, you owe the creditors a payment. Payables for Idiots 101. If you have received goods and services, then you owe your vendors a payment. Payables for Idiots 102. You pay your bills. End of story. That’s what grown ups do. →