An honest politician

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is not worried about paying off the state’s debts or the spending from the Porkulus package. His kids and grandkids will do that (as will yours).

Your government at work

If this doesn’t show you pretty much everything wrong with government in one fell swoop then I don’t know what will :

State sending $1 checks to Washington’s needy

I want everyone reading to completely understand that this is not $1 million dollars but $1. That’s ONE DOLLAR, as in 100 pennies. The state of Washington is sending out $ONE DOLLAR checks to roughly 250,000 people who receive food stamps.

Thus it begins

The US government is thinking of boosting its ownership of Citigroup to 40%

Change we can believe in

Democratic Senator Predicts None of His Colleagues ‘Will Have the Chance’ to Read Final Stimulus Bill Before Vote

A double standard AND a rip-off

Creative borrowing catches up with California cities

This article exposes a lot of the financial mess that California cities find themselves in these days and continue to find themselves in. Some key items from the article :

Oxnard was in a bind, facing a $150-million bill to fix cracking and crumbling streets and no way to pay for the work without cutting other services.

I looked up information about Oxnard, CA. It’s the largest city in Ventura County but nonetheless has a population of only 200,000. So the bill to repair the cracking and crumbling streets amounts to $750 per person. I may not be a civil engineer but that seems like it contains a lot of waste (or more likely union rules).

How to improve this blog

Add bacon!

Is it just me…

Or does the Obama Presidency so far remind you of the dog that caught the car?

Obama’s New Tax Plan

I like it. I think it has wheels.