Being just weeks away from reaching our debt ceiling and with frightening talk about a fiscal cliff, there’s much sympathy in Washington for tax increases. Even conservatives are wavering. A few Republicans have dumped their anti-tax pledges, and former Nixon official-turned-actor Ben Stein favors taxing the wealthy. He says that we can’t cut our way […]
How the Financial Collapse Would Happen in an Obama Second Term
The stakes in the coming election could not be higher. While crystal ball-gazing always is hazardous, the trail America’s economy would follow, should President Obama’s re-election effort succeed, has already been blazed. Naturally, the media will tell you none of this. The upcoming election, despite the best efforts of the Obama campaign, the mainstream media, […]
Shocker: UN’s Peace Plan for Syria Near Collapse
Via Washington Post: A U.N.-brokered peace plan for Syria appeared close to collapse Sunday as the government demanded a written guarantee that the rebels will lay down their arms before authorities withdraw troops from cities and towns. The statement cast serious doubt on hopes that the peace plan — the only initiative backed by Syrian […]