NANNY STATE HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER BILL CHOCK FULL OF TAX HIKES
on Oct 30, 2009 in H.R 3962 Big Brother nanny state hidden taxes calorie count displays health care bill Health Choices Administration bigbrotherspeak H.R. 3962 devotes 10 pages (P. 1510-1519) to regulations requiring calorie counts be displayed at drive thru restaurant chains of 20 or more and vending machines. And the Secretary of HHS even gets to determine the recipes that will be used to estab...

BUT NOBODY MESSES WITH JOE
on Oct 29, 2009 in health care reform medicare fraud nanny state HR 3962 Stimulus Bill home tax credit watchdog list nobody messes with Joe stimulus jobs cash for clunkers Congress must think we are either dumb or illiterate to buy the fantasy of paying for Health Care Reform by eliminating fraud & waste in Medicare & Medicaid. This week alone the following examples of government's inability to run programs wi...

CONCEIT DRIVES THE NANNY STATE
on Oct 28, 2009 in conceit H.W. Jenkins nanny state john Stossel Last night (10/27) John Stossel referred to the CONCEIT of the Self Appointed. H. W. Jenkins in a WSJ Op Ed piece (10/28) describes the economic suicide path of Congress and attributes it to a CONCEIT that Washington can hector the recipients, whet...

PELOSI AND GANG MUST BE SLOW LEARNERS
on Oct 26, 2009 in Pelosi government overreach Big Brother nanny state Gallup Freddie Mac Fannie Mae big government The financial future of ALL of us was compromised because too many spent more than they could afford--both now and in the future. The Lessons Learned? Apparently NONE!!Percentage increases in House appropriations bills is stunning: 2009-2010Defens...

RUNNING THE USA LIKE A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
on Oct 25, 2009 in compensation pay czar Kenneth Feinberg executive pay TARP One man rule on pay. In my experience, the only time there is a single decider on pay is in a sole proprietorship--the BOSS decides the PAY. In partnerships, generally the partners consult. In corporations, a Compensation Committee recommends to t...

CHILDHOOD OBESITY--THANK THE TRIAL LAWYERS AND LIBERALS
on Aug 13, 2009 in nanny state tag banned playground equipment recess We do have a problem in the US with overweight kids. Fast food gets blamed and deserves it--but that's not the whole story. When I was growing up, we worked off that energy and fat during recess. But look what's happened to recess. No touch game...

CONDESCENDING--THE TONE OF A NANNY STATE MINDSET
on Aug 12, 2009 in town halls specter McCaskill nanny state HR 3200 arrogance Mother voice Have you noticed the condescending tone by the politicos and the bureaucrats? McCaskill "Must I use my 'Mother' voice?" --like the audience is children. Obama--"That's just plain silly"--totally discounting the concerns express...

U.S. Seniors Victims of Greatest Fraud in History of Mankind
on Aug 6, 2009 in Medicare cuts $500 Billion medicare fraud Medicare HR 3200 111th Congress seniors Trust Fund Obamacare health care bill rich fat smokers lack of trust What happened to 47 years of payments into the "TRUST FUND"? My history:1962-1964: Pay $$ into Social Security1965-2009: Pay $$ into SS & Medicare47 years: Government takes "TRUST FUND" $$ and spends itGov't issues IOUs-...

Twilight Zone "The Obsolete Man" --direction of government?
on Aug 2, 2009New Years my son saw "The Obsolete Man", a 1961 episode of the Twilight Zone, on one of those marathon sessions. Eerie!! In 1961 this was REALLY FAR FETCHED! In 2009--sure hear some familiar themes in it. You can at watch the it at IMD...

Less Free, Less Safe, Less Secure--Nanny State Future
on Apr 16, 2009 in 2nd Amendment nanny state Thomas Jefferson Barbie tax tea parties H.R. 45 Auto Task Force The nanny state mentality promises security and safety -- a false, deceptive promise. LESS FREE--that is obvious. Bureaucrats and elected officials make decisions about how we will live our daily lives, raise and educate our children, stock our...