Published on TheHill.com April 28, 2009 When the Obama administration crashes and burns, with approval ratings that fall through the floor, political scientists can trace its demise to its first hundred days. While Americans are careful not to consign a presidency they desperately need to succeed to the dustbin of history, the fact is that [...]
Published on TheHill.com on April 21, 2009 President Obama showed his hand this week when The New York Times wrote that he is considering converting the stock the government owns in our country’s banks from preferred stock, which it now holds, to common stock. This seemingly insignificant change is momentous. It means that the federal [...]
Sit in on a corporate board room struggling to come to grips with the new economic climate Obama has created. Do we expand? Create more jobs? Launch a new product line? Step up our marketing efforts? Ratchet up production? But, wait a minute. The bigger our company gets, the closer we come to being “too [...]
Published on TheHill.com on April 14, 2009 If your philosophy is that government can do everything better than the private sector, eventually, you’ll luck out and hit one area where that otherwise nutty philosophy happens to be true. President Obama’s plan to end private student lending and channel all loans through the direct federal program [...]
Published on TheHill.com on April 7, 2009 This economic crisis is too useful for Obama to want it to end. When Rahm Emanuel – and later Hillary Clinton – spoke of never letting a good crisis “go to waste”, many people were shocked. But now Obama seems to embody the corollary: that the crisis should [...]
On April 2, 2009, the work of July 4, 1776 was nullified at the meeting of the G-20 in London. The joint communiqué essentially announces a global economic union with uniform regulations and bylaws for all nations, including the United States. Henceforth, our SEC, Commodities Trading Commission, Federal Reserve Board and other regulators will have [...]
Published in the New York Post on April 1, 2009 More than anything else, business needs a predictable environment if it is to create jobs. Changes in the regulatory environment and the tax code make it almost impossible for businesses to make investments. Yet President Obama seems to ignore this reality. Each day’s news brings [...]
Published on TheHill.com on March 31, 2009 GM, now renamed Government Motors, has a new CEO: President Barack Obama. By replacing the head of the company and demanding a restructuring of its board in return for further TARP aid, Obama has taken upon himself the responsibility for the future of the company. As Gen. Colin [...]
