America’s Fiscal Problem Is Excessive Government Spending

America’s Fiscal Problem Is Excessive Government Spending - Dan Mitchell
"...But since many people focus first and foremost on fiscal balance, let’s take a look at why budget surpluses at the turn of the century have turned into big budget deficits.
I’m motivated to address this issue because of this chart from Brian Riedl’s impressive collection. 

It shows spending increases are responsible for 97.5 percent of the shift.

• Some of you may be wondering if the chart is accurate. I can easily imagine my friends on the left exclaiming, “What about the Bush tax cuts and the Trump tax cuts?!?”
• Those tax cuts did happen, but they were mostly offset by Obama’s “fiscal cliff” tax increase and real bracket creep (the tax burden tends to increase over time since even small increases in economic growth will push households into higher tax brackets)...

I'm thinking...NOT!

 

27 of Top 30 Crime-Ridden Cities Run by Democrats

27 of Top 30 Crime-Ridden Cities Run by Democrats

• Those on the Left know that their soft-on-crime policies have wreaked havoc in the cities where they have implemented those policies," the report says.
  

"The Heritage Foundation today released a 19-page report titled “The Blue City Murder Problem” that includes analysis on crime data and explores who is responsible for rising crime throughout the U.S. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.)
...The authors continued:

#1 This day 1972-----I Can See Clearly Now

A Voter's Primer: The Seven Health Policy Habits of Insanely Progressive People - American Thinker

A Voter's Primer: The Seven Health Policy Habits of Insanely Progressive People - American Thinker

By C.J. Baker, M.D.

"What is the most painful lesson the COVID-19 saga has taught the American people?  

Perhaps it was how, over the past two and a half years, we have been force-fed an extended taste of the dystopian version of "health care" that the Democrat Party and the Washington nomenklatura (but I repeat myself) seek to permanently impose on us...

Presenting the Seven Health Policy Habits of Insanely Progressive People:

1. Martial law as "public health."  Remember how "two weeks to flatten the curve" became two years to flatten your will to live?  Get ready for draconian, indefinitely extended lockdown measures whenever a "public health emergency" is declared — for example, before major elections.

2. Mandatory jab policies gone wild...

Does this include democrat intimidation?

 

Florida doctors will no longer be authorized to prescribe puberty blockers or 'gender affirming' surgeries to minors - TheBlaze

Florida doctors will no longer be authorized to prescribe puberty blockers or 'gender affirming' surgeries to minors - TheBlaze: 

After a contentious vote on Friday, the Florida Board of Medicine and Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine adopted rules that will prohibit doctors from prescribing certain medicines or performing certain surgeries on minors who believe that they are transgender. The rules had been pushed by Florida Surgeon General Joseph Lapado and were publicly supported by Governor Ron DeSantis (R), who last week took issue with some in the medical community during a gubernatorial debate.

Gotta see Dixon own the jackals!-----Michigan Republican @TudorDixon running to defeat Gov. Whitmer gives absolute masterclass on OWNING the Corporate Media for 3 straight minutes

Instapundit--Michigan Republican @TudorDixon running to defeat Gov. Whitmer gives absolute masterclass on OWNING the Corporate Media for 3 straight minutes

WATCH: Whitmer Bails on Interview When Questioned About Pandemic Record.

In contrast, her opponent has no problem has no problem responding to DNC-MSM questions:

Posted by Ed Driscoll

AM Vote-check!

 

History for November 8

History for November 8 - On-This-Day.com

Margaret Mitchell 1900

• 1805 - The "Corps of Discovery" reached the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was led by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. The journey had begun on May 14, 1804, with the goal of exploring the Louisiana Purchase territory.
• 1895 - Wilhelm Roentgen while experimenting with electricity discovered the scientific principle involved and took the first X-ray pictures.
• 1923 - Adolf Hitler made his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the "Beer-Hall Putsch."
• 1956 - After turning down 18,000 names, the Ford Motor Company decided to name their new car the "Edsel," after Henry Ford's only son.
• 1966 - Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California.
• 1992 - About 350,000 people rallied in Berlin against racist violence.

Make your choice!

 

Biden vows to shut down coal plants, Joe Manchin responds - TheBlaze

Biden vows to shut down coal plants, Joe Manchin responds - TheBlaze: 

President Joe Biden vowed to shut down coal plants "all across America" during a speech on Friday. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin from West Virginia shot back at President Biden and demanded he apologize for his remarks. Biden claimed that coal plants "cost too much money."

The way we were-----The Ronny Howard Show (1966) w/ Donna Butterworth

Lies, Damned Lies And Government Fire Statistics

Russia Warns That World's 5 Nuclear Powers Are On Brink Of "Direct Armed Conflict" | ZeroHedge

Russia Warns That World's 5 Nuclear Powers Are On Brink Of "Direct Armed Conflict" |

• Russia’s foreign ministry said it fears that the world’s five declared nuclear powers are “on the brink of a direct armed conflict,” with Moscow warning of a catastrophic fallout and insisting that avoiding a clash is its top priority.

The Kremlin statement, issued on Nov. 2, accused Western powers of “encouraging provocations with weapons of mass destruction” and called on the West to stop or face the prospect of “catastrophic consequences.”...

As the media buries the real violence!-----Shot fired at family home of N. Carolina US House candidate

Shot fired at family home of N. Carolina US House candidate

• RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A recent shooting at the Hickory, North Carolina, residence of GOP congressional candidate Pat Harrigan's parents and young children caused no injuries but placed “tremendous stress” on the family in the final weeks of his campaign, Harrigan's mother said Thursday.
• Marla Harrigan, 74, told The Associated Press on Thursday that she and her husband James Harrigan were watching television down the hall when a bullet shattered their laundry room window on the night of Oct. 18. The Hickory Police Department responded to their 911 call and noted in the police report that the incident involved a firearm.
• The congressional candidate's children, ages 3 and 5, were asleep in the bedroom directly above the room where the shooting occurred, Marla Harrigan said...

Biden's Border Chief Opens Border for 24,000 More Venezuelan Migrants

Biden's Border Chief Opens Border for 24,000 More Venezuelan Migrants: 

President Joe Biden’s border chief is rubber-stamping migration requests by 24,000 more poor Venezuelans, even as tens of millions of Americans suffer from declining wages, rising rents, and chaotic politics.

Tulsi Gabbard Calls Out 'One Of The Dirtiest Tricks' The Federal Governm...

The Left Were the Mad Scientists, We Were Their Lab Rats

The Left Were the Mad Scientists, We Were Their Lab Rats - By Victor Davis Hanson

"As the midterms approach, one way of looking at America’s current disaster is that we, the American people, were lab rats. 

And since 2021, the Left were the mad scientists, eager to try out their crackpot leftist experiments on us.

• The result is that the housing market is tottering on the verge of collapse.
• As interest rates soar, our $31 trillion national debt crowds out everything else in the budget.
• Inflation roars at a rate of 8-9 percent per annum, higher than at any time in 40 years. Yet the prices of the stuff of life—food, fuel, shelter, energy—are far steeper still than the official rate.
• No one is safe from thugs anymore—whether a commuter on a New York subway or the Pelosis in Pacific Heights.
• The country reportedly has a 25-day supply of diesel fuel—the energy source that runs the nation. 
• We never fixed the supply-chain crisis of last year, and so still face shortages of key consumer goods.
• The labor participation rate is at an all-time low—given fat government COVID subsidies, the Siren-song appeal of staying home after the lockdowns, fear of COVID, and millions of workers with long COVID...

Lunch video-----Hillary Clinton claims 2016 election was 'stolen' from her

Noon-toon

 

Sweden Halts Approved COVID-19 Vaccine Use For People Under 30 | The Daily Caller

Sweden Halts Approved COVID-19 Vaccine Use For People Under 30 | The Daily Caller: 

Sweden’s Public Health Agency recommended suspending administration of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine to individuals aged 30 years old and younger this week.

The agency said Wednesday it was a temporary measure due to concerns about the vaccine increasing risk of heart inflammation. Authorities will wait until more data is available on the risk of developing pericarditis or myocarditis from the shot before making a final decision.

Follow their greed. "Late-term" abortions are their evil gravy train!

IS WATER RACIST? ISN’T EVERYTHING?

Instapundit--IS WATER RACIST? ISN’T EVERYTHING?  The Pipeline - Steven F. Hayward

"Last year California’s State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), explicitly responding to the suddenly discovered legacy of “white supremacy” and “the national and worldwide backlash against racism toward Black people and related Black Lives Matter protests of 2020,” passed a nine-page resolution(accompanied by 47 pages of “reference literature”), headlined “Condemning Racism, Xenophobia, Bigotry, and Racial Injustice and Strengthening Commitment to Racial Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Access, and Anti-Racism.”...
...Naturally the Board now includes “climate change” as one of its primary concerns, and “public outreach” and education—essentially propaganda and self-congratulation—as key functions...

But is California’s water more or less racist than its roads and bridges? - Posted by Ed Driscoll