Energy

Obama cuts another great deal

Monday, June 21st, 2010

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President Obama managed to get BP to agree to $100/million dollars to cover payroll expenses for his six month moritorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.  The problem is that the monthly salaries of the workers is actually $330/million per month.  So, 6 months would amount to $1.98 Billion dollars or $1.88 [...]

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Job Killing Policies

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

John Boehner’s Leader Alert today is titled “As Americans Ask “Where Are the Jobs?” Obama Advisor Pushes for Even More Tax Hikes”.  It talks about Paul Volcker’s (President Obama’s advisor) recommendation to implement a Value Added Tax (VAT).  As the article explains, this will increase costs and cause further job losses.
The article also includes details on other job [...]

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