Author: John Hawkins

  “The only problem is – and this is initially going to seem like heresy from a progressive is – the truth is everybody needs to pay more taxes, not just the rich. And it’s a good start. But we’re not going to get out of this deficit problem unless we raise taxes across the […]

There is no arbitrary standard for poverty; so what makes a person “poor?” Can you live in a million dollar mansion and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and be poor? Actually, you can under the government’s current defintion of poverty, which is based on income, not net worth. Can you collect more than $50,000 […]

Obama won; so: Detroit wants its free goodies. The city of Detroit faces a major financial crisis and one member of city council thinks President Barack Obama should step in and help. City Council member JoAnn Watson said Tuesday the citizens support of Obama in last month’s election was enough reason for the president to bailout […]

  Per Circuit Court Judge Tim Boyle, Corey Curtis may have a right to life (along with liberty and the pursuit of happiness), but he doesn’t: have the right to create any more life. The Wisconsin man, who has fathered nine children with six women, was ordered yesterday to cease procreating until he can support his […]

Despite all the talk you hear about the rich needing to pay their “fair share,” the United States already has the most progressive income tax in the entire Western world. Moreover, there is an enormous number of Americans in the middle class while there are very few super rich. What that means is that as […]

“I believe the NRA is the new KKK. And that the arming of so many black youths, uh, and loading up our community with drugs, and then just having an open shooting gallery, is the work of people who obviously don’t have our best interests [at heart].” –Sportswriter Jason Whitlock First of all, congrats to […]

What a colossal ass. Hat tip to: Lucianne: for the picture and caption.

Despite what you may have heard, it should not require a constitutional amendment tostop the children of foreigners born here from becoming American citizens: – and we should: definitely take steps to stop this practice. Dozens of Chinese mothers are giving birth to their babies in a house atop a hill in a wealthy neighborhood of Chino […]

  Over at Breitbart, John Nolte: can’t believe we’re losing the argument over raising taxes. How is it that the GOP is so feckless and ineffective that it can’t even convince the 48% who voted for Romney that raising taxes on those making over $250,000 is both pointless and bad policy: Sixty percent of all Americans […]

“Weighing benefits against costs is the way most people make decisions – and the way most businesses make decisions, if they want to stay in business. Only in government is any benefit, however small, considered to be worth any cost, however large.” –Thomas Sowell When it comes to unemployment insurance, we’ve always tried to balance […]

I have to admit that at first, I disagreed with this harsh letter that Nick Crews wrote to his disappointing children. It just seemed far too: rough a message for a father to send to his kids. However, when I thought about the loving parents (as opposed to the bad parents) I know with terrible kids […]

The biggest threat to America’s future is the size and power of our own government. If you agree with that statement, then you’re probably a conservative. If you disagree and believe that big government is a boon to the country and not a threat at all, you’re probably a liberal. So says Gallup. The sad […]

Remember the spending cuts Democrats delivered after they cut a deal with Ronald Reagan to raise taxes? Oh yeah, those never happened. And remember the future military cuts that both parties agreed to as part of the debt ceiling stand-off? Yeah, those are never going to happen either. So now that Republicans are negotiating with […]