Barack Obama set out a few modest goals in his address to both chambers of Congress last night: cure cancer, reform Social Security and Medicare, destroy al-Qaeda, end our dependence on foreign oil, promise education to every American "from the day they are born" to the day they begin work, and "save our planet from the ravages of climate change." The few prescriptions for accomplishing these … [Read more...]
Costly Shibboleths
February 25, 2009 By Ben Johnson
Filed Under: Big Government, Economics, Environmentalism, FrontPage Magazine, Hatred of the Military, Obama administration Tagged With: Alyssa Lappen, Barack Obama, Ben Johnson, cap-and-trade, Cornelia Grumman, Department of Defense, Economics, Environmentalism, First Five Years Fund, FrontPage Magazine, Government Spending, Great Society, Guantanamo Bay, Head Start, John McCain, Keynesianism, Medicare, Obama stimulus, Sarah Palin, SCHIP program, sin taxes, Social Security, Socialized medicine, stagflation, tax cuts, tax hikes, tax rebates, wealth redistribution
