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You are hereLarry Perrault's blogAnn Coulter Doesn't Get It, Either? - The Wealthy Should Not Pay More Taxes
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The Truth About Taxes
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Help Romney Restore America
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Give Ryan His Head And The Choice Should Be Good
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Paranoid Delusion About "The Rich"
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Sarah Palin: Case Study For Conventional Crap
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Thoughts And Concerns On The Supreme Court Decision On ObamaCare
1) First of all, I have been saying for many months that this most momentous case for the nation would be decided by one man, with four lining up on each side and the seemingly ambiguous and somewhat unpredictable Anthony Kennedy Posted under:
Response to Article: Walker's Wisconsin win likely paves end of the road for Democrat party
So people are queasy about massive debt and out-of-control public liabilities. But "death of the Democratic Party?" We're getting a little excited, aren't we? The Democrats will pare back the rhetoric if necessary to accommodate public sentiment. But leftist pandering and envy-peddling isn't going away. Posted under:
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I posted the article below a few days ago, in which I wrote that Bill Krystol had recommended that House Republicans compromise on Obama’s call for tax rate hikes for the top 2% of income earners. That’s unprincipled and bad economics. All of my life Republicans have signed on to bad ideas with Democrats, and when they don’t work, they own it. With Hannity Wednesday, Ann Coulter said we lost the election (obviously the Republican House majority didn’t lose) and we’re going to get blamed anyway, 
Look, as the nation stands today, I’m not at all certain that it’s constructive in any way, or even morally appropriate to continue to play this counter-constitutional game of states and individuals standing by for the federal government assigning various and differing tax rates and intruding in the conduct of commerce across the country. I should clarify that I realize that the Sixteenth Amendment approved an income tax in The Constitution.
It occurred to me that some could think that after I consistently opposed Mitt Romney throughout the primaries, supporting Gingrich, I might have receded from the scene because I would not support Romney. Particularly with the election now within a few weeks, I should emphatically say that nothing could be further from the truth. I have had other distractions, but have mainly been dealing with medical issues. But, I’m backing Romney 100%. 
I’ve been relatively sparse recently. But as sometimes happens, my comments have been piling up in the last few days. However, I was compelled to react to the Paul Ryan selection to be Romney’s VP running-mate, hopefully as briefly as possible. I looked at 
I have an email correspondent who cuts loose with yet one more rant about the greedy, voracious and calloused rich suppressing and robbing the middle and lower classes. Of course, President Obama is pressing this angle right now, claiming that Mitt Romney wants to tax others to pay for “another tax cut” for the rich. One might speculate that as a leftist ideologue, he believes that the “cost” of tax cuts will eventually come out of the better interest of society, though growth, opportunity and increased revenue always follow tax cuts. 
At a work show, I once stood behind a man at the booth of a very large and well-known corporation that was advertising a position. Looking at the duties, the man was saying that he had done exactly those things in his work in a U.S. military service. The response was that unfortunately the position required a college degree. So here, a demonstrable grown-up who had done these things in a responsible position, could be put aside for a green college grad with a piece of paper. 
I want to focus on three general areas of expression and argument in Thursday’s decision upholding the constitutionality of the typically misnamed, “Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act” (referred to as Obamacare). My main thoughts of my mistaken prediction about Justice Kennedy, my perplexity at Justice Roberts’ vote and argument, and my discomfort with some of the Republican discussion:
Okay, I'll grant that big Republican wins in Wisconsin and San Jose, CA are milestones of second thought AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. 
