Archive for September, 2008

A financial bailout plan that will work.

September 30th, 2008 | Category: Articles by Captain Obvious, Current Events, Economic, Independent

After reading the wording on the bill that failed the House yesterday, I may have a solution that will work. The reason I will not support a bail out plan is because it rewards the companies who screwed up and leaves the taxpayer with the bill while former CEO’s are rich and suffer no consequence. I will not let my representative vote for any form of a bailout package that makes us pay for garbage while decreasing the value of the dollar and doing nothing for the people who pay for it. Here is my proposed solution and I hope all of you will forward this on to your Representative and Senator. Read more

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If the economy is in such a crisis:

So much is being made about the economy. I will be posting an idea of how to fix things in another post which should be up tonight, but I want to focus this post on several things that some may not be thinking about. Read more

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Youtube Review… Obama vs. Rush.

If you have the stomach to watch 2 political ads, here is one by Obama and since McCain didn’t do any of the crap Obama accused him of, so Limbaugh came out and separated himself from McCain. Read more

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Corporate Bailouts

September 21st, 2008 | Category: Articles by Captain Obvious, Conservative, Current Events, Economic

Mybe it’s just me, but damn, why do taxpayers have to pay money to keep a company in business? Read more

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The U.S House passes an energy bill… sorta

September 16th, 2008 | Category: Articles by Captain Obvious, Conservative, Economic

Don’t get too excited. This 290 page democrat bill will increase your gas prices if passed by the senate and then overides a Bush veto. Read more

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An Energy Plan That Can Be Tied To Job Creation.

September 13th, 2008 | Category: Articles by Captain Obvious, Conservative, Economic, Environment

I have discussed this on the phatooine.net message boards until I am blue in the face, but is high fuel not the base problem of the economy right now? Read more

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The Size of the Federal Government

September 04th, 2008 | Category: Articles by Captain Obvious, Economic, Independent

No matter if you are a democrat or republican, I think we can all agree that the size of the federal government is too large. Read more

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