The Professor’s Notes

Drew, at his blog “Notes from Off-center” wrote, in criticizing the current Bush Administration that “Just like Reagan, Bush II has taken a balanced budget and screwed it up.” I suppose everyone is entitled to a little bit of re-writing history, but to argue that Reagan started with a government that had a balanced [...]

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I last wrote about the numbers being a bit “off” on the gas tax. I stand by the “general” analysis, since the discussions in the media centered around the “average American” but I wanted to discuss a bit more in depth, some other confounding variables.
Of course, the first is the diesel tax. Most [...]

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Rarely do I write these short postings but…
It struck me today that “tax day” is perfectly placed for politicians.  Far enough ahead of election day that we forget the pain, and far enough after election day that we aren’t thinking about the pain quite yet.
Coincidence?

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It is unfortunate that news stories, once released, seem to have a life of their own.
Regular readers will remember that I have had “issues” with the lack of care exercised by my fellow bloggers on the left when it comes to reporting the facts. In the past, I have challenged the blogging from “A [...]

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WHIOTV.com - News - Fairborn Schools Face Another Failed Levy
Ever wonder why school levies always seem to fail, and yet school taxes always seem to go up, and never go down? It’s simple– the levies keep coming back, and coming back, until they pass. It is interesting, the levies lose, and lose, [...]

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Yahoo! News - CBO Report: Bush Tax Cuts Tilted to Rich
Wow!! Here I was preparing to write a blog about how both sides can present “true” facts (yes, I realize the humor in that…) and still hold opposing views.
It turns out that the Democrats chose to distort the facts anyway. Why would they do [...]

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Welcome back. I see the rows are still empty, but thankfully, this is a lecture that others can come back to review prior to any exam. (NOT)
I have given much thought to the economic news. Today the latest job figures were released, and while unemployment had gone down significantly, there is still some [...]

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