The NHTSA and the Chevy Volt
After years of promoting the development of electric cars, the federal government now finds itself in the position of investigating a key safety risk. Batteries in the Chevy Volt caught fire in three recent crash ....
Month: November 2011
The Debt Reduction Super Committee
The debt reduction super committee must decide by Wednesday how to cut $1.2 trillion over the next ten years or face automatic reductions that include a hefty cut in defense. However this turns out, the ....
Alan Blinder and the flat tax
The flat tax idea must be gaining traction. Just take a look at former Fed vice chairman Alan Blinder’s op ed piece in Monday’s (November 14) Wall Street Journal. Blinder is a heavy hitter for ....
Cut & Simplify
Most of the economic proposals I’m hearing from the Republican pool have some merit, but they miss the mark. Simple plans like Cain’s 9-9-9 just don’t hold up to economic and political scrutiny. Complicated ones ....
Nader’s proposed tax on speculation
Self-proclaimed consumer advocate Ralph Nader posted an interesting op ed in today’s (November 2) Wall Street Journal calling for a “tax on speculation.” This is necessary, as he puts it, to “break the corporate stranglehold ....