It's Not About Jobs
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis
With government reported unemployment hovering around nine percent and the real unemployment rate much higher, those with constituencies to please are talking off a script intent to create jobs. Along a commuter route...
One Nation Under Debt
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis
In light of our burgeoning national debt and impending financial catastrophe, Robert E. Wright points out that without "the debt", what we know as the United States would likely not exist. During and after the revolut...
National Debt Relief
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis
Sensational rhetoric resounds, "We must raise the debt ceiling or face bankruptcy." The underlying message to this all but foregone conclusion is that the full faith, trust and confidence of the U.S. Government, and b...
Congress - Coalition Of The Unwilling And Unable
Copyright (c) 2010 Scott F Paradis
As the sanctimonious fervor raging around the tax rates extension subsides, and we breathe a collective sigh of relief as presumably more dollars will flow to our own pockets, we find our nation accelerating down a pa...
Mandate? Not This Election
Copyright (c) 2010 Scott F Paradis
Any claim by a politician or party of a mandate to rule from this election is clear evidence of having missed the message. The prevailing mantra to move the electorate has become: "We are not them!" where "them" ref...
America in a Hole? Stop Digging!
Copyright (c) 2010 Scott F Paradis
The first thing to do when in a hole is stop digging. Well we've created quite a hole for ourselves. Millions out of work, entire industries failing, housing values crashing, state budgets crumbling and of course bo...