tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1479941112788164631..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Odds and EndsSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-26691490140773363462016-01-30T20:15:00.019-05:002016-01-30T20:15:00.019-05:00Maybe much of this could be done by the executive ...Maybe much of this could be done by the executive branch, even if the uniparty in Congress does not want to go along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-78603242846035889582016-01-30T20:12:47.672-05:002016-01-30T20:12:47.672-05:00Even better, move tax day to Election Day, and may...Even better, move tax day to Election Day, and maybe even discontinue tax withholding, so that a giant tax bill is due on Election Day. <br /><br />Publish the tax forms as a 4 color glossy magazine that has funny stories of government waste interspersed with the boxes you have to fill in with your income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-1213431712777908952016-01-30T16:25:16.322-05:002016-01-30T16:25:16.322-05:00Oh, I agree 100% about the current state of affair...Oh, I agree 100% about the current state of affairs.<br /><br />I never thought it would be possible for the USA to go so far down the tubes so fast, but then I never expected some commie poser would be given the keys to the kingdom, either!<br /><br />My poorly written "joke" was that a 5-year old article was considered "ancient".drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-53356273943173319492016-01-30T15:16:49.073-05:002016-01-30T15:16:49.073-05:00You know, I really like that. Short of shrinking ...You know, I really like that. Short of shrinking the government down to 1/4 of its current size, that may have the best chance of working. Throw out every other entry in the Code of Federal Regulations. Throw a monkey wrench into everything else. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-74930824433171021702016-01-30T14:44:24.951-05:002016-01-30T14:44:24.951-05:00So Ben Carson gave exactly the wrong answer in the...So Ben Carson gave exactly the wrong answer in the last debate, when he was asked if he would change the track the government was on with regard to renewable energy: he said that the government had signed contracts and investors had committed money into these renewable energy schemes, and he would honor these commitments.<br /><br />But that's the key. Just as the current administration has made it difficult for our foreign allies to trust us anymore, the next Republican President should make it very very scary for any individual, corporation or state to enter into any relationship with the government.<br /><br />Break every contract, or twist the interpretation so as to make it unworkable. Just like with the OPM hack, dox every regulator and every non-profit working with the EPA, etc. Mess with Title IX regulations so much that schools will all start to emulate Hillsdale and avoid federal funds. Screw with Medicade and highway funds so that states will find it is not worth their while to accept federal grants.<br /><br />Break the machine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-24868535689761462652016-01-30T11:48:23.396-05:002016-01-30T11:48:23.396-05:00Of course there's always "Stroke of the p...Of course there's always "<i>Stroke of the pen, law of the land!</i>" if the right person gets into the Oval Office. But then Congress would surely impeach and remove him if he dared do so, REGARDLESS of which party was in control. It's still the thought that counts.matismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935009854433843094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-22545688539496981332016-01-30T11:18:35.650-05:002016-01-30T11:18:35.650-05:00It's not just "Internet Time", it...It's not just "Internet Time", it's Obama time; fundamental transformation time. There isn't a week that goes by that I don't see or hear about something I never thought would happen in my lifetime. It's happening at a breakneck pace. Worse, it will be insanely hard to take apart. For instance, they buried laws for the healthcare act in the TARP bailouts, a year before the ACA passed.<br /><br />We could spend the next either years taking apart the damages from the last eight years.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-27396377207401388892016-01-30T00:06:57.043-05:002016-01-30T00:06:57.043-05:00Old? The article is only 5 years old.
OH....I for...Old? The article is only 5 years old.<br /><br />OH....I forgot...we all run on "Internet Time" now which means this article is approx 2,300 Internet Years old, give or take a few hundred....:-)drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com