Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Budgeting For Dummies

Let's say you have a montly budget of $3,500. Do you think you'd be able to cut your expenses by about $130 bucks each month without severely impacting your lifestyle? I bet you could. The Federal government, however, is unable to accomplish such a task. If they could, maybe they could find a way to cut $130 billion from a $3-4 trillion budget... which if they kept it up could balance the budget in 10 years.

On a related note, I for one am extremely pleased that my taxes won't be going up next month (and the year-long reduction in payroll taxes is nice, too!).

Thursday, September 16, 2010

The Sensible Middle Ground

I suppose I should take some comfort in the fact that I've been accused of being both a denier and a warmist. But the polarized nature of the global warming debate is no laughing matter. Limiting the debate to only two valid positions—for or against—makes a constructive discussion impossible. If we truly want to make progress on climate change, we must acknowledge a middle way—one that recognizes that while we do need to deal with the reality of global warming, solutions based on worst-case scenarios will actually do more harm than good.

The smart middle path means making green energy so cheap everyone wants it. There's nothing confusing about it.

- Bjorn Lomborg