Flip the Bush Tax Cuts
The Bush Tax Cuts (“Tax Breaks for the Wealthy”) will expire on December 31, 2012. The two income tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 and extended under President Obama in 2011 are estimated to have cost about 3 trillion (T) dollars so far. Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) offered up a report suggesting the expiration […]
Raptors and Irony
The irony struck me this week when I read Lockheed Martin’s announcement that it had delivered the 195th and final F-22 Raptor aircraft to the US Air Force. That came about the same time as two F-22 pilots appeared on 60 Minutes last Sunday reporting problems with the airplane’s oxygen system. They report many pilots […]
Dishwashers, Guns, and Customer Service
Sears delivered and installed a new dishwasher yesterday. Actually, we purchased the dishwasher from Sears and they contracted someone else to deliver and install it. The dishwasher replaced is a 1987 Whirlpool that did a superior job day in and day out, a bit loud in its later years and missing a piece here and […]
