Jim Wheeler
BS, USNA, Annapolis, 1959; MSA, The Geo. Washington U., 1975; Submariner, Commander, USN, 1959 - 1981; Aerospace battery engineer & mgr., 1981 - 1999; Political affiliation: Mainly of the Democratic persuasion but not a fan of the extremes on either side.
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Category Archives: Government waste
Kip Complainer
Currently making the rounds of the TV networks is one Kip Hawley, former TSA Administrator from 2005 until January, 2009. He’s pushing his short new co-written book that complains about (what else?) the TSA. In a recent op-ed for the … Continue reading
An Economic Conversation
Having been inspired by my recent trip into the past in the time machine left to me by my distant ancestor, Dr. Wells, I recently resolved to test its functions for traveling into the Floyd’s house was a modest, well, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Federal Government, Fiscal Policy, Government size, Government waste, Humor, Medicare
Tagged ACA, humor, MediCaid, Medicare, tax code, tax code reform, tax preparers
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Inspector Clouseau, We Need You!
For those of you who may have missed the ABC News item the other day on airport security, here is an interesting item that should be a 5-alarm wakeup call for the Department of Homeland Security. You can’t make this … Continue reading
Posted in Government size, Government waste, Terrorism
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The Naked Truth
In Saturday’s Joplin Globe (11/20/10) columnist Jay Ambrose says he has a problem with how the U.S. is handling anti-terrorism security, and I agree with him. He sensibly points out that the new screening methods for airline passengers are controversial … Continue reading
Please, Stop Me Before I Do It Again!
Today’s (11/04/10) Joplin Globe is right about San Francisco and Happy Meals. The junk food is outrageously fattening and bad for kids, but I have to agree that making government (San Francisco) tell a company (McDonald’s) what not to market … Continue reading
Posted in Fiscal Policy, Government waste, Local government, Medicine, Taxes
Tagged bad behavior, behavior police, human behavior
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Dutch Sandwich, Anyone? Yum, Yum
According to ABC News Friday evening, reporting on research by Bloomberg writer Jesse Drucker, Google, Microsoft and other corporations are using a financial strategy called the “Dutch sandwich” to legally avoid corporate taxes in the United States. ABC News said … Continue reading
American Dream, Dismal Science
Economics is sometimes called “The Dismal Science”, and for good reason. One president, Harry S Truman, kept getting evasive and contradictory advice from an economist who kept offering alternatives with his advice. After almost every assertion the professor would then … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Federal Government, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy / War, Government size, Government waste, Health, Medicine, War
Tagged American dream, Congressional Research Service, Culture, economics, entitlements, fiscal responsibility, government debt, Gross domestic product, Social Security Trust Fund
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Fairness and Resentment
Much of the angst in the nation and the world concerns fairness, or alternatively, JUSTICE. This can be a complicated subject in philosophy and much has been written about it in every conceivable context. I here list some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Ethics / Morality, Government size, Government waste, Justice
Tagged affirmative action, casinos, equality, fairness, justice, race
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Washington Works?
I post this in sympathetic reaction to Anson Burlingame’s diatribe, just published in his blog today. His frustration with “bureaucrats” caused me to dig out of my ancient files a document I find pertinent to the subject. If you haven’t … Continue reading
Still Skeptical After All These Years 