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A Timid Administration

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Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

And in response, President Barack Obama (D) once again bowed to Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, who personally delivered the threat, and virtually to King Salman bin Abdulaziz.  Obama then responded to the Saudi threat, meekly.  He

has lobbied Congress to block the bill’s passage, according to administration officials and congressional aides from both parties….

This timidity is a part of what Democratic Party Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (I, VT) insist they will perpetuate, should they be elected.

Elections have consequences.

Tax the Rich for the Benefit of the Rest of Us?

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The Left—Democratic Party Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (I, VT), for instance—want the rich to pay their fair share in taxes.

What is their fair share, you ask?

(…), Clinton and Sanders answer.

Here’s what the rich are paying today, according to our very own IRS, via AEIdeas:IncomeTaxShares

Notice that.  The hated 1% already are paying nearly 40% of the income taxes being paid—that includes Warren “I’m Not Paying Enough, but Don’t Ask Me to Donate to Treasury” Buffet—even though they earned less than 20% of the total income.  Meanwhile, the poor, downtrodden, and abused bottom 50% aren’t even paying 3% of the total.

Hmm….

Grow Government

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It’s what Democrats do.  Here’s another installment, this one by Democratic Party Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton:

I would create the first ever Office of Immigrant Affairs.  [The office] would create a dedicated place in the White House to coordinate integration policies across the federal government and with state and local government as well.

Never mind that the private economy already is in that niche, groups like

CASA de Maryland, Refugee Council USA, the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, the US Catholic Conference of Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services, and The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

Never mind that myriad Federal agencies already involved in immigration affairs could be combined and streamlined, agencies like US Citizenship and Immigration Services; Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification; Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, its visa management facility; The National Visa Center, a private company under contract to the DoS that’s in the middle of the green card issuing process.

But that would shrink government.  Can’t have that.

The Obama Legacy

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Peabody Energy Corp on Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors just weeks after warning that it could do so, the latest in a string of bankruptcies that have ricocheted through the US coal-mining industry.

The move by St Louis-based Peabody, the largest US coal mining company, follows on the heels of similar moves by Arch Coal Inc, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc, Patriot Coal Corp and Walter Energy, Inc.

Certainly, Peabody’s debt and competing energy sources have weighed, as has reduced steel production along with the Obama Recovery’s drag on our economy.  However, “environmental” regulations, designed by President Barack Obama to destroy the industry have contributed both to the reduction in steel production and to Peabody’s reduced ability to function.

The destruction of an industry.  Something only a Progressive could be proud of.  And something Democratic Party Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said repeatedly that she will continue—in spades.

Is This Person a Fit Leader?

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Some of you may have heard about the little to-do involving New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), Democratic Party Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and a crack about CP time, which of course means Cautious Politician time.  The thing is textbook much ado about nothing, but that just emphasizes the failure of Clinton’s response to the flap:

Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit.  He has addressed it, and I will really defer to him because it is something that he’s already talked about.

Yeah, just cut and run.  Do we really need such a one in the White House?