Garrett’s staff jerks around his constitutents
I had the opportunity to attend a MoveOn event yesterday with one of my fellow Retire Garrett partners, Michael Simonson, where we (around 25-30 of us) were going to head to Garrett’s “new” Glen Rock...
View ArticleStill Waiting on Those New Jobs
Republicans were swept into Congress in 2010 in part due to their promise to create jobs. That was priority number one, not just for their party, but for our country as well. If this economy is to...
View ArticleScott Garrett’s Vision for Our Economic Demise
I wrote a tounge-in-cheek article last Tuesday entitled It’s Time for Another symbolic Vote, Mr. Speaker in which I urged Scott Garrett to convince his Republican colleagues to hold a vote on Paul...
View ArticleGovernment Spending in a Recession
An unemployment rate of 8.1% translates to roughly 12.5 million Americans out of work. In rough numbers, every time the unemployment rate goes up one tenth of a percent, an additional 154,000...
View ArticleScott Garrett Refuses to Ask for Directions
If you felt sick and went to your doctor would you allow him or her to give you a shot without examining you first? If your car was making a funny sound would you allow your mechanic to replace the...
View ArticleNot So Fast, Mr. Garrett
Scott Garrett gave an interview to National Journal Daily which yesterday he had posted on his Congressional website. The subject of the article was Congressman Garrett’s desire to place reforming...
View ArticleA First at Retire Garrett
We’ve never posted an article at Retire Garrett more than once. Up until now there’s never been a reason to do so. But with Mitt Romney selecting Paul Ryan as his choice for Vice President on the...
View Article“Conservative Principles”
My wife and I went out to dinner late on Saturday night. By the time our dessert arrived the two of us and a party of four at the next table were the only customers left in the restaurant. As you...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Deficits, Debt and How Scott Garrett’s Fiscal...
Scott Garrett wants his constituents to believe his brand of fiscal conservatism is a solution to the economic woes of the Federal government. After all, the United States has run an annual budget...
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