Romney tax plan vs. Bush tax cuts: Why the details matter

At the second presidential debate, Mitt Romney was asked how his economic plan differed from the last Republican president, George W. Bush. The woman who asked the question was worried that Romney would repeat the Bush policies that lead to the meltdown of US banking system, and the worst recession since the Great Depression hit in 1929.

It is a legitimate question, since the focal point of the 2012 presidential campaign has been the economy and who will create the most jobs and, more importantly, how they will create them.

How Romney plans to carry out his plan must go beyond campaign trail rhetoric, because the success or failure of any plan is in the details. That's why the truth about the details matter. Words don't create jobs.

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Missing details in Romney tax plan hidden in Ryan budget disaster

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have been widely criticized for not revealing the details of their economic plan. But if you pick up the trail of clues they have left all over the campaign trail, it leads to the Ryan budget, which has failed to be signed into law despite several attempts.

When pressed by reporters for details on their economic plan, both Romney and Ryan have said that the specifics would be worked out by congress in the future.

However, the details may have been worked out long ago in Paul Ryan's budget plan, which was called "terrifying" by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon).

"Ryan says his budget cuts more than $5 trillion in the next decade," according to Ezra Klein's Washington Post Wonkblog.

Perhaps not by coincidence, Romney's tax cut plan, before offsets, costs about $5 trillion.

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What Romney didn't say at the first presidential debate

Moments after the first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, left-wing pundits declared Romney the winner. Not necessarily for what he said, but because of how he said it.

Romney was aggressive. So much so, that on several occasions, he appeared to bully veteran moderator Jim Lehrer.

But while Romney has been declared the winner on style, there are still questions remaining on substance.

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If you think you're not a liberal, think again

During the health care reform debate in 2009, opponents of what is now commonly called Obamacare, called the new law socialism. Political pundits will never forget images of anti-Obama, Tea Party supporters carrying signs that said, keep your government hands off my Medicare.

But many of the people protesting against government control of Medicare didn't know that it was and always had been a government-controlled program.

Even today, many of the people receiving Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits insist that they are not getting any government assistance, according to polling data.

How can so many people be convinced of something that is so completely false?

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Romney-Ryan tax plan leads to the next Great Recession

Just about everyone who has ever paid a bill knows that the size of the bill doesn't matter, as long as you have enough income to cover it. So is America's debit really a crisis, or is the problem actually lack of income?

The US economy is consumer driven. When people don't spend enough money to keep cash flowing into businesses, we have a recession.

However, consumer spending does not discriminate over the sources of income. Private sector jobs put money into the hands of consumers the same way government jobs do.

Since President Reagan began the tax burden shift from the rich to everyone else, America has seen 4 major recessions in less than 30 years. That's more than all US economic downturns for the past 100 years.

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Old school Republicans trying to control Tea Party government shutdowns

Since taking control of congress in 2010, the Tea Party wing of the GOP has wreaked havoc on the entire country. Now, old school Republicans are trying to limit future damage by the dysfunctional, radical conservative Tea Party Republicans through legislation.

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US workers cheated out of their pay file 7,000 lawsuits

More than 7,000 lawsuits have been filed against US employers, who have cheated their workers out of their pay. Most of the cases involve underpayments.

The discrepancies often occur when workers are asked to work overtime, then are not paid for it. Other problems include the miscalculation of hours worked, which short-changes workers, resulting in lower pay.

Problems involving US employers who are cheating workers out of their pay is on the rise.

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Asus Zenbook touch screen challenges MacBook Pro retina display

It may seem like an astonishing claim, but the full HD, IPS display on the 2012 Asus Zenbook Prime is considered a true challenger to the MacBook Pro retina display. Add a touch screen option to the Asus Zenbook and Apple appears to be facing some real competition.

While no one has ever accused Apple of being a sleeping giant, Asus is winning respect in the hotly-contested Ultrabook market, and the 2012 Zenbook Prime is leading the way...

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