Congress – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Thu, 06 May 2021 00:01:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 The US Census — Games Under Way? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-us-census-games-under-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-us-census-games-under-way Thu, 06 May 2021 00:00:58 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=9886 Every ten years the United States conducts a census of the country and reapportions the number of Congressional House seats for the next decade based solely on the census. Pretty straightforward stuff, no? Not so fast, amigo. Let’s dig a little deeper. Something is rotten in Denmark. Final Census of 2020 Last year was a […]

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]]> Earmarks — Good God, Again? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/earmarks-good-god-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earmarks-good-god-again Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:22:42 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=9846 I am a policy guy. Tell me your policy and I will tell you whether I like it and think it is good for the country. That is my only political yard stick. I care not whether you are in favor of or opposed to Dr Seuss, but I do want to know whether you […]

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]]> The Day Decorum Died in the US Congress https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-day-decorum-died/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-day-decorum-died Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:23:32 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7592 Spoiler alert — this is a blog post about how the US Congress is wasting their time and our money while engaged in meaningless self-flagellation. So, President Donald J Trump unleashed the power of Twitter in his inimitable style. It offended a few folks. There is no novelty amongst that trio — Trump, Twitter, folks […]

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]]> Congressional Fixation https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/congressional-fixation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressional-fixation Sat, 13 Jul 2019 18:24:29 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7580 All spending bills — such as the budget of the United States — must originate in the House of Representatives in accordance with the US Constitution. In many years, the Congress doesn’t do its job in a timely manner. This year doesn’t look much different. We are in July with a fiscal year to start […]

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]]> Census 2020 and Reapportionment https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/census-2020-and-reapportionment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=census-2020-and-reapportionment Sat, 16 Feb 2019 20:53:04 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7031 Big Red Car here getting ready to take a long drive to the Hill Country, but first a few words on the census and reapportionment. Every ten years the United States conducts a census. It is done in order to reapportion the seats in the House of Representatives. There are a fixed number of seats […]

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]]> Repeal & Replace — TAXES https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/repeal-replace-taxes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=repeal-replace-taxes https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/repeal-replace-taxes/#comments Fri, 05 May 2017 14:16:25 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=5677 Repeal & Replace taxes, Big Red Car? Big Red Car here on a spectacular Texas morning in May, the kind of day which fuels your passions and diminishes your troubles. On Earth as it is in Texas! Alternatively: Make America Texas Again? [Doing some A/B testing is the Big Red Car?] So, the Republicans and […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/repeal-replace-taxes/feed/ 4 US Budget and Other Bedtime Fables https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-us-budget-and-other-bedtime-fables/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-us-budget-and-other-bedtime-fables https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-us-budget-and-other-bedtime-fables/#comments Thu, 04 May 2017 14:01:47 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=5673 The US budget, Big Red Car? Couldn’t you come up with anything more boring? Big Red Car here on a perfectly delightful Texas day — convertible weather, y’all. So, today, we chat about the US budget. [Boring, Big Red Car. Can we talk about … anything … else? No, dear reader, please be quiet and […]

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