Joe Carraro discusses his first meeting with Ronald Reagan, and how he was the only true small businessman in the then-governor’s small business roundtable (Joe had 5 employees. Another man had 500 in several states).
Economic Disasters
Years ago I wrote of the economic disasters that continue – from the bushes to obama with biden following. These friends chose the same path of economic destruction, setting the stage for more of their irresponsible, corrupt actions destroying our country.
Stimulus Waste
Government wasting Stimulus money that was supposed to improve the economy and create jobs by paying Medicare and unemployment benefits and ridiculous education projects, increasing the size of government and government payrolls.
Lobbyists Pay For Congress
Joe Carraro describes how lobbyists have corrupted both major political parties to give us the current health care and financial systems we have, and why we have never had tort reform come up before Congress.
THE AVERAGE BARACK
State Senator Joe Carraro meets State Senator Barack Obama. His impression back then plays true to today.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Joe Carraro describes how even from the start, the Department of Homeland Security was created with the intention of grabbing more power for the government for the sake of having more power.
DEBT AND TAXES
CORPORATE TAX
Corporations already have enough tax breaks and loopholes that need to be reconsidered before they ever look at reducing the corporate tax since none of these incentives will produce more jobs.
LOYALTY TO COUNTRY
These politician and their benefactors who are running the country want us to be loyal to them and their political parties, so that they can drain our country’s wealth. We need to stop being played for fools and be loyal to our country.
OIL PRICES TAX BREAKS
As a former state senator for 20 years, an executive committee member of the National Energy Council, an energy consultant, a stock broker and financial analyst, let me please help you interpret all the doublespeak and misinformation, without the burden of having to defend either side.
THE PRESIDENTS
REAGAN MEETING
Joe Carraro discusses his first meeting with Ronald Reagan, and how he was the only true small businessman in the then-governor’s small business roundtable (Joe had 5 employees. Another man had 500 in several states).
BUSH TO OBAMA
Senator Joe wrote about how Argentina’s government decisions led to the country’s poor economy. He compared this with America and how disasters like unemployment, waste, corruption affect the country.
THE AVERAGE BARACK
State Senator Joe Carraro meets State Senator Barack Obama. His impression back then plays true to today.
NEXT PRESIDENT
The most important election in our lifetime since it will determine whether we will follow an uncertain course in the future or continue to lead the world. All the solutions to our problems exist with ideas and innovation and correcting the recent mistakes.
THE ECONOMY
THE ECONOMY
Joe Carraro discusses how the rich and powerful got richer and more powerful under Bush and now Obama as they have colluded to enrich the elites in government and big business.
ECONOMIC CLUNKERS
Senator Joe Carraro discusses how the economic recovery efforts pushed by President Obama and Congress are simply another attempt to throw good money after bad
UNEMPLOYMENT
Joe Carraro discusses the failures of how just funding more unemployment insurance doesn’t fix our unemployment problem, and the government needs to think of new ideas that would benefit both the unemployed and small businesses
THE RECESSION
ECONOMIC INSANITY
Senator Joe Carraro discusses how the economy is being driven to ruin by people who keep screwing up and getting ahead.
STIMULUS WASTE
Government wasting Stimulus money that was supposed to improve the economy and create jobs by paying Medicare and unemployment benefits and ridiculous education projects, increasing the size of government and government payrolls.
GOVERNMENT MATH
Those elected officials we sent to Washington think we’re stupid enough not to figure out for ourselves the folly of their decisions. Just do the math.
CONGRESS
OBAMACARE
Senator Joe Carraro discusses his concerns about how Obamacare was a program put together by and for special interests, without eliminating any of the inefficiencies and corruption that are already prevalent in our health care system
CONGRESSIONAL BENEFITS
President Obama mentioned that were all going to have to sacrifice to make it through this financial crisis. Let’s not forget that the average joes and janes in this country have been sacrificing for a long time already and have not been acknowledged.
DEMOCRATS TRAP REPUBLICANS
Joe Carraro discusses the failures of how just funding more unemployment insurance doesn’t fix our unemployment problem, and the government needs to think of new ideas that would benefit both the unemployed and small businesses.
LOBBYISTS PAY CONGRESS
Joe Carraro describes how lobbyists have corrupted both major political parties to give us the current health care and financial systems we have, and why we have never had tort reform come up before Congress.
GOVERNMENT NEPOTISM
Nepotism happens everywhere at all levels so that eventually everyone becomes involved either in its perpetuation or its cover-up. It’s prevalent in all of government and certainly influences whether bills are passed or killed, and what money is spent on.
ISSUES
PRESIDENTIAL
QUALIFICATIONS
Nepotism happens everywhere at all levels so that eventually everyone becomes involved either in its perpetuation or its cover-up. It’s prevalent in all of government and certainly influences whether bills are passed or killed, and what money is spent on.
SUPREME COURT ACTIVISM
Joe Carraro discusses his opposition to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Citizens United case, in which activist “conservative” judges took it upon themselves to grant corporations and unions a brand new right to free speech which allows them to spend unlimited amounts of money on campaign, thereby drowning out the voices and influence of individuals like the average Joes and Janes of this country.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security is not a Ponzi Scheme, it is bait and switch by the government.
MERRILL LYNCH DESTRUCTION
Joe Carraro discusses the fall of Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street firm he worked for as a stockbroker. He compares the greed and ineptitude of Thain and his crew with the hard-working men who founded and ran the firm for generations only to let these executives lose it on risky bets and come out ahead while the firm’s remains are bought by Bank of America and Thain goes on to CIT
OUTSOURCING AGRICULTURE
Joe Carraro discusses the threat of Chinese predatory pricing on the agricultural industry–specifically how it has hurt California-grown garlic sales–as a precursor to the eroding of the American economy ability to produce products for export, laving us solely to consume and become slaves to foreign-made goods of dubious quality and/or safety.
OCCUPY AND
TEA PARTY
There are a lot of similarities between the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street that people who know how desperate times are should realize.
POLITICAL SOLUTION
There is only one immediate solution to bring about a change to the damaging politics running and ruining our country.
HOMELAND
SECURITY
Joe Carraro describes how even from the start, the Department of Homeland Security was created with the intention of grabbing more power for the government for the sake of having more power. Transcript
CONSUMER FRAUD
Joe Carraro describes his experiences fighting the phone company, proving that big business is as much of a threat to our livelihoods as out of control government, when they can do what they want and steal from us, and get away with it.
CALIFORNIA SMELT
Turning off the water pumps to protect the smelt is criminal and will destroy our nations agriculture.
NEW VENEZUELA POLICY
Joe Carraro discusses the risks of continuing to antagonize and not engage with Venezuela and the rest of South America while Russia and Cuba cozy up to Hugo Chavez.