March 2012 – Schirach Report

The US EPA Just Proposed New Emission Standards That Would in Effect Rule Out Any New Coal Fired Plants – Still, With Natural Gas So Cheap Because Of Huge Supplies, Coal Was Doomed Anyway

By Paolo von Schirach March 28, 2012 WASHINGTON – The US Environmental Agency, (EPA), just proposed new...

Health Care Law Examined By US Supreme Court – But This Is A Side Show – The Real Health Care Solution Is To Introduce Prevention As The Best Tool To Keep People Healthy – Less Demand, Lower Costs

By Paolo von Schirach March 27, 2012 WASHINGTON – Let’s say the US Supreme Court strikes down...

Extracting Shale Oil Increased US Domestic Production – This Is About Private Sector Efforts, Nothing To Do With Government Policies, Says The Financial Times

By Paolo von Schirach March 25, 2012 WASHINGTON– The following is an excerpt from a The Financial...

Chinese Magazine Caixin Advocates “Political Reform” – A Small Sign Of Big Changes To Come?

By Paolo von Schirach March 23, 2012 WASHINGTON – There is a new ferment in China as...

On World Water Day Secretary Clinton Tells Us That Water Scarcity Is A National Security Concern – The Challenges Of Conservation And Purification – Can We Have Enough For 7 Billion?

By Paolo von Schirach March 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – It is World Water Day. Let’s think for...

House Budget Committe Chairman Paul Ryan Produced A Budget Proposal That Would Cut Spending – Sadly, In This Climate, It Will Go Nowhere – Not Even Fellow Republicans Running For President Want To Talk About Serious Cuts – This Is Political Suicide, Voters Do Not Want Bad News

By Paolo von Schirach March 21, 2012 WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is a...

“Buffett Rule” To Make Rich People Pay More Taxes Is Good Politics, But It Would Raise Only $ 31 Billion Over 11 Years – US National Debt Will Grow By About $ 7 Trillion In the Same Period – Better Find Something Else To Get Revenue

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2011/09/30/the-buffett-rule-is-pure-demagoguery-taxing-the-rich-more-in-america-would-do-nothing-to-spur-enterprise-the-only-engine-for-investments-and-jobs-creation/ March 20, 2012 WASHINGTON – I wrote a while ago...

According To The Pundits The Elections Boils Down To The Unemployment Rate And Gas Prices: Upward Trend Obama Loses, Downward He Wins – Apparently Nothing Else Matters In America – This Is A Dangerous Impoverishment Of The National Conversation

By Paolo von Schirach March 14, 2012 WASHINGTON – Listening to the pundits debating the upcoming presidential...

Deranged US Soldier Shooting Civilians In Afghanistan Is Another Public Relations Blow – Americans Are Not Wanted, Relationship Weak – More To The Point, Large Military Presence Makes No Sense

By Paolo von Schirach March 13, 2012 WASHINGTON – Talk about the success of asymmetric warfare. Except...

Fukushima Dealt a Huge Blow To US Nuclear Energy – Plans To Build Many New Reactors Now Face An Uncertain Future

By Paolo von Schirach March 11, 2012 WASHINGTON – Until last year it appeared that America was...