January 2013 – Schirach Report

Big Pentagon Cuts Coming – Can America Have Lower Defense Spending And An Adequate Force? In Principle Yes; But More Easily Said Than Done

By Paolo von Schirach January 31, 2013 WASHINGTON – With or without the unwise, draconian cuts envisaged by the...

Immigration Reform May Succeed – The Republicans Want Latino Votes – However, Let’s Remember That Immigration Is About Becoming Citizens, Not Just Legal Workers – America Is About Shared Values, Not About Jobs

By Paolo von Schirach January 29, 2013 WASHINGTON – In perennially divided and dysfunctional Washington it seems...

America’s Problem: Half The Country No Longer Believes In The Virtues Of Free Market Capitalism More entitlements seem more appealing. However, low growth and high spending will inevitably lead to national decline; just like in Europe

WASHINGTON – America’s biggest problem –as the recent presidential elections have demonstrated– is that a bit more than half...

787 Grounded Possibly For Months, Cause Of On Board Batteries Fires Still Unknown – A Major Crisis For Boeing – Loss Of Prestige For America As Technology Leader

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/01/17/boeing-787-dreamliner-grounded-all-over-the-world-due-to-serious-malfunctions-aerospace-giant-image-tarnished-has-america-lost-it-as-technology-leader/ January 25, 2013 WASHINGTON – I pointed out just a few days...

Obama’s Social Justice Agenda Is Unaffordable – But The Republican Message Of Fiscal Responsibility Has No Traction The country does not appreciate the combined threat of high debt and low growth

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/01/21/obamas-second-inaugural-address-focused-on-equality-issues-noble-goals-however-unless-the-american-economy-grows-while-washington-fixes-spending-and-taxes-there-will-be-nothing-to-redistribute/ January 22, 2013 WASHINGTON – President Obama’s priorities, as outlined in his...

Obama’s Second Inaugural Address Focused On Equality Issues – Noble Goals – However, Unless The American Economy Grows, While Washington Fixes Spending and Taxes, There Will Be Nothing To Redistribute

By Paolo von Schirach January 21, 2013 WASHINGTON – Nothing I have heard from Barack Obama since his November...

Praise For Mario Draghi Is A Way To Forget That Europe’s Structural Economic Problems Have Not Been Fixed – The Financial Situation Is Much Better; But The Economies Of Southern Europe Remain Hopelessly Weak

By Paolo von Schirach January 20, 2013 WASHINGTON – I am really worried about too much praise...

Obama’s Partial Restrictions On Guns Will Make No Difference – 300 Million Fire Arms In Circulation – New Measures Enacted Just To Give The Impression That “We Are Doing Something”

January 19, 2013 WASHINGTON – Adam Lanza, a young lunatic, got hold of his mother’s (legally purchased) guns. He...

Algeria Terror Attack Shows That Radical Groups Are All Over – US Forces Should Stay Mobile And Flexible – What Is The Point of Keeping A Large Occupation Army In Afghanistan When Terrorists Operate Quite Freely Elsewhere?

By Paolo von Schirach January 18, 2013 WASHINGTON – What’s the connection between the hostage taking and bloody (botched?)...

Chinese Media Openly Discuss “Smog Crisis” People made aware of public health risks, costs of going green

WASHINGTON – What is most remarkable about the almost historic “smog crisis” enveloping China is that all the...