US Governance – Page 2 – Schirach Report

With The Elections Now Behind US, What Will The US Do About Serious Fiscal Reform? Obama Did Not Produce Any Clear Plan During The Campaign – Bending The Spending Curve Requires Spending Cuts That The President Promised He Would Fight Against

By Paolo von Schirach November 9, 2012 WASHINGTON – President Obama got re-elected in large part because...

Democratic Capitalism Requires Effective Governance – This Is Equally True For Countries As Far Apart As America And India

By Paolo von Schirach November 3, 2012 WASHINGTON – If you ever doubted that successful democratic capitalism...

Indebted Western Countries Need To “Bend The Spending Curve” – The Pace Of Austerity Does Not Matter, As Long As Bond Markets Believe That It Is A Real Long Term Policy

By Paolo von Schirach October 29, 2012 WASHINGTON – Austerity, yes or no? Too much, too little?...

Romney Finally Showing That He Is a Highly Competent, Affable Man – Obama Now Looks Lost and Angry – Is This Enough To Determine The Election?

By Paolo von Schirach October 26, 2012 WASHINGTON – Months and months of carefully orchestrated and diligently...

To Save America Democrats And Republicans Should Reject All Extreme Positions, Find Agreement On the Fundamentals Of Democratic Capitalism – Erskine Bowles And Alan Simpson, Co-Chairs Of The Debt Commission, Did That

By Paolo von Schirach September 29, 2012 WASHINGTON – America is a democratic and capitalistic society that...

The Economy Keeps Sputtering At 1.3%, But Obama’s Numbers Are Getting Better – People Got Used To Mediocrity, While Romney Failed To Connect With Voters

By Paolo von Schirach September 28, 2012 WASHINGTON – Ronald Reagan was nicknamed “Teflon President”. No matter...

Some National Media Obfuscate The Real Issue At the Center Of the Chicago Teachers Strike: Mayor Emanuels’ Push To Introduce Serious Evaluation Criteria, So That Bad Teachers Can Be Fired -Teachers Resist Accountability, While Children Learn Little Or Nothing At All

By Paolo von Schirach September 11, 2012 WASHINGTON – Amazing to observe to what lenghts some media...

President Romney Would Face Immense Economic Challenges Due To Negative Transformations That Go Way Beyond Washington – Could Romney Forge A Real National Consensus About Major Structural Reforms?

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/08/31/do-americans-want-a-bigger-or-smaller-government-the-elections-will-be-decided-by-the-way-voters-answer-this-question-obama-thinks-that-economic-rebirth-can-take-place-within-the-present-context-r/ September 1, 2012 WASHINGTON – In a previous piece (see...

US Interest Rates At A Record Low – But This Is Only Because Europe Is A Much Bigger Risk – American Fiscal Predicament Pretty Awful – Is There Enough Time To Avoid The End Of The Year “Fiscal Cliff”?

By Paolo von Schirach July 12, 2012 WASHINGTON – US 10 year Treasury Bonds are well below...

Just 10% Of Patients Responsible for 64% Of US Hospital Costs Covered by Medicare, WSJ Reports – This Is Because There Are No Limits On Spending, Even In Desperate Cases – We Need An Honest Debate On “How Much Is Enough”

By Paolo von Schirach July 8, 2012 WASHINGTON – Probably the biggest perversion embedded in the segment...