Economy
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
By
Rob
on April 30, 2008 at 09:41 am
So can we quit pretending that the Bush tax cuts created deficits and “cost” the government money and focus on the real problem with budget deficits? Which is, without a…...
By
Rob
on April 30, 2008 at 09:39 am
The rate of growth isn’t exactly going to blow anybody’s hair back, but the economy is growing. And faster than projected too. ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
By
Rob
on April 23, 2008 at 09:10 am
The editorial board at the New York Times is clearly tired of the Democrat primary race and all the in-fighting it is creating. Clearly, they’re anxious to get back to…...
Monday, April 14, 2008
This must be what a recession is like, NOT! Total sales for the January through March 2008 period were up 2.9 percent (±0.3%) from the same period a year ago.…...
Thursday, April 03, 2008
By
Rob
on April 3, 2008 at 08:22 pm
That’s the big story in the media. The unemployment rate is skyrocketing! People are losing their jobs! We’re headed to a recession...according to experts and their predictions. What they’re saying…...
Read the whole thing: Eventually, under Clinton, the CRA was renewed and, not surprisingly, made more punitive. Banks were required to make Subprime mortgage loans now too, or else suffer…...
Monday, March 31, 2008
Drudge is reporting that a British newspaper is reporting that the US is in a depression. Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of…...
Sunday, March 30, 2008
By
Rob
on March 30, 2008 at 06:01 pm
Don Boudreaux: America’s trade deficit represents capital flowing into the U.S. True, some of this inflow finances Uncle Sam’s Eliot-Spitzer-party-like spending. But that spending is caused by reckless politicians, not…...
Thursday, March 20, 2008
By
Rob
on March 20, 2008 at 11:09 am
An interesting report from NPR: All Things Considered, March 11, 2008 · Burglary is one of the most ordinary of crimes. More than 2 million Americans are victims of burglary…...
Monday, March 17, 2008
What a bunch of liars! Retail sales and the dollar plunge, while oil prices surge anew WASHINGTON — Oil hit a record high, the dollar sank again, and consumers stopped…...
Friday, March 07, 2008
By
Rob
on March 7, 2008 at 12:59 pm
The mainstream media painting a grimmer picture of our economic situation than is warranted? I’m shocked. It seems as though we never get anything but doom and gloom from the…...
Monday, March 03, 2008
By
Rob
on March 3, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are spending a lot of time on the campaign trail in the lead up votes in Texas and Ohio railing against free trade agreements and…...
By
Rob
on March 3, 2008 at 06:39 am
The answer, obviously, is Democrats. Which is why they, and their mouthpieces in the media, spend so much time trying to convince us that the economy is awful even to…...
Friday, February 22, 2008
By
Rob
on February 22, 2008 at 09:45 am
Steve Verdon: One of the things that annoys me is the periodic nonsense about becoming energy independent. This idea that we can “wean ourselves off of oil” is just utter…...
Sunday, February 17, 2008
By
Rob
on February 17, 2008 at 02:43 pm
Obama’s opposition to NAFTA seems natural enough given the left’s trend toward economic isolationism and protectionism to please its union masters, but Hillary’s attempt to demagogue the trade agreement comes…...
By
Rob
on February 17, 2008 at 02:30 pm
And he didn’t tell us to read his lips, either. WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain says there will be no new taxes during his administration if he is elected president.…...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
By
Rob
on February 13, 2008 at 10:05 pm
John Stossel: The economy does seem to be slowing, and there was a net loss of jobs in January. The housing industry is sluggish and the credit market tight because…...
By
Rob
on February 13, 2008 at 08:00 pm
Yeah, that’ll work! JANESVILLE, Wis. - Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday that as president he would spend $210 billion to create jobs in construction and environmental industries, as he tried…...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
By
Rob
on February 12, 2008 at 05:40 pm
Having decided to anoint himself a “budget hawk,” Senator Kent Conrad sees the time around when our President releases his annual budget as his time to shine. The funny thing…...
By
Rob
on February 12, 2008 at 05:20 pm
The Club for Growth is pumped that Democrat Representative Henry Waxman has worn off earmarks. That’s all well and good, and I certain understand where the anti-earmarks people are coming…...
Monday, February 11, 2008
By
Rob
on February 11, 2008 at 08:50 pm
Rep. Barney Frank wants to go after those nasty lenders who are forcing minority borrowers to take their loans. BOSTON (Reuters) - Growing scrutiny into subprime mortgages has failed to…...
By
Rob
on February 11, 2008 at 08:20 am
Via Red Planet Cartoons, background here. ...
Friday, February 08, 2008
By
Rob
on February 8, 2008 at 07:07 am
Of course, it’s really not economic stimulus. It’s government checks being called “tax rebates” but being sent mostly to people who paid little or nothing in taxes to begin with.…...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
By
Rob
on February 6, 2008 at 06:06 pm
Hey look everyone, those nasty Republicans are trying to keep the economy unstimulated! The Democrats are trying to stimulate the economy, the Republicans are blocking it. Now that’s a fair-and-balanced…...
Monday, February 04, 2008
By
Rob
on February 4, 2008 at 07:24 am
To hear the Lou Dobbses and Bill O’Reillys of the world--not to mention politicians ranging from Ron Paul to Hillary Clinton--the middle class of America (however you define that…...
Friday, February 01, 2008
By
Rob
on February 1, 2008 at 11:18 am
This will supply a couple of months of populist talking points from liberal media mouthpieces and populist politicians like John Edwards and *ahem* Mike Huckabee. HOUSTON (AP) - Exxon Mobil…...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
By
Rob
on January 30, 2008 at 10:04 pm
So much for personal responsibility, supposedly a hallmark value of the Republican party. What bothers me about that comment is that it presumes the people getting hit by their crappy…...
By
Rob
on January 30, 2008 at 10:19 am
Note to U.S. Representative Ginny Browne-Waite: Puerto Ricans aren’t exactly “foreign.” WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite touched a nerve with Puerto Ricans on Tuesday when she called them “foreign…...
So clearly that a liberal should understand. There are three ways government can get the money for a stimulus package. It can tax, borrow or inflate the currency by printing…...
Friday, January 25, 2008
By
Rob
on January 25, 2008 at 01:14 pm
See, rather than a tax refund, Krugman would like to “stimulate the economy” by just sending out government checks to poor people. Sort of like what we’re already doing with…...
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