October 27, 2011 – 8:05 am
No, really. Somehow, these fools think that dumping more money in yet another wasted attempt to hook up campaign contributors stimulate jobs will reduce the deficit. Technically, if the spending would reap a huge hiring spree where salaries went up and people were again paying taxes (which would also be a boon to the cash […]
October 25, 2011 – 8:50 am
Better late than never. Skipping the preamble and heading to the meat (Wall Street Journal) On Tuesday I will announce my “Cut, Balance and Grow” plan to scrap the current tax code, lower and simplify tax rates, cut spending and balance the federal budget, reform entitlements, and grow jobs and economic opportunity. The plan starts […]
October 24, 2011 – 3:35 pm
Considering that our country spends more per student than almost every other country in the world, and more people are attending college than ever before, this doesn’t say much about our education system (NY Post) He doesn’t think it’s too much to ask of a job seeker. A resume, a statement of salary expectations and […]
October 24, 2011 – 9:03 am
Let’s, for a minute, as an intellectual exercise, say that the recession was the fault of George W. Bush, Republicans during Bush’s 2 terms, and Reagan’s tax cuts. Why can’t the Smartest Man In The World® fix it? (The Hill) More than two-thirds of voters say the United States is declining, and a clear majority […]
October 21, 2011 – 9:23 am
Well, I’m sure that will be the Joe Biden point of view (Washington Post) Nine days after President Obama’s $447 billion jobs package was blocked in the U.S. Senate, one of the plan’s key components — which would provide $35 billion to states and local governments to hire teachers and first responders — suffered the […]
October 20, 2011 – 8:17 am
Maybe this is what Obama mean by Hope and Change? Or, perhaps, when he was talking about this being the time that the sea rise started to slow it was actually a metaphor for the American standard of living Think life is not as good as it used to be, at least in terms of […]
October 19, 2011 – 8:29 am
I know the supporters of Obama’s failed and destructive policies would love to say “Obamanomics!” Alas, no (ABC News) Steubenville, Ohio, may not look like a city sitting on a multi-billion dollar industry. Unemployment here reached 15 percent in 2010, and a now-shuttered steel mill — which was once the lifeline of the Steubenville economy […]
October 13, 2011 – 8:22 am
It’s a real jobs plan, one meant to stimulate the economy and get people back to work, unlike Obama’s one which was a campaign platform that had so many poison pills that even his own party couldn’t pass it in the Democrat controlled Senate (The Politico) President Barack Obama had his American Jobs Act. Now, […]
October 8, 2011 – 7:44 am
No matter what one may say about Senators Kay Hagan (D-NC) and John McCain (R-Az), this is damned wonderful idea, one which has been kicked around for a long time (WRAL) Several prominent business leaders from North Carolina are backing a bi-partisan bill in the U.S. Senate that would cut dramatically the tax rate on […]
October 1, 2011 – 7:46 am
ATM’s, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, European debt, Arab spring, you name it, the voters aren’t buying blaming it (Fox News) Most American voters blame bad leadership for the condition of the economy, and think Democrats and Republicans alike have hurt more than helped the situation. That’s according to a Fox News poll released Friday. President Obama […]
