Category Archives: Economy

Washington Post Is Gobsmacked That Red States Are Doing Much Better On Job Creation

It couldn’t possibly be that Blue states are very anti-business and create lots of impediments to companies employing people? That Blue state businesses are taking their jobs and moving to Red states? (you can see all the charts at the direct WP link) Why are red states hiring so much faster than blue states? We […]

NY Times Says Drivers Will Catch A Break This Memorial Day Weekend Or Something

The Times wants you down on your knees thanking Biden and the Democrats (available at Yahoo without paywall) Gasoline Prices, a Source of Pain Last Year, Have Come Way Down Americans who fill up their cars this Memorial Day weekend will catch a break — at least compared with a year ago, when gasoline prices […]

Bidenconomy: Lots Of Medical Drug Shortages

No worries, Joe is on the job! During the 30 hours a week he works Drug Shortages Approach an All-Time High, Leading to Rationing Thousands of patients are facing delays in getting treatments for cancer and other life-threatening diseases, with drug shortages in the United States approaching record levels. Hospitals are scouring shelves for supplies […]

Brandon Surprised That No One’s Really Supporting His Debt Stance

He has a stance beyond “it’s my way or the highway” and “spend baby spend”? White House Surprised by Lack of Support for Its Debt Stance: Report As President Biden prepares to meet next week with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders to discuss raising the debt limit, The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein reports that […]

Biden’s America: Foreclosures And Repossessions Spike, But, Hey, Finally Getting Americans Out Of Sudan

Biden likes to brag about his economy (during those 30 hours a week he works), but, even the far, far left Nation said he should stop all the way back in October 2022. Of course he boasted during his barely watched state of the union. Yet, unfortunately, things are not getting better With car repossessions […]

Surprise: NY Times Says Inflation Is Still Going Fast

Didn’t they tell us that inflation was transitory? That it was no big deal? Also that it had nothing to do with the terrible policies of Biden and the Democrats? (non-paywalled version here) Still Going Fast, Inflation Changes Drivers America is now two years into abnormally high inflation — and while the nation appears to […]

Bidenconomy: A Return To Pandemic Hunger Levels

For all the yammering about how great the Biden economy is from his acolytes, we keep seeing all these underlying issues. Like Return to pandemic hunger levels could signal economic fragility As economists and investors scour data on inflation, jobs, housing, banking and other bellwether indicators to determine whether the United States is headed for […]

Good News: Biden Rule Will Add Money To Mortgages For Those With Good Credit

I have to wonder, where does Biden get the statutory authority for this? Has it been expressly authorized by the duly elected Legislative Branch? Or, do Brandon’s people just pull this out of some minor legislative language that really wasn’t meant to do this, but, they’ll take the power? How does he have the power […]

Americans Pull Bank On Spending As Non-Existent Inflation Takes A Toll

Americans have been pulling back on spending off and on since the pandemic started. And, in fairness, inflation is hitting many nations. Some are doing better, some are doing worse, for a variety of reasons. That said, we are worried about the U.S.A., and the president, his advisors, and the Democratic Party are not only […]

Who’s Up For Robot Waiters?

The fight for $15 crowd, which is now advocating for over $20 an hour, should be proud of their work in making sure fewer and fewer jobs are available. We’ve already seen more and more self-ordering screens at restaurants and grocery stores, more of cooking the food be automated, and more of pushing consumers to […]

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