Economics
This entire report debunks the most common economic canards of the left. For example: Media myth: All the manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas, and the only ones left are in the almost empty plants of the Big Three automakers. Even though the Lou Dobbs and John Edwards doom and gloom protectionist class warriors would […]
Topic: Doing away with anonymous earmarks which enable legislators to pad bills with pork without having to be accountable for it. Question: Why didn’t a GOP controlled Congress think of this? Answer: They did. They talked about it endlessly. In the end, they did nothing. Headline: Democrats: Identify pork sponsors Irony: The party of limited […]
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Under the Bush administration, what does 4.4% unemployment mean to the NY Times? In U.S., mixed signals on jobs NEW YORK: Job growth in the United States slackened last month, but the labor market was fairly strong, with wages rising, according to statistics the Labor Department released Friday. The jobs report for October showed that […]
The reason you don’t hear much from the angry left about the “jobless recovery” and the worst economy since Herbert Hoover” etc is that one of the least reported stories is how on fire the economy is (and has been since the 2003 Bush Tax Cuts that were unanimously opposed by just about every liberal […]
Tom Blumer of BizzyBlog has a couple of very interesting posts on the housing situation. One post argues that while the froth has left the housing market, we have simply returned to historical price appreciation growth rates. I think Tom is right, but there are still a lot of people, who either bought at the […]
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One hopes after the latest IRS data just released (ealry to the Wall St. Journal subs req- the official report will be out Tuesday online) that we can all move on with regard to the efficacy of the 2003 Bush Supply Side Tax Cuts. Those on the redistributionist left claimed they would “destroy the economy,” […]
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The mystery senator who was holding up a porkbusting bill has been identified. This is a great moment for the blogosphere. Here’s the inside the beltway pub Hotline, via Instapundit, (Ted) Stevens’ admission “offered a glimpse into the increasing role that online pundits play in U.S. policymaking.” It came a day after Senate Maj. Leader […]
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