Economics

Kevin on December 2nd, 2005

Billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has an outstanding blog named Blog Maverick. In a single post he has given anyone willing to read it a mini course on entreprensurship, business and life. We talk all the time on Pundit Review Radio about subject matter experts who bring their knowledge and passion to […]

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Gregg on December 1st, 2005

Only about 12 months ago liberals such as John Kerry and Ted Kennedy were talking down the economy claiming the Bush Tax cuts have resulted in the “worst economy since Herbert Hoover.” On cue, they then called for “rolling back the Bush tax cuts” (i.e. raising taxes) . This we were told was “real fiscal […]

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Kevin on November 30th, 2005

Agenda driven journalism isn’t confined to coverage of politics, especially in the paper of record, The New York Times. And no, I’m not talking about Paul Krugman columns that are seething with paranoia, hatred and personal attacks. I’m talking about supposedly objective news stories, not columns. By VIKAS BAJAJ Published: November 29, 2005 Gasoline is […]

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Kevin on November 2nd, 2005

NEW YORK – Time Warner Inc., the world’s largest media company, reported an 80 percent increase in third-quarter earnings Wednesday and raised its stock repurchase program to $12.5 billion from $5 billion in an effort to meet shareholder demands to lift its slumping stock price. An 80% increase in profits! Un-American I say, un-American. Windfall […]

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Kevin on October 28th, 2005

Now we have Republican Bill Frist siding with quasi-socialist Hillary Clinton in a demonization of the oil companies for record profits. Oct 27, 2005 â?? WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amid record-high earnings from oil companies, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Thursday ordered a Senate hearing with testimony from major oil company executives on why energy […]

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Kevin on October 17th, 2005

Liberals want to have it both ways when it comes to energy policy. They say no to new refineries (last one built in 1976) to nuclear power (20+years), to more drilling in the lower 48 states, in the Gulf and in Alaska, to onshore liquid natural gas facilities and oceanic wind farms within view of […]

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Iowa’s Governor Tom Vilsack today suggests the best way to pay for the War and disaster relief is to reduce spending and raise taxes. (“Cuts That Heal” WSJ Opinion Section October 13, 2005). In just five years, the president and his party have turnded the largest budget surpluses in our history into the largest deficits. […]

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