Category Archives: Economy

NY Times: Obama’s Pretty Much Blameless For Horrible Economic News

You truly have to admire the NY Times and writers Jamie Calmes and Nicholas Kulish, who work themselves into Gordian Knots as they attempt to tell us that “Obama’s hands tied on weak economy”. That was the original web title, changed to Weak Economy Points to Obama’s Constraints The bleak jobs report on Friday predictably […]

Washington Post Fact Checker: Obama’s Terrible On Job Creation

Someone at the Washington Post will surely have received a phone call from the White House today to have a conversation with Josh Hicks, who compares and contrasts the economic records of George Bush and Barack H. Obama (I added the H because it’s raaaaacist): Obama’s remarks on worst job growth: Did he end it […]

Bummer: “GOP Leaders On Gay Marriage: Sound Of Silence”

The Politico’s CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN and SEUNG MIN KIM have a breathless piece up featuring that headline, minus the “bummer.” They opine President Barack Obama’s embrace of same-sex marriage was viewed for so long as such a risky move that operatives in both parties expected it to drop like a bomb, handing Republicans a powerful […]

Dems War On Women: 324,000 Drop Out Of Civilian Labor Force In Two Months

I’m sure those who are giving up on finding work are comforted by Obama opining on gay marriage, spiking the ball on Osama, and discussing dogs (CNS News) 324,000 women dropped out of the nation’s civilian labor force in March and April as the number of women not in the labor force hit an all-time historical […]

Robinson: You Crazy GOPers Need To Give This Austerity Thing Up

Liberals love government spending. They don’t like using their own money on it, of course. They refuse to send in extra money to the IRS, always wanting Someone Else to be taxed higher. But, they love government spending. And the elections in Europe remind me of a Ben Franklin quote “When the people find that […]

Obameconomy: College Graduates Flock To Unpaid Internships

Shockingly, this somehow ended up being published by the NY Times in a momentary glimpse of reality Confronting the worst job market in decades, many college graduates who expected to land paid jobs are turning to unpaid internships to try to get a foot in an employer’s door. As Liberals liked to say while Bush […]

What To Name The Next Generation? How About “iNsolvent”?

What’s your take? (USA Today) A frantic race to name the next generation of American consumers may be nearing the finish line. The winner could walk off with fame, fortune — and way cool bragging rights. But exactly what do you call a generation of techno-junkies? How about Generation Wii — after the wildly popular […]

Obamanomics: 50% Of New College Grads Unemployed/Underemployed

How’s that HopeyChangey crappola working for ya? (AP) The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge. Young adults with bachelor’s degrees […]

Dueling Tax Plans: GOP Small Business Tax Break Vs. Buffett Rule

One party pushes class warfare while the other pushes for job creation (Politico) With the glare of the public spotlight trained on Tax Day, Congress is readying for a political fight with dueling tax votes this week that will define each party’s priorities in this election year. In one corner are Republicans, who are touting […]

Say, How’d Obama’s “Green” Jobs Program Work Out?

Yet another report that confirms the reality that Obama’s green jobs push was an utter failure (via The Lonely Conservative) (al Reuters) Three weeks ago, President Barack Obama stood in front of a sea of gleaming solar panels in Boulder City, Nevada, to celebrate his administration’s efforts to promote “green energy.” Stretching row upon row […]

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