Category Archives: Economy

Democrats Feeling A Bit Cocky About November

For the life of me, I can’t understand why. But, they do have the majority of the media watching their backs (Politico) Democrats have plenty of reason to feel good right now: The economy’s improving, the president’s numbers are up, their prospects for holding the Senate have brightened, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) […]

Happy Belated Third Birthday, Stimulus!

I knew there was something else I wanted to write about Friday. The 3rd anniversary of Obama’s massive, pork laden, campaign donor hookup entitled the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, otherwise known as The Stimulus That Didn’t. It’s rather strange that neither Obama nor any Democrats talked about how great Stimulus was yesterday (IBD) Without […]

Obama’s Budget Can Be Seen As “Borderline Delusional”

Those aren’t my words, but those of Politico writer David Rogers He ran on hope, governed through despair and now, with his election-year budget, President Barack Obama is trying to light the old spark, fleshing out a political narrative for America that can inspire with its romance but also seem borderline delusional to his critics […]

Obama To Pitch Lower Corporate Tax Rate Sometime In The Future

While Obama’s budget, which he plans to announce on Monday during what will be a campaign rally, significantly ramps up tax rates for small business owners, he’s looking to pander to corporations (Reuters) President Barack Obama will call for cutting the top 35 percent corporate tax rate as early as this month, according to two […]

Dependence On Government Spikes 23% Under Obama

And that’s just the way Government wants it (IBD) The American public’s dependence on the federal government shot up 23% in just two years under President Obama, with 67 million now relying on some federal program, according to a newly released study by the Heritage Foundation. The conservative think tank’s annual Index of Dependence on […]

Excitable Andy Revkin And NY Times: You Tea Partiers See UN Black Helicopters In Green Projects

It’s like all you Tea Partying climate realists are conspiracy nuts or something (via Tom Nelson) Said story: Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy. They brand government action […]

Obama Thinks Veterans Are Only Good For Menial Jobs

We’re finally going to get, after, what, a year? of talking about jobs for military veterans, his plan to get them work. And it’s as pitiful as you’d expect (Fox News) In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, the Obama administration is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans […]

Narcissistic (And Incompetent) President Wants Second Term “Badly”

Quite obviously, there has to be a bit of narcissism in any person who wants to run for the presidency. Yet, with Barack Obama, everything seems to be all about himself. Does anyone get the feeling that Obama wants to be president to help anyone, to be a good steward of the United States as […]

Global Warming As A Policy Priority Comes In Dead Last. Again

Silly things like jobs, the economy, energy, and so forth rate a bit higher (The Hill) The nation’s economy and its job market remain Americans’ top concerns, a new poll has found. The Pew Research Center found that strengthening the economy (86 percent) and the job market (82 percent) were the only two issues that […]

Larry Summers Economic Memo To Obama: The Stimulus Was Never About Stimulus

The New Yorker has a lengthy piece on Barack Obama and his rise to power (which never seems to mention starting his political career in the living room of unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers), making Obama out to be some sort of anointed one who always spoke about Americans coming together, but, gosh darnit, too […]

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