Category Archives: Economy

Shared Misery: The Fruit of Socialism

From Investors Business Daily: The Obama Record: May’s weak jobs report further confirms the president’s policies are failing to help the economy. This is, indeed, the worst recovery since the Depression. Negative superlatives associated with this presidency keep piling up. … Continue reading

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Chart-Fu

From Business Insider: HOLY CRAP: Look What Just Happened To Newspapers! And just in case you thought that TV Media was faring better.

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Shamelessly Worshiping in the Cult of Personality

Maureen Dowd had an absolutely marvelous piece on Obama in Sunday’s NY Times, titled, “Dreaming of a Superhero.” Seriously. On Friday, an ugly job market report led to the stock market’s worst day of the year. As the recovery flat-lined, … Continue reading

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Deliberate Misrepresentation

From Twitter: Greg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS tweets: @DrewMTips It’s customary to conceal your excitement about bad news for the country and continued economic misery for fellow Americans There they go again. Deliberate misrepresentation and smears. “Shame on me, a cold -hearted … Continue reading

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Chart-Fu

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There’s a Reason California is Boned

From Breitbart, “59% of Californians Happy to Raise Taxes“: Despite the fact that the projected budget deficit has risen from $9.2 billion to $16 billion, and despite the fact that Brown wants an $0.0025 increase (1/4 of a cent) in … Continue reading

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California: Have You No Shame?

I like to pick on California. But this isn’t very funny. From ABC, reporting an AP story: After the 2001 terrorist attacks, California lawmakers sought a way to channel the patriotic fervor and use it to help victims’ families and … Continue reading

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