Democrats Floating On A River Of Denial
Here are some highlights from the unemployment data released today: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. labor market weakened in September as 263,000 payroll jobs were lost and the unemployment rate…
The U S Economy: How Bad Is It Out There?
The Obama administration has regained the lead in the expectations game on unemployment, having admitted that 10% unemployment is the new metric on which voters should be focused. The expectations…
2010 Preview: The Democrats Are In Deep Trouble
It may become the understatement of the decade (and the next one) to say that President Obama and the Democratic Congress overreached in their legislative agenda this year. The Stimulus…
Taxes And Unemployment
There are some interesting comments circulating today about the Democrat's plans to raise taxes. Citing the work of Cristine Romer (President Obama'a own Chief of the Council of Economic Advisers)…
State Run Media Spins Unemployment Data
The report for initial claims for unemployment insurance was just released and the media spin, not unexpectedly, is focused on a drop in first time claims. Further down the story…
Are You Better Off Than You Were Two Years Ago?
As Americans prepare to celebrate the 4th of July it's worth asking, are you better off than you were two years ago when Democrats took over Congress? Are you better…
President Obama's Economy Hits Another Speed Bump
I speculated recently that the worm may be turning as it relates to the Obama administration's political capital. The near Teflon like protection that a fawning press afforded him is…
Liberal Democrats and Job Creation
One of the widely held beliefs among Obama apologists and congressional Democrats is that a policy of massive federal spending (stimulus, Keynesian policy…call it what you want) is more effective…
It's official – the Stimulus failed
Straight from the mouth of the man charged with appropriating Stimulus funds overseeing Stimulus fund distribution, VP Joe Biden: "No one realized how bad the economy was. The projections,…
Unemployment numbers far worse for blacks
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting: February’s higher-than-anticipated U.S. jobless rate of 8.1 percent shook America on Friday morning. It was a stat not seen since December 1983 — except in…
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