There are 15 unemployed Americans, plus 10 million under-employed, plus 1 million discouraged workers. The unemployment rate is about 10%. 12% of Americans depend on food stamps. Fifty years ago 34% of American jobs were […]
Washington is infamous for their euphemisms. Abortion is “reproductive health.” Welfare is an “entitlement.” Health care is a “civil right.” They’ve truly raised the bar with the nefarious “medical device excise tax.” “Don’t worry, ” […]
The U.S. taxpayers lost $100 billion in government loans and guarantees that were extended to Solyndra to make solar electricity panels. Environmentalists were originally thrilled about Solyndra. Now they’re horrified, or at least they should […]
The day after Hostess went bankrupt last month the morning crew at Good Morning America were joking about it. 16,000 people lost their jobs, and our national media were laughing. Hostess represents Twinkies, Hostess Bread […]
I used to wonder how “politically correct” policies got started. It’s easy to see how they’re enforced. The media does that, with ruthless efficiency. I wanted to know where that first germ of a “politically […]
I assume the $250,000 means married filing joint returns or married individuals with income of $125,000 filing separate returns. According to factcheck.org this group makes up 2% of all U.S. households. They earn 24% of […]
The Democrats have gone berserk over the GOP’s ambitions to privatize Medicare. Yet, that’s exactly what Obamacare itself has done, in arranging for private health insurance for the poor, disabled and uninsured. Likewise, the GOP […]
The North American Free Trade Agreement was passed twenty years ago. The objective was to send a few good jobs to Mexico so that America would have as strong and prosperous a neighbor to the […]
The Obama administration has posted 6,125 new rules, regulations and guidelines on their website in the last 90 days. In addition, as of last July, lawyers had added 13,000 pages of regulations to Obamacare. Only […]
The thumb suckers in Washington were quick to extend unemployment for 3 million Americans for whom benefits expired January 1st. Too quick! Nobody wants to draw attention to the bleak job situation… The U.S. economy, […]