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The Housing Market

September 16, 2026 Comments Off

Once upon a time, Congress mandated Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to promote a subprime brand of loans for low-income Americans. Lots of people took advantage of these nothing-down, zero-interest-for-the-first-year loans. There were 66,000 subprime […]

A Glimpse at the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations

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It’s awful frustrating for the deadline of the fiscal cliff to be looming only to have a total media blackout. There are only 12 days left and eight of those days are weekends or holidays. […]

Our Debt Situation is Worse Than Greece

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The Greek economy is in free fall. The “austerity measures” there have driven unemployment above 20%, and the future looks bleak. The reason is their national debt-to-GDP ratio is 130%. How does the U.S. compare? […]

Obama Hits the Road as Santa Clause

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Obama is back on the campaign trail. He was in Michigan last week rallying the union troops to fight a new law that makes Michigan a right to work state (i.e. people in certain industries […]

The Diabolical Medical Device Tax

September 16, 2026 0

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, ” […]

Election Polls, Death by Statistics

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Every night for the last two months the lead news story on every cable and network news show has been the latest poll results on who’s voting for either party, where and why. Over one […]

The Democrats Plan for the Fiscal Cliff

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After four debates and wall to wall campaign rhetoric, it’s pretty clear what the Democrat’s game plan is for resolving our nation’s financial plight. The math is simple enough: Obama passed a $900 billion stimulus […]

Congress Tries to Hammer out a Compromise

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Mr. Obama is back in town (after a long weekend golfing in Hawaii). He’s meeting with senior leaders from Congress today to try and avoid the $600 billion fiscal cliff. This all started four years […]

The Far Left Progressives Are Really Marxists

September 16, 2026 0

The far left “progressive” wing of the Democrat party establishes their baseline: socialism. Progressive democrats are a moving target, though. They have no fixed point of reference, so they keep moving farther to the left, […]

The Big Budget Plan is Actually a $2 Trillion Stimulus Plan

September 16, 2026 0

The sad truth about the goings on in Washington over the fiscal cliff is that everything everybody has told you is a big lie. Every network, every pundit, every government official – they are all […]