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Does The Government Create Jobs ?

October 19, 2010

There is an editorial in today's Akron Beacon Journal written by Mark K. Cassell, an associate professor of political science at Kent State University, titled 'Guess what? Government really does create jobs, millions of them'. Cassell takes issue with statements made by several Republicans that the government does not create jobs. Here's the professor's first [...]

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Obama Slams GOP Over Jobs Bill, Endorses Tax Cuts

August 31, 2010

Following a meeting with his White House economic team, President Obama gave an address on the economy yesterday. Here's a short summary from MarketWatch: Congress should act quickly to pass a jobs bill as “too many” Americans are continuing to look for work, President Barack Obama said Monday. “Holding this bill hostage is directly detrimental [...]

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Heading In The Right Direction ?

August 25, 2010

Housing sales fell 27% last month, the biggest drop in 15 years. The official unemployment rate is 9.5% (the real unemployment rate is over 16%, and may be much higher), and weekly unemployment claims rose to their highest level since last november. This year's federal deficit is expected to be $1.3 trillion, the second trillion+ [...]

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Stimulus Creates Gazillion Jobs, Caps Oil Leak

July 16, 2010

Word is, BP Obama has capped the oil well and the Gulf oil leak has stopped. Let's all pray that is true. It may have taken BP Obama 86 days to do it, but better late than never. Way to go, BP Obama. And damn Dubya for causing the leak in the first place. I'd [...]

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Obama's War On Business

July 13, 2010

Today, I ran across an editorial by 2008 Libertarian VP candidate, Wayne Allen Root, called Obama: Bumbling Incompetent…Or Bumbling Marxist ?. In this editorial, Mr. Root lays out a clear step-by-step explanation of how President Obama is going to destroy this country economically. If he is successful, Obama will wreak havoc on the American business [...]

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Jobs Report – Heading In The Right Direction ?

July 4, 2010

The official Bureau Of Labor Statistics (BLS) job numbers for June are in. The U.S. lost 125,000 jobs for the month. President Obama said this showed the "economy is heading in the right direction." Losing jobs is the right direction ? Then what would be the wrong direction ? Me so confused. In spite of [...]

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Jobs Gained, Jobs Lost

July 1, 2010

The following chart speaks for itself: My apologies for the fuzzy focus. I couldn't get the chart sharpened up without making it so small that you'd need a magnifying glass to read it. From the above, we see nearly 8 million private sector jobs lost since the recession started. We see 2,650,000 private sector jobs [...]

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Relearning American Greatness

June 21, 2010

Reading several recent news stories, it occurred to me that other countries understand what made America great better than we do these days, or at least better than our current leadership does. There are several lessons we need to relearn. The first lesson comes from a news item I read about how China will soon [...]

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The Friday Political Circus

March 5, 2010

Welcome To The Machine – On the same day President Obama invited Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) to the White House to pressure him to switch his vote on health care reform, Obama appointed Matheson's brother, Scott Matheson, to a judgeship on the 10th Circuit Court Of Appeals. I'm sure that was an entirely random, coincidental [...]

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Party Of 'No' Earns It's Name

February 23, 2010

For most of the last year, I thought the Republican party should have been the party of 'no.' Resisting Obama's health care takeover, the stimulus boondoggle, and cap-and-trade….those were definitely times for the GOP to say 'NO'. But lately, the GOP has been saying 'NO' to things they should be saying 'YES' to, such as [...]

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Democrats Say The Darndest Things

February 13, 2010

I keep thinking I should write a post about my differences with the Republican party, but Democrats keep talking, thereby constantly reminding me why I detest Democrats, so I never quite get around to the Republicans. Here are a few of the latest examples of Demo-speak. "I am very optimistic about, about Iraq. I mean, [...]

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The Politicization Of Jobs

February 6, 2010

Here's Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), talking about job losses: “…misguided economic policies have failed to create jobs. Since [the President] took office, the country has lost 3.2 million jobs, the worst record since President Hoover…Job losses are taking a real toll on the financial security of American families…According to today’s survey, while [...]

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