Economy/Jobs
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
I ran across this thought-provoking article by Michael Lind today. Michael Lind is policy director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation.
The article basically says that due to: outsourcing, cheap immigrant labor, and emerging markets, the rich have a decreasing dependence on the middle and lower class. While I don’t [...]
Chirp, Chirp, Chirp
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010I got a kick out of this quote in the Morning Call:
Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
Suppose you gave a news conference and nobody came.
That happened to U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy Thursday outside the West Wing of the White House. Actually, journalists were there to hear Murphy’s brief remarks at a portable podium in the driveway. But none asked [...]
Taking apart the federal budget
Thursday, July 15th, 2010The Washington Post posted an interactive graphic that shows where the federal money comes from and where it goes. You can see it by clicking here.
I discovered this graphic through the Thomas Jefferson Club blog at http://thomasjeffersonclubblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/taking-apart-the-federal-budget/. They always have good information there. Well done!
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News of note this week
Saturday, July 10th, 2010Here are some articles on major political news this week:
The Wall Street Journal has an article on The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy. I hope that Patrick Murphy becomes a “lame duck”, but has some class and does not participate in more complete disregard for the will of his constituents
The Intelligencer has an article on Murphy: [...]
Obama cuts another great deal
Monday, June 21st, 2010Image via Wikipedia
President Obama managed to get BP to agree to $100/million dollars to cover payroll expenses for his six month moritorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The problem is that the monthly salaries of the workers is actually $330/million per month. So, 6 months would amount to $1.98 Billion dollars or $1.88 [...]
Analysis of job numbers and Patrick Murphy’s spin on it
Friday, June 11th, 2010BucksRight.com published an excellent article analysing the job numbers and Patrick Murphy’s spin. He tried to make them look good, but the truth is that since he took office unemployment went from 4.4% to the current 9.7%. We’re not buying it anymore Congressman Murphy. You can read the full article at http://www.bucksright.com/murphy-to-constituents-youre-welcome-for-that-crap-job-report-5717
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Government takeover of BP – Shoe on the other foot
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010In this article by Robert Reich, he calls for government takeover of BP. This is a very dangerous and slippery slope. Our government keeps taking over businesses (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GM) and are imposing their dictatorship over entire sectors (banking, health care, etc). Ignoring the fact that all of this: kills jobs, is unconstitutional, and [...]
Real Financial Reform
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010House and Senate representatives, please stop the nonsense already and address the real reasons for our financial dilemma. Instead of building a $30/billion dollar “bailout fund” (that’s what it really is) and looking for ways to control businesses that are too big to fail, why not consider:
Letting them fail. If we let Goldman Sachs, AIG, [...]
Contract From America
Friday, April 16th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
Fox news has been reporting on the new Contract From America. You can read it at http://www.thecontract.org/the-contract-from-america/. It is a document from Tea Party Patriots that contains common-sense commitments that our representatives should be supporting. Let’s hold our candidates to these committeemen.
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Gingrich Calls for New “Contract with America” (politicalwire.com)
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Job Killing Policies
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010John Boehner’s Leader Alert today is titled “As Americans Ask “Where Are the Jobs?” Obama Advisor Pushes for Even More Tax Hikes”. It talks about Paul Volcker’s (President Obama’s advisor) recommendation to implement a Value Added Tax (VAT). As the article explains, this will increase costs and cause further job losses.
The article also includes details on other job [...]
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