Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category

Public school utopia at taxpayers expense

Even a severe recession cannot stop school districts from using taxpayer dollars to build their own utopia.
At $578 million—or about $140,000 per student—the 24-acre Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex in mid-Wilshire (California) is the most expensive school ever constructed in U.S. history. To put the price in context, this city’s Staples ...Read more.

Is unemployment really 11% plus?

If a person is unemployed and gives up trying to find a job, does that mean they are no longer unemployed?  Statistically, yes.  And this is why unemployment is hovering at 9.5%, regardless of the fact employment is lower now than over the last several months.
There are about 2.8 million Americans who are out of ...Read more.

Paul Ryan vs. Washington

The MSM is doing all they can to bash Paul Ryan.  A sure sign the left feels VERY threatened by him!!
Here is a great piece in the Wall Street Journal:  Washington vs. Paul Ryan – What happens when a politician is more honest than his critics.
The immune system of the modern body politic is nothing ...Read more.

Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold helped a dead person get a job?

From Charlie Sykes of WTMJ in Milwaukee:
In Senator Feingold’s new ad, he features some footage designed to make the argument that his $787 stimulus bill created Wisconsin jobs.
One piece of footage features a nameplate being placed outside an office or cubicle, and it appears the person named does not exist – not in ...Read more.

Ted Nugent: Government Drunk on Stupid

In these tough and turbulent economic times, we need to look for small things we can be thankful for.
For example, I am thankful President Obama is not a lifeguard, as I believe he would toss concrete blocks to drowning swimmers instead of life preservers.
Why do I believe that? His economic policies are ...Read more.

About that $787 billion stimulus and Obama budget…….

About that $787 billion stimulus that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8% and create 137.6 million non-farm jobs with 90% of the jobs in the private sector by the fall of 2010 (which happens to be right around the corner).
Here are a few facts for ya’:
As of July, unemployment remains 9.5%.  While the private ...Read more.

Worth the Read: President Obama’s electric car subsidies are snobby and foolish

What do you get when you have the government dictating a car company?  How about a car everyone will pay for yet only the rich can afford.
Charles Lane wrote a good piece in Slate:  Unaffordable at Any Speed
It’s official: The Chevrolet Volt, the new plug-in electric hybrid car from General Motors, will cost $41,000—that’s ...Read more.

Paul Ryan Schools Chris Matthews With the Facts

Paul Ryan absolutely SCHOOLS Chris Matthews on Hardball!!  How did Ryan do it?  With the one thing Matthews and the left do not understand:  FACTS!!

Beautiful!!!  Absolutely beautiful!!!
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Government Revenue vs. Spending

Let’s throw a scenario out there.  One day, you go to your employer, laid out a graph showing your spending vs. income, and said “you need to pay me more because what I have coming in from you doesn’t cover my spending.”  What do you think your employer would say?  Probably something like “cut your ...Read more.

Fred Barnes compares Ryan’s Roadmap to Reagan

For Republicans, the Road Map authored by congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is the most important proposal in domestic policy since Ronald Reagan embraced supply side economics in the 1980 presidential campaign. It’s not only the freshest, boldest, and most comprehensive Republican thinking, it’s also the most relevant. If Republicans adopt ...Read more.