Rising first time unemployment claims, fewer new jobs and record numbers of underemployed after trillions of dollars wasted on Obama’s Utopian dreams bodes ill for Obama’s 2012 campaign. Expect the campaign and the puppet press to steer clear of facts about Obama’s record and continue the divisive politics and personal attacks.
Archive for Category: "Economy"
Milton Friedman on Tax Freedom Day ( May 14 )
Americans will work until May 14 this year to be free from the burden of federal, state, and local spending.
Taxmeggedon coming
Tax changes already in place for 2013 will cost Americans $500 Billion. Like the Titanic headed for the iceberg America is heading for an epic disaster while captain Obama cruises merrily along telling passengers not to worry, it’s a strong ship. 2013 will bring an increase tax burden of $3,800 per household.
The money is not there – the jobs are not there = Obamanomics
Obama FAIL! Look at what Obama does not what he says he will do or has done. Don’t be fooled again. Time to end the collective brain freeze Americans had in 2008.
The Euro is DOOMED! – Nigel Farage MEP
In the European Parliament MEP Farage says it’s all over but the crying for the European Union. “Mercifully, outside of this institution, economists the world over now say it is inevitable that the Euro will break up. It is just a question of how. and I really hope that the IMF now decide to stop pouring good money after bad into these bailouts. and I really do hope that not one penny piece more of British taxpayer’s money goes into propping something up that should be allowed to die.”
Palin: Dear America, Our Orwellian President Fails on Energy
And what do we get in return on our investment in big government? Less energy security. Less allowance for resource development. More EPA regulations to de-industrialize our country and kill jobs. More opportunities shipped overseas as we allow others to produce for us that which our government refuses to allow us to produce for ourselves!
After 3 years still no budget – pathetic – coming chaos
Democrats still afraid to do their jobs. PATHETIC is putting it mildly. Who keeps electing these thieving morons? Has it been election year for the last three years? To Democrats it apparently has been. Time to send these gutless gaffers packing along with their leaderless chief.
Are Oil Embargoes Hurting Iran or the US? Obama Blames Oil Manipulators; Who are the Real Manipulators?
Iran is on a course for its third largest oil-related earnings ever. Thus, the primary beneficiary of high oil prices is Iran. Rather than blame himself for the absurdity of the situation, president Obama blames oil speculators.
Today is Tax Deadline: Bring Us Back to 1913 (Or Better Yet, Take Us Back to Pre-Income Tax 1912)
Individual income tax rates started at 1% in 1913, and the maximum marginal income tax rate was only 7% on incomes above $500,000 ($11.6 million in today’s dollars).
The Answer Really Isn’t Blowing in the Wind
$90-billion investment to subsidize renewable energy sources in the natural world does surprisingly little. This amount, allocated in 2009’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to subsidize green energy initiatives, has thus far yielded today’s bustling “renewable-energy sector” that employs roughly 140,000 Americans. And even that dismal figure is wildly inflated. – American Thinker