The President conflates the quantity of teachers with their quality. At best, these two factors are uncorrelated. At worst—in those few states and districts which pay teachers based on performance—the two factors are negatively correlated …
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Is the Fed in Control? If So, Control of What?
Bernanke says he is not out of options, so Lord only knows what he may try. .. Simply put, the Fed is without options that will do any good for the economy.
Obamacare and 2nd term to kill more jobs
Crippling costs in Obamacare are forcing employers to cut back hours and stop hiring or expanding. A second Obama term assures increased taxes which will further hamper job growth. The CBO estimated Obamacare will kill 800,000 jobs over the next decade and that the looming taxmageddon will drive the economy into a recession. This is Obama’s Marxist ideology winning out over reason. Can we afford four more years of national suicide?
Obama’s redistribution in high gear as welfare payments hit high of over a trillion dollars
Record food stamps and now a record of “transfers” to welfare recipients. Can we afford four more years of economic suicide?
After Four Years of Obama, the World isn’t Better Off
“You put all this together, and you unmistakably convey, to the world at large, and, most especially, the more dangerous parts of it, an America that is in decline, is weak, has irresolute leadership, and is ripe for the taking.”
55 Facts About The Debt And U.S. Government Finances That Every American Voter Should Know
The federal government is stealing more than a trillion dollars a year from our children and our grandchildren, and they are spending that money in some of the most foolish ways that you could ever imagine. We have accumulated the largest mountain of debt in the history of the world, but our politicians just can’t help themselves – they appear to be absolutely addicted to spending money.
National Heritage Areas – The Land Grabs Continue
This sweeping mandate ensures that virtually every square inch of land within the boundaries is subject to the scrutiny of Park Service bureaucrats and their managing partners. That is the way it works. It’s done behind the scenes – out of the way of public input.
Why Does Affirmative Action End at the Gridiron?
Since everyone obviously has different skills, talents, and ambitions people inevitably perform and produce at different levels. Therefore to make everyone end up in the same place it is necessary to hold some back and artificially advance others.
Winners and losers energy policies – guess which one is Obama’s
Obama continues to waste billions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize unreliable, unsustainable, inefficient, insufficient energy forms .. – even as 80% of Department of Energy grants and loans went to companies owned or controlled by Obama contributors;
Foreign Propaganda Channels Target the U.S. Via PBS
We are borrowing from China to help public broadcasting air Chinese propaganda in the U.S.