Economics & Finance
Sen. Lincoln: Congress Can Force Americans to Buy Health Insurance Because Constitution ‘Charges Congress With the Health’ of the People
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 By Nicholas Ballasy, Video Reporter CNSNews.com) - Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) told CNSNews.com that Congress has the authority to force individual Americans to buy health insurance because the U.S. Constitution “charges Congress with the health and well-being of the people.” The words “health” and “well-being” do not appear anywhere in the Constitution. The Congressional Budget...»
Are you effing kidding me?
House of Representatives votes for a “JOBS BILL” worth $155 BILLION? WTF? Didn’t we already approve a $750 billion stimulus package that was supposed to prevent a disaster and unemployment from rising above 8%? Unemployment is now 10%. Utterly ridiculous! From Reuters…our ever present liberal news agency: US House approves $155 billion jobs bill Wed Dec 16,...»
Comedy Gold! Obama says “fat-cat bankers don’t get it”…
Get what, Mr. President? That your approval ratings are now in the low to mid 40’s? That you have created no incentives for any businesses, let alone banks to expand? That the Government requiring banks to lend to unqualified individuals through the Community Reinvestment Act led to the economic recession? That you have absolutely no...»
For feds, more get 6-figure salaries… WTF?
By Dennis Cauchon USA TODAY The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data. Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession’s first 18 months — and that’s before overtime pay and...»
Soak the Rich…Via Thats-Right.com
Love this story, so instead of taking excerpts, I decided to post the whole thing. Very well put Russ…it is so true though…depending on the day of the week, this administration’s definition of rich seems to change. I have actually heard them once state that $75,000 was rich…yikes! “Soak the Rich“ - thats-right.com This is a fun...»
Obama’s Labor Numbers ~ By Kevin Jackson
It’s About the Numbers by Kevin Jackson The lamestream, state-run media is always good for a laugh, and this laugh has to do with the recent jobless claim. They are exuberant because as theAP headline reads, “New jobless claims fall unexpectedly to 457K”. So only 475 THOUSAND people lost their jobs this go-round! Come to...»
Wow! Jobs summit worked already?
Nonfarm payrolls for November fell less than expected with employers cutting only 11,000…expectations were for a cut of 125,000. This is a strong number, and revisions for prior months in October and September were huge at 159,000. With these changes, the unemployment rate dropped from 10.2% to 10%. All is well, all is well. While...»
I repeat…jobs summit a joke
Watching this guy (President Obama) tout his “jobs summit” and the fabulous ideas he has gotten really frightnens me. It frightens me that he just doesn’t get it. I have posted numerous times on our blog the importance of tax CUTS for businesses. We have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. I...»
Thank God such a super genius is our President!
Headline in Bloomberg Story: “Obama says Private Industry Must Take Lead in Creating Jobs”. I…am…not…kidding. You can’t make this stuff up. Bloomberg: “President Barack Obama said the private sector must lead the U.S. economic recovery and that the administration is open to a range of ideas for creating jobs…I’m not interested in taking a wait-and-see...»
Another conservative offers solutions to the lagging economy
Mitt Romney, in an open letter to President Obama via USA Today (full text below) is another high profile Republican offering sensible solutions to President Obama on how to turn the economy around. Pretty sure Obama will not read adopt any of his solutions as he has not lived up to his hype of...»