Meanwhile…The Economy Is Recovering Nicely

There’s been a lot of chatter about how Obama isn’t focusing on the economy, how his plans have failed, etc. Want to know the real story?

Republicans Target Unemployment Benefits?

As Americans, we’re accustomed to a certain standard of living. Nothing lavish, mind you. Most of us don’t have big, fancy houses or expen...

The U.S. No Longer Has a "Free" Economy

From The Advocates for Self-GovernmentStudy: U.S. No Longer Has A "Free" EconomyFor more than ten years the Index of Economic Freedom, a joint publica...

The War on Toyota

As a loyal Toyota owner I've been somewhat dismayed at the media circus surrounding Toyota's product failures.  When Transportation Secretary Ray...

Economy Grew 5.7% Last Quarter

Jobs may not be coming back, but the GDP is. From Reuters: The first estimate put fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth at its fastest pace sin...

The Discretionary Spending Freeze And What It Means For You

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Administration: Don’t like our message? No worries. We have a different message just for you.

Last week President Obama announced the “Volcker Rule” proposing tough constraints on big banks. During the announcement Barney Frank stoo...

Our Lost Decade Compared To Decades Past

I wrote yesterday about the scant number of jobs created in the last 10 years, but when compared to the past six decades the news becomes that much bl...

Jobless Claims At 18 Month Low

A bit of good news to report today amid the preparations for New Year’s celebrations. Jobless claims fell more than expected last week...

Christmas greetings from Krugman and Schiff

Paul Krugman offers “Tidings of Comfort” in the New York Times: “…Tiny Tim, is sick. And his treatment will cost far more than...