The recession officially ended in 2009. Government reports tell us that the United States has been in recovery for four years now. The vast majority of Americans don’t feel as if they experienced any recovery. Is it because the rate of economic growth has been the slowest in US history? Shouldn’t the average American feel some benefit from an average GDP growth of 2%? Unemployment is the same today as it was in 2009. Why? The Federal Reserve has used a policy called Quantitative Easing to pump trillions of dollars into the economy over those four years. At the same [...]
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Money For Nothing
“The common denominator to all of history is that all governments almost universally act irresponsibly to debase their currency.” — Robert T. Lutts “The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion of credit.” — Alan Greenspan Ah, the coin of the Realm … t’was a time when our specie was fashioned of precious metals — silver, gold even — back before America’s elected larcenists decided to mint money from materials with the same intrinsic worth as a Tijuana bus token. Debasing the currency, [...]
Leftist Claims “Democracy Died Tonight,” Because They Lost a Democratic Vote
As we all know, our lefty opponents love to chant, “this is what democracy looks like.” Of course, what that really means is preventing votes by fleeing, beating up opponents, vandalizing property, intimidating businesses, and the like. Then, any vote that they actually lose is NOT democracy. Take a listen to the following, via Brietbart… So, this guy is quoting some of the new talking points. Let’s assume that his $30,000,000 figure is correct for pro-Walker spending. Then, let’s take a look at the fact that the unions have thrown $60,000,000 into Wisconsin-a rather convenient omission, if you ask me. [...]
Occupy Wall Street Running out of Other People’s Money?
I would seem that demanding that governemt steal from others and give to them is expensive business, as Occupy Wall Street is running out of money. Breitbart has more… A finance report shows the group that galvanized the nationwide movement against economic inequality six months ago had about $45,000 left in its main account. That’s for the week of March 2. Weekly donations plummeted to about $1,600. The report on the group’s General Assembly website says at “the current rate of expenditure” the occupiers will be “out of money in THREE WEEKS.” In all seriousness, I’m sure they’ll get donations, [...]
War on Santorum Continues: Apparently, Bringing up Satan at a Religious Institution is “bad?”
Wow, someone in the White House, or perhaps Spooky Dude’s minions, must have said, “get this guy!” Because, the full fury of the MSM has been turned on Rick Santorum. Today’s edition of Attack Santorum comes from 2008, when he spoke at Ave Maria University. The following is from Ben Shapiro at Big Government… Here’s what the Republican frontrunner said: Satan has his sights on the United States of America! … Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so [...]
A Tale of Two Stories: Electronic Medical Records Costs Jobs, Doctors Losing Money
For our latest rendition of A Tale of Two Stories, we need to look at what is happening in with ObamaCare. One of it’s requirements is for providers to convert to a electronic medical record, or EMR. While this, on the surface, would allow for some advantages, like making it easier to get records from distant providers in the event of a medical emergency. However, with government involved, the law of unintended consequences always rears it’s ugly head. Big Government has the details… Last week, layoffs were announced at the University of Mississippi Medical Center due in part to the 80 million [...]
Occupy Wall Street: Are the Occupiers Learning that the "Collective" is Oppressive?
It seems that the Occupy Wall Street effort has a money problem-they are sitting on about $500,000! Also, this surplus is being controlled by a few, and the rest are not all that happy with what the few are doing with it… According to the New York Post, OWS has deposited five hundred thousand dollars into an account and is using the money to fund the daily operations in Lower Manhattan. They also have physical assets substantial enough to require significant storage space. CBS News reports that the protesters are filling a large storage space around the corner from the park they occupy. “They’ve [...]
Classic Conservative Hideout: Change, Intervention, and Dependency
The concept of the government “solving” all the problems of the world has crept into our society over time. With every new program, every new entitlement, the public has gradually become accustomed to the government solving the ills of the world. And what of fact that the government seemed to make all of these problems worse? Well, that’s neglected. After all, the government is taking care of it-I don’t have to worry about it, right? Starting with the “progressive” movement in the late 19th century and accelerating greatly since the great depression, the government has vastly increased it’s meddling in [...]
Anti-Semitism Alert: Avoid the Jew Money
I know that this story is a few days old, but I can’t let it go without taking a look at it. In case you weren’t watching, here is the background from the Observer, via Hot Air & Redstate. But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, the McMahon campaign compiled a list of Jewish donors to Grimm and provided it to The Politicker. The file, labeled “Grimm Jewish Money Q2,” for the second quarter fundraising period, shows a list of over 80 names, a [...]
