Obama's Looming International Debt Crisis
How long will the Obama administration kick the can down the road regarding the financial crisis in Greece? The financial debacle enveloping that country is not a problem that …
Category: Economics
Unemployment Trends Analysis
Over the weekend I noticed an post over at the Uncommon Misconceptions blog on what was termed oscillating unemployment claims. I started a post here to discuss the analysis …
Putting Today's Unemployment Data In Context
The BLS unemployment data released today showed a glimmer of hope. However, drilling into the report some interesting facts jump out. Payrolls rose by 162,000 which is something of …
Is the Value Added Tax coming?
Brit Hume thinks a value added tax or VAT may be around the corner. He suspects the Democrats might pass a value added tax after the November elections when …
Bankrupting Liberty
A reader e-mailed Mark Steyn at The Corner on National Review Online regarding the financial impact on companies that Obamacare has had - immediately. Pay close attention here. 3M …
Life Is Good On The Government Payroll; Private Industry, Not So Much
The Wall Street Journal opines today on a subject that I believe will be the next big issue to energize voters. Unfortunately for Democrats it strikes at the core …
Bob Herbert, Race Baiting And The 2010 Midterms
Poor Bob Herbert. He just can't quit wailing about racism. Today he is still fulminating about the mean Tea Party crowd in Washington that allegedly taunted Congressmen John Lewis …
Illinois State Lawmakers Receiving Eviction Notices
A couple of weeks ago we learned that the state of Illinois is facing almost certain financial disintegration because of decades of Democrats' shockingly irresponsible government spending. It's gotten …
Low-Tax Texas Versus Big-Government California
California with its massive government and bloated bureaucracy is on the verge of bankruptcy while Texas is booming. Why? Michael Barone explains: California has gone in for big government …
Is the FDIC Preemtively Cracking Down on Potentially Problematic Loans and Could It Lead to Massive Bank Failures in the Near Term?
Mish at Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis is getting emails from readers that tell him that the FDIC is really cracking down on a number of banks' lending habits. …