Category: Economics
(I have no idea who produced the title quote.) Jim Bunning, the Republican Senator who is holding up passage of a bill which would extend unemployment benefits and COBRA …
One characteristic which separates Republicans and Democrats in most people's minds, is their attitude towards wealth. Democrats often believe that Republicans are biased in favor of the wealthy and …
President Obama has appointed former Republican Senator Alan Simpson and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles to co-chair a new national debt commission that seeks to …
Long ago Benjamin Franklin said, "...but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes." It would appear we can now add one more …
This should speak volumes:The Ford Motor Company reported net income of $2.7 billion in 2009, its first full-year profit since 2005. The automaker lost $14.7 billion in 2008. Executives …
Freeman Hunt has a post that is spot on accurate: You want a big tent? It's fiscal conservatism. The people are overwhelmingly in favor of it. You offer that, …
Earlier this week, I heard a couple radio guys discuss the rumored severance package for talk show host Conan O'Brien for an estimated thirty million dollars. "If I got …
Jobless claims rose - wait for it - unexpectedly. And get the excuse the administration is peddling: The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly …
Years ago, I ran across the most fascinating turn of phrase -- "eat your own dog food." It was in the context of the development of Windows NT, and …
A former friend sent me an email post that had been forwarded a hundred times. It went like this:A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that …
