Tag: Stimulus Spending
Naturally I’m talking about the $800 billion + Obama “stimulus.” Grover Norquist and Trent Lott Jr. did the math, and their results are anything but surprising to anyone who …
Having a Central Bank that issues what is known as a reserve currency has its advantages. It also has its disadvantages when the federal government attached to that bank …
James Surowiecki at The New Yorker offers up the secret sauce that will save Democrats from a wipeout this November. Got your pencil ready? The Democrats ingeniously back loaded …
As the Obama administration launches a fusillade of trial balloons about the need for a second stimulus package, Democrats in Congress are getting in on the action also: House …
One of the widely held beliefs among Obama apologists and congressional Democrats is that a policy of massive federal spending (stimulus, Keynesian policy...call it what you want) is more …
During the Stimulus Legislation debate the Obama administration promised that earmarks would have no place in an emergency spending bill designed to jump start a sagging economy. To no …
Jim Hoft has an excellent summary (watch the interview with Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL) of the current challenges faced by the Fed and the Treasury as both institutions navigate …
