Tag: stimulus
My colleague Rick already posted an entry about Solyndra, a manufacturer of solar panels and related technology that just filed for bankruptcy protection. Solyndra is not only the latest …
The lack of economic understanding among our ‘best and brightest’ never fails to amaze me. The latest example is Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack: I should point out, when …
Cost effective government management… we need more of this don’t we? President Barack Obama on Thursday toured a vehicle battery plant in Michigan, touting his administration’s focus on green …
A few days ago I linked to a report that calculated the actual Keynesian "spending multiplier" associated with the Obama stimulus plan to be very close to 1 (no …
Time for another group of stories chronicling the current state of our economy:CNBC - "What Happened To The Restaurant Recovery"?Eating out is considered to be a leading indicator of …
Let's just say he didn't make the honor roll. The headlines pretty much say it all: ABC News Exclusive: Obama Admin Slashed 60,000 Jobs From Recent Stimulus Report $6.4 …
It seems that we have been getting bogus data on the number of jobs "saved or created". From the AP, emphasis mine: A Colorado company said it created 4,231 …
This just in--not only is the federal government no good at "creating or saving" jobs with tax dollars, but they're also no good at counting the scant few jobs …
According to the NY Times (emphasis mine): Businesses that got stimulus contracts directly from the federal government reported creating or saving 30,383 jobs so far, according to data published …
Following the release of Bob Woodward's book Plan of Attack (and during the worst months of the War in Iraq) the media gleefully seized on a remark used by …
