A study in Econ Journal Watch of major American economists and their stated views on budget deficits finds just one whose views change drastically depending upon whom is in residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
A study in Econ Journal Watch of major American economists and their stated views on budget deficits finds just one whose views change drastically depending upon whom is in residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
All Tim Kaine’s spinning won’t be able to obfuscate the fact that the economy is unlikely to be much improved come election day.
Watch this and listen closely (via QandO). Entrepreneurial apparently means let other poor working saps pay for your health insurance while you behave irresponsibly.
In the next 24-48 hours, the House will “vote” and the Senate health care reform bill will be passed – or “deemed” passed. There will be debate and lawsuits to follow as to whether President Obama can sign the Senate bill or whether the Senate must approve the House’s “fixes” first, etc. ad infinitum. Democrats […]
A gaffe, according to editor and columnist Michael Kinsley, is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. President Barack Obama made one yesterday when he did a Q&A with the House Republican conference – one no one seemed to notice. THE PRESIDENT: Tom [Price, R-Ga.], look, I have to say that on the -- let's […]
Yes, I watched the State of the Union speech Wednesday night. After suffering through 70 minutes of it, I was presented with a dilemma. I could blog about a speech that everyone and their mother had already blogged about or I could play Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect 2 won. I did make some comments […]
CNN Money has a list of 15 stressful jobs that pay poorly. Unsurprisingly, my old job was one of them: News reporter. According to the article, the median pay is $32,900 (I worked for far less) and 62 percent say their job is stressful. The other 38 percent are old, lazy and higher-paid. Is it […]
The head of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, made a rather stunning statement today. The government's economic stimulus spending has already had its biggest impact and probably won't contribute to significant growth next year, a top White House adviser said Thursday. Christina Romer, the chair of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic […]
I caught about 90 seconds of “The O’Reilly Factor” this evening with radio talk show host Laura Ingraham sitting in for the Irishman. Pollster Scott Rasmussen was on explaining that his tracking polls are showing that President Obama has lost not Democrats (he’s still got them), not Republicans (he never had them), but unaffiliated voters. […]
The government here in the golden bankrupt state has actually increased the number of state employees over the past year by 2 percent. While ever other industry in the land is cutting back, the state is still hiring. About 4,000 more full-time workers drew state checks in June compared to a year before, with the […]