Economy
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By Wes Keene | February 11, 2010 | In Category: Economy, General
John Stossel spoke at The Heritage Foundation of New York City this evening. A convert from liberalism, John is great to listen to, and has great insights into the true value of our free markets.
Fish In A Barrel
By Wes Keene | February 11, 2010 | In Category: Economy, General
Greece’s socialist government is hurting big time. Debt has risen to an astonishing 12.7% of GDP. Facing increased pressure from the EU, Greece is being forced to lighten the load. As Greece is learning, when you want to save taxpayers money, unions are less than excited.
TARP Over It
By Wes Keene | February 7, 2010 | In Category: Economy
Payback of some TARP monies, doesn’t make the program a success.
Special Report: America’s Debt Disaster
By Wes Keene | February 6, 2010 | In Category: Economy
America has a national debt crisis. We’ve reached a tipping point. Years of imbalanced budgets and zero focus on fiscal discipline have landed the country in a situation where our credit rating could soon be downgraded, or new debt couldn’t be sold on the market.
Things are looking up!
By Wes Keene | February 5, 2010 | In Category: Economy
Today’s jobs number is pretty amazing. It’s amazing, that if you add up all the weekly reports of new jobless claims, they don’t even add up to the monthly report. The monthly report announced today says we lost just 20,000 jobs in January. This is incredible considering each week in January we had about 480,000 jobless [...]
A Cryin’ Shame
By Wes Keene | February 1, 2010 | In Category: Economy
During Barack’s lunchtime thrift tutorial, we were instructed that our country needs to save money. His plan includes a freeze on spending for a hand-picked group of programs. I think it adds up to 14% of our budget. That’s not nearly enough and everyone knows it. This would be like telling your wife you’re going [...]
Crack Is Whack
By Wes Keene | February 1, 2010 | In Category: Economy
Those of us who listen to news in the mid-day were treated to an educational opportunity (a teachable moment?) On how to manage a checkbook. The session made some great points about how debt can really bury you. The only problem with the class was its teacher. Call me cynical, just one of those bitter [...]
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