Category: Economy

Hey, South Carolina: Wanna Trade?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Every time we start to give up on those people in Washington, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint comes along and gives us a little hope. For many conservatives, it’s

Survey says — NC is NOT as business friendly as Walter & Bev claim

Posted on June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Thumbtack.com — a nonpartisan website devoted to helping people find quality service providers — has conducted a nationwide survey on the national business climate. The survey

Talking conservative, voting liberal (with other people’s money)

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In 2010, the nation overwhelmingly rewarded GOP candidates for Congress who promised to cut federal spending, cut taxes, roll back regulations, and restore some sanity to our nation’s

People dropping like flies out of NC’s workforce

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The headline says the unemployment rate is “holding steady.” If you read into The Charlotte Observer’s story, you get a better understanding of WHY (and it

(How YOU doin’ ?) Net wealth for American families drops nearly 40%

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Barack Hussein Obama (MMMM -MMMM-MMMM) says we’re all doing “FINE.” The Federal Reserve says something different: The recent recession wiped out nearly two decades of Americans’ wealth,

A tax revolt on Charlotte City Council?

Posted on June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

At first glance, Charlotte would appear to be a rather hopeless venue for the teaching and preaching of fiscal conservatism. Since Pat McCrory’s departure from city politics in 2008,

Federal deficit DOUBLED

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Last month, the federal government recorded a deficit that was TWICE what it was at the end of May 2011: The U.S. government posted a budget

The declining value of the “Republican” and “conservative” political labels

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In this nightmarish economy, we’re seeing a lot of things lose their value. In recent years, we’ve also begun to see the decline in value of

As The Budget Busts: the expensive soap opera being rolled out by Jones Street studios

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We had a GOP takeover of the General Assembly which showed promise of introducing fiscal sanity to state government. The 2011 budget debate had leftists hollering about mean old

Carolina Journal: Room for improvement in NC House budget proposal

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Analysts with Raleigh’s John Locke Foundation say there are plenty of good things in the state budget proposal currently moving through state legislative chambers, but caution that conservatives