Category: Economy

North Carolina’s unemployment insurance mess

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Tar Heel State’s unemployment rate exceeds the national average. Ol’ Bev keeps extending unemployment benefits for the state’s long-term unemployed. All of this is going on in

Getting rich is NOT a crime

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

With the rise of Mitt Romney, and the activities of The Occupy movement, and the even more outlandish activities of BarryO and his posse, it is pretty clear that we’re

And the spending goes on and on and on …

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina is broke — or so we were told during the fight over the state budget during this last session. Stuff got cut out left and

An interesting question for Mitt

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Mitt Romney’s work with Bain Capital, the venture capital firm he founded, has become a major issue in the GOP race for The White House. Mitt’s opponents

The election year unemployment game

Posted on January 8, 2012January 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The New York Times tells us the unemployment problem is going away, and the economy is on the rebound (THANKS to BarryO): The

Pinehurst govt should tread carefully on performing arts center

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, a group of residents seeking a performing arts center for Pinehurst has gone to the village council, with hat in hand, seeking financing to get the project moving.

EEOC: requiring an education MAY be discriminatory

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Here comes another example of a federal agency that has outlived its usefulness. The EEOC was founded with the intention of ending racial and

Miss Nancy is BUSTED! (Livin’ la vida 1%)

Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

(I bet Pinehurst mayor — and faithful Haymaker reader Nancy Fiorillo — had a conniption and spit out her coffee when she saw that headline. ) Our friends at