Category: Economy

In defense of 9-9-9 and other like-minded tax reform

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Dr. Arthur Laffer, the brains behind supply-side economics and many of the policies that led to the boom of the Reagan era, has an interesting piece in

Lay off Small Business

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The title of this post is the same as the title for an excellent, thought-provoking op-ed a Moore County small business owner penned in a recent

Media lets Leftist mouthpieces attack Cain’s 9-9-9 plan

Posted on October 16, 2011October 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

You can tell who the Left fears the most by looking at who the media attacks the hardest. McClatchy Newspapers — which owns The N&O and The Charlotte Observer

Exposing the expensive ‘green jobs’ myth

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Environmentalist rhetoric about the wonder of ‘green’ environmentally-friendly jobs is not matching up to reality. The Washington Post, not exactly a conservative propaganda rag, has pointed out that, just

Alleged MSM trying to take Tillis to the woodshed

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Our state’s alleged mainstream media (MSM) has successfully swept under the rug Boss Bev’s rant (and the supporting audio tape) about suspending elections. Now, they are focused on beating

Boss Bev preps for her second taxpayer-funded Asian invasion

Posted on October 15, 2011October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev has “The First (hen-pecked) Husband” packing the bags for a big taxpayer-funded trip to Japan and China. Our buffoonish governor defends her participation in

Meet the puppetmasters pulling the strings of the ‘Occupy’ movement

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The allegedly mainstream media has been trying to paint the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy DC, Occupy Raleigh, etc. movements as spontaneous acts of taxpayer frustration. The Fayetteville Observer

Tea Party, meet The Flea Party!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Conservative columnist Ann Coulter’s latest work takes a thought-provoking, hilarious look at the Occupy Wall Street “movement” and the efforts by the alleged mainstream media and the Democrats to compare

Hagan’s tax holiday: not a job creator, but a sweetheart deal for lobbyist pals

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The News & Observer, busy with rehabbing our buffoonish governor, is going to work to prop up our junior U.S. senator Kay Hagan, a Democrat — of