Tag: economy

Give the money back? Of course, you should.

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Don Berger-ino , the capo di tutti — boss of all (political) bosses — in our fair capital city, is musing publicly about giving all that so-called “surplus” money currently

Biden didn’t make this mess by himself.

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It’s election time. Both major parties are having a grand time pointing fingers at each other about negative developments, while fighting to take credit for anything that can be perceived

Seeking our votes while bleeding us dry

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The word “conservative” has been so misused and abused this campaign season it ought to be a crime. There are party primaries next week. Various and sundry scoundrels in DC

What you THOUGHT was YOURS, will soon be ALL THEIRS.

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Brant Clifton

You hear all this wonderful talk about government nurturing and aiding entrepreneurship. General Assembly Republicans and Gov. Roy Cooper just pumped a whole lot of our money into something like

Harvard’s (now former) president, DEI, and the lessons needed to be learned

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Brant Clifton

I always thought it was settled — in the 1860s AND 1960s — that discrimination based on ethnicity was and is WRONG WRONG WRONG (and illegal). We’ve moved from that

Tillis helped BIG TIME in passing two key parts of ‘Bidenomics’

Posted on July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

If you’re enjoying the current economic climate, THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER says our very own Thom Tillis is one of the people you need to THANK for it: As President Joe

“Common-sense conservative,” eh?

Posted on March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

*That sounds familiar. * (Masthead. *COUGH* Masthead.) Two young legislators – Ben Moss and Jon Hardister – are running for state labor commissioner. THIS got posted on Twitter: Interesting. Ben

Here comes the diesel shortage. (There goes your money.)

Posted on November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 by Brant Clifton

If inflation, labor shortages, radical politics in public schools, interest rates, and an upswing in violent crime have you bent out of shape, get a load of this: Mansfield

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Even More Pashley goodness

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Brant Clifton

You may recall that Pinehurst Resort president Tom Pashley spoke at the village councils public hearing the other night. The big news was that he appeared to

Bend Over. Here It Comes Again: ”The Inflation Reduction Act”

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Brant Clifton

When even the title of the legislation is a lie, you know the politicians are trying to saddle us with a BIG mess. Here’s the take on the IRA