Time to pull out of LBJ’s War On Poverty
I think it was Albert Einstein who once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Statists in Congress are arguing
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That sinking feeling ….
According to the newly released global Index of Economic Freedom, the United States is about to fall out of the Top Ten : When institutions protect the
Continue readingUnemployment down? THAT’S “terrible.”
Our local thrice twice-weekly Nobel Prize-nominated local paper never ceases to amaze me. Today, they hit us with this headline: Analyst: NC jobs report ‘terrible.’ But then,
Continue readingMainstream media and their lefty comrades swoon over all of this “economic expansion”
The slobbering sycophants in the mainstream media steno pool are trumpeting a story from sea to shining sea that the economy is EXPANDING. Seriously. Does
Continue readingSmoke and Mirrors with the unemployment rate
“Great News on Jobs” crowed The Washington Post. The government reports that 236,000 jobs were “created” in February and the unemployment rate fell from 7.9 to 7.7 percent. But is
Continue readingVirginia is for (gas)Tax-Cutters
Well, the NC General Assembly is seriously considering jacking up unemployment taxes across The Tar Heel State. Meanwhile, The Commonwealth of Virginia is seriously contemplating
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NC State Govt: How about a nice tasty tax increase to go along with your recession?
We’re in the top ten in the nation — in terms of unemployment. Of the 19 states STILL indebted to the federal government for repayment of emergency unemployment funds, North
Continue readingNC Dems: confused on Mayor Pat, and creating MORE unemployment (Also, a BREAK for NCGOP on l’affaire LaRoque and Barry & Mitt ON TAPE!)
Fasten your seat belts, folks! We’ve got one heck of an action-packed post here. Jay Parmley, the former executive director of the NC Democratic Party who helped bring discussions
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We’re #1! (in, um, job losses)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released numbers showing that North Carolina lost more jobs than any other U.S. state (See Table C) from April 2012 to May
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People dropping like flies out of NC’s workforce
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
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