Money & The Economy
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Fed Chair: No Interest Rate Hike Any Time Soon
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen set a cautionary tone on the economy saying that the FOMC will not make a…
Read More »Why Lower Gas Prices Are NOT Allowing Consumer Revival
The drastically lower cost of gasoline was supposed to lead to a huge revival of consumer spending – why hasn’t…
Read More »“Everything Seems Upside Down!”
A friend lamented to me recently, “The whole world seems upside down. What should be considered bad is now good,…
Read More »Capitalism Survives, In Spite of Obama, Pelosi, et al
As we embark on a new year, positive economic indications are abundant. Having experienced the worst recession in modern financial…
Read More »Dollar Strength Set to Continue
The U.S. Dollar has been on a huge upside run for months, and depending on Friday’s jobs numbers, may continue…
Read More »Russian Currency Collapses Overnight
The Russian Ruble has taken a turn for the worst as an overnight move by the Russian central bank increased…
Read More »Obama Legacy: No one wants to work
Almost everyone agrees that the policies of the current administration are not conducive to job creation. What’s really eye-opening is…
Read More »Obamacare forces many to avoid preventative healthcare
President Obama promised huge reductions in premiums and greater access to care. Unfortunately, forcing insurers to create plans with easy…
Read More »Intelligent Americans Reject Democrat “War on Women” and decide to vote smart
Political polling shows that the American voting public grows increasingly weary of Democrats saying that Republicans oppose mammograms and PAP smears. Liberal groups funded…
Read More »Are You a Purple Penguin?
This story goes in my “Administrators gone wild” file. It seems a Nebraska school district is instructing its teachers not…
Read More »Unemployment at All-Time Low 5.9%… Just Kidding!
Government math takes on many forms. I think it’s the basis for Common Core math. In Common Core, 2 plus…
Read More »Article V Convention – Congress Will Not Act, So We Will
Government debt continues to amass at a dizzying pace. The federal government has displayed no discipline in reining it in…
Read More »Paying Taxes Is Not “Patriotic,” Nor is it “Voluntary”
Six years ago Vice President Joe Biden said that paying taxes is patriotic. Citing the need for the wealthy to…
Read More »I Told You It Wasn’t a Woman’s Health Issue !
I have been saying, to the irritant of my friends on the Left, that abortion has nothing to do with…
Read More »The Failure of Obamanomics
The strongest component of the Federal Reserve’s Leading Economic Indicators currently is stock market performance. Such equity strength is more…
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