Economy
ANDREW PUZDER:: Fire the BLS’s Unemployment Rate | NRO
By MB Snow at May 22, 2013 | 1:35 pm
By Andrew Puzder , Michael Talent -- Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its latest news on the job market. The agency breaks down the jobs data six different ways and calculates six different unemployment rates. But all this data does little to answer clearly the one key question: Is it easier to get a job now than it was before? If you just looked ... Go To Article
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ROBERT SAMUELSON: Is health care’s slowdown for real? – WaPo
By MB Snow at May 20, 2013 | 12:55 am
By Robert J. Samuelson, Sunday, May 19, 5:22 PM “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” — Stein’s Law , after economist Herbert Stein (1916-1999) We all know that Stein’s Law will someday apply to health-care spending, which has risen from 5 percent of the economy (gross domestic product) in 1960 to almost 18 percent now. What we don’t ... Go To Article
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PETHOKOUKIS: Scandals may shut the door on Obama’s progressive experiment | AEIdeas
By MB Snow at May 14, 2013 | 7:03 am
James Pethokoukis | May 14, 2013, 9:37 am Democrats and left-wing pundits have long argued that Barack Obama would be their Ronald Reagan, a president who significantly shifted the nation’s political and economic landscape. With reelection and a second term, as Andrew Sullivan wrote last September, Obama would become ”an iconic figure who struggled through a ... Go To Article
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ROBERT SAMUELSON:: The jury’s out on whether Dodd-Frank will save capitalism – WaPo
By MB Snow at May 13, 2013 | 9:20 am
By Robert J. Samuelson, Published: May 12 -- It’s been five years since the onset of the financial crisis — the rescue of Bear Stearns in March 2008 — and we still don’t know whether the financial system is safe. In a recent speech, Daniel Tarullo, the Federal Reserve’s point man on regulation, contended that substantial, though incomplete, progress has been ... Go To Article
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JONATHAN S. TOBIN: Note to President Obama: IRS Scandal Is Why We Distrust Government « Commentary Magazine
By MB Snow at May 12, 2013 | 5:31 pm
Jonathan S. Tobin | 05.12.2013 While almost all liberals and Democrats are still in denial about the implications of the Benghazi scandal, none of them is choosing to defend the IRS officials who targeted Tea Party groups for investigations that would deny them tax-exempt status. Like the White House, the chattering classes are united in decrying the blatantly illegal ... Go To Article
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FEDERAL RESERVE: The Tett Offensive – TheNewYorkSun
By MB Snow at May 11, 2013 | 12:55 pm
Editorial of The New York Sun | May 11, 2013 “How the Fed lost its cred” is the headline this morning over Gillian Tett’s column in the London Financial Times. The rising FT scribe is praising a new book by President Reagan’s former budget director, David Stockman. The book argues that at the heart of “The Great Deformation,” which is the title of the tome, ... Go To Article
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HOUSE REPUBLICANS swiftly announce hearing on IRS targeting conservative groups | Fox News
By MB Snow at May 11, 2013 | 12:30 pm
The IRS acknowledging that it targeted conservative political groups during the 2012 election season has sparked bipartisan calls for investigation -- with House Republicans already saying they will hold a hearing on the issue. House Majority Speaker Eric Cantor said Friday the Republican-led chamber would investigate the tax-collecting agency for flagging the groups ... Go To Article
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WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: The Jobs Crisis: Bigger Than You Think | Via Meadia
By MB Snow at May 11, 2013 | 11:57 am
May 10, 2013, WALTER RUSSELL MEAD Of the Big Five questions facing America today, the most pressing and urgent is the question of jobs. This is more than the problem of recovering from the last economic slump; it is more than the impact of globalization and automation on manufacturing jobs. The American economy is shedding jobs, especially long-term, well-paying jobs ... Go To Article
JOHN STOSSEL:: Live Free or Move | RealClearPolitics
By MB Snow at May 8, 2013 | 12:13 pm
By John Stossel - May 8, 2013 Forty-three million Americans moved from one state to another between 1995 and 2010 -- about one-seventh of Americans. It's good that we can move! Moving provides one of the few limits on the megalomania of state bureaucrats. Americans have moved away from high-taxed, heavily regulated states to lower-taxed, less-regulated states. ... Go To Article
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VIDEO: MARINE SHAUN ADKINS Tells Sen. Joe Manchin: ‘Spending Is Going to Sink Us’ | Fox News Insider
By MB Snow at May 7, 2013 | 9:19 am
The West Virginia Democrat responded this morning on Fox and Friends, followed by Marine veteran Shaun Adkins. BY FOX NEWS INSIDER// MAY 07 2013 A concerned Marine veteran took on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) at a recent town hall event in West Virginia. The video of his passionate remarks has since gone viral. "Right now in Washington, you guys are spending money at ... Go To Article
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