15 days ago by detainthis

Hooray! By Admin ∙ Satire Bureau ∙ August 12, 2008 New York and Toronto (Satire Bureau) August 11, 2008- Inflation in the US could hit 6 per cent by the fall, CIBC World Markets’ chief economist said recently. “You’ve got to go back to 1982, in the midst of the stagflation that followed the second O ...

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23 days ago by markdowe

Responding to Professor Joseph Stiglitz in his article published on the website of the Guardian newspaper entitled, “Turn left for growth” and dated Wednesday, 6th August 2008. Professor Stiglitz writes: … By contrast, the new left is trying to make markets work. Unfettered markets do not operate we ...

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29 days ago by Steve Farrell

By Steve Farrell This just in from the Foundation for Economic Education: “The Bush administration gave details Wednesday on how it plans to borrow the billions of dollars it will need to finance soaring budget deficits.” (USA Today, Thursday) Hello, Visa, do you take Mastercard? FEE Timely Classic ...

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35 days ago by nhillman

Not trying to get too political here, but check this out. Robert Reich, US Secretary of Labor in the 1990’s, discusses the “heart of the economic mess” in this post. He explains that rising labor market inequality - the rising gap between rich and poor - isn’t going to be fixed by tax [...]

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52 days ago by Steve Farrell

By Steve Farrell The Liberty Letters, July 2008, Letter 05 Writing in his classic, “A Plea for the Constitution: Wounded in the House of Its Guardians,” early American historian of note, George Bancroft, observes: Good money must have an intrinsic value. The United States of America cannot make its ...

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52 days ago by Steve Farrell

By Steve Farrell The Liberty Letters, July 2008, Letter 4 In his national bestseller, “The Revolution: A Manifesto,” Congressman Ron Paul addressed with precision and frankness a number of “forbidden issues” in American politics, one of them: the ability of the Federal Reserve to expand the money su ...

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53 days ago by Steve Farrell

By Steve Farrell The House of Representatives tucked $277.9 million worth of earmarks - items in a spending bill usually designated for a congressman’s district or state - into the appropriations bill it passed before the July 4 break, reports CNSNews.com. That number is a 122 percent increase over ...

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53 days ago by Steve Farrell

By Ron Paul One reason people are unhappy with the way politics and governments operate is that people who run for office are known to “say one thing and do another.” Thus, we have the call for “change.” Candidates for high office make frequent use of that word. Even our House Republican Conference’ ...

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58 days ago by Tommy Leung

I live in New York City so I don’t really have to drive anywhere if I didn’t want to but, I do have a car: Nissan Altima with a decent MPG. My frequency of driving has gone quite far down since prices have started spiraling out of control. The last time I filled up the tank, regular unleaded was at ...

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67 days ago by Steve Farrell

By Steve Farrell Ron Paul created a bit of excitement in Montana before Senator McCain walked away with the state’s 22 delegates. Surprisingly given some podium time at the convention, Paul gave the folks a taste of what it means to be a principled Republican rather than a blind party partisan - poi ...

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