Posts Tagged ‘recession’
I had this to say a while back: Fair warning here folks, the next couple of years will suck if you’re an independent business owner That was in reference to Ted Kennedy wanting to raise the minumum wage because Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats took over Washington. He got what he wanted. Unemployment increased more [...]
Tags: bailout, kennedy, minimum-wage, obama, pelosi, recession, tarp, unemployment
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Yesterday on Fox, Senator Ben Nelson of Florida said there would be some incredible news today. And, at first glance, so long as it’s a very quick one, he’s right. However, anyone who thinks will recognize that it’s a shallow victory. The main problem: You’ve got a lag between borrowing and spending. That’s a given. [...]
Tags: ben nelson, florida, gdp, gross-domestic-product, growth, inflation, National Debt, obama, recession, unemployment
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In Losses, that is. A while back I did a little piece: When asked whether the Democrats “deserve some responsibility” regarding the economic crisis, Pelosi responded: “No.” That’s what Nancy Pelosi had to say in September. She could equivocate the hell out of that too. If a Democrat was president, it was the Republican House’s [...]
Tags: dow, economy, nancy pelosi, NASDAQ, recession
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Everywhere I turn, and I do mean everywhere, people are talking about bad times are. This morning I was reading a nice article in Sky and Telescope about how it would be cool to have leaders who were versed and educated in astronomy. Great concept. Can’t argue with that. However, I got stuck on one [...]
Tags: 1961, astronomy, Education, foreclosures, gross-domestic-product, recession, sky and telescope
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Everyone is saying this has been a near-flawless transition: It had to come some time. Despite a nearly flawless transition period of astute, substantive and widely praised cabinet appointments, the nascent Obama administration has unintentionally provoked its first controversy. Significantly, it is in the sphere of national security. I haven’t been quite as impressed. Bill [...]
Tags: bailout, barack obama, bill-richardson, CIA, citi, citibank, eric holder, FALN, geithner, george-tenet, IRS, jamie-gorelick, janet-reno, leon panetta, marc-rich, paul rubin, recession, rick warren, taxes, transition, treasury, withholding
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We’ve seen a lot of ramifications this year from what initially was the collapsing housing market. The crisis at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spilled over to the private financial sector, with ramifications continuing even of today. That credit crisis spilled over to the auto market, which is leading to an employment crisis. Things are [...]
Tags: auto market, baby boomers, bush administration, depression, employment crisis, fannie mae and, financial sector, obama, recession
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Via See-Dubya at Michelle Malkin’s blog, with an assist from Gasbuddy: Apparently Nancy is finally starting to feel the heat. So, she came up with the ultimate solution her feable mind could produce: July 8, 2008 The Honorable George W. Bush The President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, [...]
Tags: bush, china, clinton, demand, drawdown, economy, energy, Katrina, oil, oline, opec, pelosi, petroleum, president, price, recession, SPR
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Nancy Pelosi took over as House Speaker on January 3, 2007. Most people I think took that as no big deal. Just another politician with a big title. However, I think people need to consider who runs our country a little better and the impact they have. For instance, from the period of one year [...]
Tags: Dow-Jones, nancy pelosi, National Politics, president, recession, speaker-of-the-house, unemployment
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Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable. Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban. While there [...]
Tags: age, ban, Boston, cities, city, demand, it, kids, People, recession, school, time
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