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All Blog Posts Tagged 'unemployment' (8)

Just How Awful will 2013 Be?

By Alan Caruba

Pundits and experts of every description love to predict and pontificate. That they are often famously wrong doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

The Great Depression began on October 29, 1929 with the stock market crash. On October 17th, Irving Fisher, a professor of economics…

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Added by Alan Caruba on December 30, 2012 at 8:41am — No Comments

Status quo synonymous with Obama's failed presidency

Status quo synonymous with Obama's failed presidency by Nancy J. Thorner and Ed Ingold - First published at Illinois Review

The concept of status quo is often employed when referring to political or social conditions or whatever is common sense at any…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on October 9, 2012 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Time to Rid the Streets of the "Occupy" Movement

By Alan Caruba

Is there any doubt left in the minds of observers of the Occupy Wall Street movement tends toward violence and is in need of control? The mayors of the cities—some seventy at last count—that are being occupied need to crack down on it.

Not all agree, of course. Among the list of the Occupy movement are the following organizations and individuals that have expressed support or sympathy:

Communist Party, USA

American Nazi… Continue

Added by Alan Caruba on November 6, 2011 at 7:22am — No Comments

Obama Becomes Politically Radioactive

By Alan Caruba

How pathetic do you have to be to have a set of Teleprompters…

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Added by Alan Caruba on October 11, 2010 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Here's a Hockey Stick Graph Worth Worrying About

Via sppiblog.org. The median… Continue

Added by Jim Lakely on July 21, 2010 at 6:30pm — 13 Comments

The case against California's "Global Warming Solutions Act"

This week in our Sacramento Bee column, editorial writer Pia Lopez and I argue the merits of suspending California's AB 32. The 2006 law, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) touted as his signal policy accomplishment, imposes a "cap and trade" system to regulate pollution and requiring all manner of rules on how Californians may live.

Well, as it happens, the Legislature passed AB 32…

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Added by Ben Boychuk on June 16, 2010 at 6:14pm — No Comments

California's Shoddy Global Warming Law Springs a Leak

I wrote about the dire economic consequences California's "Global Warming Solutions Act" would have on California's economy for City Journal's website in February. At the time, I argued Gov. Schwarzengger would be insane not to suspend the law in the face of record unemployment and a sluggish economic recovery, noting a report by the state Air Resources Board that predicted “While climate policy yields new types…

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Added by Ben Boychuk on May 25, 2010 at 3:45pm — 4 Comments

Luckily this Is Governor Granholm’s Last Budget

Governor Jennifer Granholm’s annual budget unveiling over the years has become about as enjoyable as banging one’s head against a concrete wall. Her approach of staying the course from years past will further hurt the state’s fiscal position and economy. Facing a $1.7 billion budget deficit she has proposed a mish-mash of tax hikes, tax swaps, and “fees,” while offering few if any actual reforms to rein in spending.

Michigan will continue to face record high unemployment… Continue

Added by John Nothdurft on March 30, 2010 at 11:31am — No Comments