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Thursday, July 7, 2011

How Effective Was The 2009 Stimulus Program? - Nick Schulz - Economics 2.0 - Forbes

How Effective Was The 2009 Stimulus Program? - Nick Schulz - Economics 2.0 - Forbes: "So the cost of extending access in the Montana case comes to about $7 million for each additional household served."

I'm wondering if the people wouldn't have just taken a check for $7mm and left it at that?

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

James Pethokoukis | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.com

James Pethokoukis | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.com: "Indeed, the results are horrifying. The two-year-old recovery’s terrible tale of the tape: A 9.1 percent unemployment rate that’s probably closer to 16 percent counting the discouraged and underemployed, the worst income growth and weakest GDP growth of any upturn since World War II, a still-weakening housing market. Oh, and a trillion bucks down the tube. Oh, and two-and-a-half years … and counting … wasted during which time the skills of unemployed workers continue to erode and the careers of younger Americans suffer long-term income damage. Losing the future."

Oh. My. Gosh. Wow, how did this happen? Isn't this the work of the Smartest Man in the Room?

Articles: ICE Memo Reveals new Obama Administration Plan to Incentivize Illegal Immigrants

Articles: ICE Memo Reveals new Obama Administration Plan to Incentivize Illegal Immigrants: "This is a shocking moment in American history that should have made headlines in every newspaper in the country. Never before has our government carved out such a large, protected class of people who are not subject to existing federal laws because they are favored by the political establishment."

Absolutely!

Obama's Watergate

Articles: BATF Head Melson Implicates DOJ In Surprise July 4th Testimony

Here it comes. This is likely to end in resignation or impeachment.

By His Own Criteria, Obama Is Failing as President - By Jim Geraghty - The Campaign Spot - National Review Online

By His Own Criteria, Obama Is Failing as President - By Jim Geraghty - The Campaign Spot - National Review Online

So what, exactly, did anyone expect? A communist-indoctrinated, inexperienced lightweight was never going to do anything but damage.

Friday, July 1, 2011

How has that minimum-wage hike worked for teens? « Hot Air

How has that minimum-wage hike worked for teens? « Hot Air

Minimum wages are only fair, they keep business from expl... What? They produce unemployment? Isn't being unemployed better than being exploited?