Category Archives: ECONOMIC POLICY

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The Progressive Trap

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Designated2

Lawrence B. Lindsey, a former Federal Reserve governor, writes in the Wall Street Journal (also available here) How Progressives Drive Income Inequality    (excerpts) . . . the administrations of political progressives have made the distribution of income more unequal … Continue reading →

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All Hail Obamanomics

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Designated2

As they say, “what a great country” , as led by Barack Obama First take note of this excerpt from this May 2012 Robert Rector article at  Heritage Foundation:  Examining the Means-tested Welfare State: 79 Programs and $927 Billion in … Continue reading →

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Obamanomics at work

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Designated2

From Hugh Pries comes this forward of a revealing set of graphs.  Hugh saw it at Doug Ross Journal which picked it up from ZeroHedge.com (an economics oriented blog). The original source is the Saint Louis Federal Reserve i.e. Federal … Continue reading →

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“$2 a day” claim in book about poverty in the U.S. not true

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Designated2

Pondering the plight of the poor in the USA on this Labor Day The book linked at right, analyzed in the link below,  “$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America” would not be worth commenting on except for … Continue reading →

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Patriot Post: It’s Socialism, Not Deodorant, That Starves the Poor

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Designated2

Yesterday we posted an article ridiculing recent comments by Democrat presidential candidate, and avowed socialist, Bernie Sanders. While pointing out the nature of socialism our post was more parochial in nature. Jeff Jacoby wrote a column for The Patriot Post … Continue reading →

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Veritas Salad

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Designated2

The Pope’s attention span Media’s leg humping Union minimum wage hypocrisy Cuba’s China Policy Gee. I wonder if the Pope knows this: The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation reports from Havana that 1,618 Cuban dissidents were arrested … Continue reading →

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Conservatives for trade — against bad legislation

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Designated2

Fast track trade deal with Asia (TPP) up for vote in the Senate Surrenders oversight and to the wrong person Sessions cautions the Senate about rushing to a bad deal Conservative Daily points to Mitch McConnell as pushing the deal … Continue reading →

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The right kind of populism . . .

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Designated2

. . . can work for the GOP and the country Conservatives are justifiably skittish about jumping on alleged populist themes when they implicate government controls extort one group,  or are a path to cultural denigration. But sometimes the sentiment … Continue reading →

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Veritas Salad

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Designated2

What Constitution? What religious liberty? Health care law is one hell of a tax Tax reform Some interesting and timely reads from both The Federalist and The Heritage Foundation. The entire articles are recommended for their many additional points.  Content … Continue reading →

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Veritas Salad

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Designated2

Watershed moment for McConnell’s Senate – the GOP – and perhaps America Eric Holder’s Replacement – A Senate Judiciary Committee member says she may be even worse.  From Ryan Lovelace’s National Review article: David Vitter believes that Loretta Lynch, President … Continue reading →

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