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• Regulations Rising Under Obamacare - 14 May 2013
  posted in Big Gov & Economy & Life & Medicine & Regulations

  The number of regulations from Washington has spiked since President Obama took office, according to a new government report. The Obama administration published more “major” final rules in its first term than the George W. Bush administration did in its second, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS). At the same time, the Obama White [...]

• Americans Fighting Their Own Government For Economic Survival - 13 May 2013
  posted in Economy & Energy & Environment

  No wonder the national debt is at nearly $17 trillion—and ticking higher every day. Polls repeatedly show most Americans believe that reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority, yet policy gets in the way of democracy and prevents practical solutions. I’ve previously participated in, and reported on, various public meetings and hearings where [...]

• Environmentalists are killing the US economy - 06 May 2013
  posted in Columns & Economy & Energy & Environment

  Last month, Earth Day came and went. Perhaps you missed hearing about it. For 2013, the theme was “The Face of Climate Change.” Other than a change in the Post Office cancellation mark on your letters from the usual wavy lines, to the four stick-like wind turbines and a sun symbol, there was little note [...]

• Will Obama Trade A Carbon Tax For Keystone XL? - 21 Feb 2013
  posted in Big Gov & Energy & Environment & Taxation

  The two were discussing the job benefits of and need for building Keystone XL, which has been given an environmental green light by the state of Nebraska, near whose sensitive aquifers it will run. That may explain Obama’s omission of Keystone in his SOTU. How do you placate those who want a carbon tax to [...]

• Consumer Credit Soars, Driven By Student And Car Loans: 95% Of All 2012 Consumer Debt Funded By Uncle Sam - 10 Jan 2013
  posted in Big Gov & Debt & Numbers

  SSDM: just like in October, and September, and August, and so on, November consumer credit saw a decent pick up of $16 billion, well above the expectation of $12.75 billion, above the $14.1 billion in October, and the third highest monthly print of 2012. And if this was driven even remotely by actual short-term consumption [...]

• The greening of the economy - 31 Dec 2012
  posted in Coercion & Columns & Energy & Environment

  The contrast between then and now, the past and present, is startling. Sitting in the Carson Mansion, overlooking the Humboldt Bay, watching the boats bobbing in the marina, it is easy to picture what life must have been like in the heyday—1884-85—when William Carson built what has become one of the area’s most conspicuous landmarks. [...]

• No ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Solution without Auditing the Fed - 07 Dec 2012
  posted in Alerts & Economy & Money

  Alert: Demand Harry Reid and the Senate to bring S. 202 to a vote and pass the Federal Reserve Transparency Act! They must hand this ever-important bill to the President before the conclusion of the Lame-Duck session! Send Faxes Here. Dear Conservative, The ‘fiscal cliff’ debate is in swing, and the U.S. Congress is clamoring [...]

• We are becoming a nation of Part Timers - 03 Dec 2012
  posted in Big Gov & Big Labor & Columns & Economy & Property

  Thanks to ObamaCare, restaurant workers are becoming part time workers.  Lower wages, no benefits, no health care.  They will be forced to receive welfare and government assistance. Now, the same push is being made on retail workers and many “professionals”.  Unions are killing jobs at Los Angeles area ports and manufacturers like Hostess.  Money stolen [...]

• Try Bipartisanship About China - 14 Nov 2012
  posted in Columns & World

  We heard a lot of loose talk during the presidential campaign about getting tough with Communist China. Since both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney criticized China’s violations of free-trade rules that the United States obeys, this would be the perfect issue to showcase the bipartisanship to which both men said they are committed. Free trade [...]

• The Unemployment Shell Game - 19 Oct 2012
  posted in Columns & Economy & Jobs

  I am not an economist, nor have I ever claimed to be. That being said, I don’t think you need to be Adam Smith to know that something is not quite right. This morning the U.S. Labor Department reported that applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 to a “seasonally adjusted” 388,000. Okay, let me [...]