Think It’s Only the Federal Government Who Can’t Be Trusted to Keep Their Word?
Senator Rob Mayer has an oft repeated phrase that goes something like “he showed me the corn but slipped me the cob!”, when he is referring to someone who tells you one thing and then does another. That’s why I believe it is appropriate when discussing the recent actions of the Neosho Mayor and majority of the City Council to relate it to showing the citizens of Neosho the nice ear of corn but then slipping them the cob!
Harvard economics professor says it’s Obama Administrations fault unemployment so high.
Robert Barro says in today’s Wall Street Journal that unemployment would likely be much lower if only this Administration would stop meddling in unemployment benefits. In fact, according to Mr. Barro there is an excellent chance it would be holding at …
“There You Go Again…” Left Never Changes Anything Except Disguise
Oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth this weekend. Oh the mass hysteria from the left about Americans gathering on the Anniversary of MLK’s “I had a dream” speech. The left, for all their talk about “tolerance” sure doesn’t know how to be tolerant, unless you agree them of course!
Stimulating Texas
Will Franklin at WILLisms.com examines the economic miracle occurring in Texas:
Texas rejected huge portions of the federal stimulus– the hundreds of millions of unemployment insurance dollars with strings attached. Texas has received the second …
Helicopter Ben Bernake to the Rescue
The Financial Times reports that Wall Street was reassured by Ben Bernake’s remarks that the Fed stands by to boost US growth:
Treasury yields rose after Mr Bernanke spoke, as the market had expected an indication of more bond buying or quantitati…
Stimulus Bill What is it Good for? Record Debt, Bigger Government, No Recovery!
I don’t know if you are as shocked as I am (I would insert a tongue-in-cheek picture here if I had one) at reading reports from several media outlets on the latest findings of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). CBO, gasp, reports that the Stimulus bill is going to, hold on for the shocker, cost more than originally projected!
Guest Columnist: Basic Economic Reality 101
From time to time, we will feature either original blog postings from Guest Bloggers or works that may have appeared elsewhere but are in line with what United for Missouri is working to achieve with our grassroots members in the state.
3 Signs of Economic Disaster
Each day, more economists jump onto the Double-Dip bandwagon. Signs abound that the natural economic recovery that would normally follow a deep recession won’t happen. Instead, the economy is now saddled with so much debt, so many regulations, and such onerous new taxes that the Obama Administration tells us to be happy with 9.5 percent [...]
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Record Numbers Attend Universities and Colleges
By DICK ALDRICH
Missouri News Horizon
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — From Springfield to Kirksville, from Maryville to Cape Girardeau, more students than ever before are crowding Missouri college and university campuses.
Monday was the first day of classes at many of the state’s four-year institutions, and most report record enrollments, led by freshman classes that are the highest [...]
Economic Expectations Worsen
Gallup’s latest polling on the economy shows worsening expectations:
Regardless, probably the most troubling aspect of the current economic confidence data is that they show no improvement from a year ago. In fact, Americans are slightly less optimist…
Polls
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