Tag Archives: American Economy

FORA-TV: PJ O’Rourke- ‘Conservatives and Fiscal Responsibility’

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:FORA-TV– Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke, at the National Press Club in Washington, talking about the lack of fiscal responsibility in the Republican Party. Source:Real Life Journal  “Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke criticizes the fiscal irresponsibility of recent conservative legislators. He says … Continue reading →

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Hoover Institution:George P. Shultz: How to Get America Moving Again

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  George Shultz now a fellow at the Hoover Institution and of course former Secretary of State for President Reagan and I believe Secretary of Treasury or Commerce for President Nixon wrote an interesting article on how to … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: John Grgurich: U.S. Economy Grows More Under Democratic Presidents: Is That Good Luck or Good Policy?

Posted on August 12, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat I know this is going to sound like a copout and trying not to take a hard stand and everything else, but the answer to why the American economy does better under Democratic presidents than Republican presidents to … Continue reading →

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The New York Times: Paul Krugman: ‘Inequality is a Drag’

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:New York Times– left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. Source:The New Democrat “For more than three decades, almost everyone who matters in American politics has agreed that higher taxes on the rich and increased aid to the poor have hurt economic growth. … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: Ed Donahue: US Employers Add 209K Jobs, Unemployment Rate 6.2%

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Two-hundred-thousand jobs in a month even if it is not a high as the previous month of two-hundred-eighty-thousand jobs is a very good number. And when you have a slight uptick in unemployment from 6.1% to 6.2% … Continue reading →

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Campaign For America’s Future: Isaiah Poole: Transportation Crisis: Republicans Looking For Hostages, Not Solutions

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Campaign For America’s Future: Opinion: Isaiah Poole: Transportation Crisis: Republicans Looking For Hostages, Not Solutions One of the advantages of being able to talk about solutions and issues and offer ideas to solve those issues when you … Continue reading →

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The New Republic: Danny Vinik: President Obama’s Promise to Not Raise Taxes on the Middle Class Makes Governing Harder

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m just going to be real here and say that Socialists have this belief that if government especially the federal government or central government (depending on the country) is not doing something or running something that is … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks: The Flagging Labor Force, Congressional Mid-Terms & Foreign Policy

Posted on May 9, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Mark Shields and David Brooks when they say that the jobs report is good news and a positive step.  If we get a few more reports like this it will be good for Democrats … Continue reading →

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Thom Hartmann: Dr. Ravi Batra: A Revolution is Coming!

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Just an editor’s note: I watched about seventeen-minutes of this video and didn’t hear a damn thing about any revolution.  Actually seventeen minutes before I started writing about this video and continued to watch it while I … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg News: Rip up the Script: Why Canada’s Middle Class Beats America’s

Posted on May 4, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  Strange title for an over two-minute video, two-minutes and seventeen seconds to be precise, that spends only twenty seconds talking about the Canadian middle class. Most of this video was about the decline of the American middle … Continue reading →

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