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Jobs Report Indicates Stalled Economy

November 4, 2011

In the midst of reports of the rapid decline of the middle class, the October jobs report gives little comfort as the U.S.  economy continues to sputter and stall.  Forget the spin doctors, the 80,000 hiring gains is abysmally less than the 250,000 needed to turn around an economy that has lost 8 million jobs.  [...]

Tagged as: ecolnomy stutters and stalls, GOP, no way to spin lackluster jobs report, Obama, October 2011 jobs report, Reformed Liberal, unemployment at 9%

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Finally Obama Shows Fire In The Belly! (VIDEO)

September 8, 2011

In the midst of rumors of a possible 9/11 Al Qaeda threat from Pakistan, President Obama asked the Congress tonight to “Pass (his) American Jobs  Act,” as a necessary step to get the economy moving by reforming regulations and hiring incentives  especially for small businesses, and a larger payroll tax cut as a relief measure [...]

Tagged as: Obama Addresses Congress On American Jobs Act, Obama Jobs Plan, Obama Shows Fire In The Belly, Reformed Liberal, The Grauntlet Has Been Thrown Down By Obama, Threat of Al Qaeda as 9/11 Approaches, Video and Transcript of Obama's Address To Congress

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Market Reflects Insurance Companies Dodging Irene’s Bullet

August 30, 2011

Despite investors not getting QE3 by Bernanke and Germany still balking on a Greek bail-out, and a no growth economy, the Market this week did not experience a major decline that usually comes from a natural disaster like Hurricane Irene.  One may ask “How can this be in the face of  plunging consumer confidence and [...]

Tagged as: cataclysmic weather, FEMA, flood damage, Hurricane Irene, insurance companies and Wall Street, Wall Street & Main Street

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S & P Downgrade: U.S. Wake-Up Call!

August 8, 2011

Whether or not you view the downgrade by Standard & Poor’s as valid or not, the way that the U.S. does business–and governs, cannot continue. Entitlements are not the sole culprit here; if they were then other countries that have a more socialistic bent to the way they govern such as the  United Kingdom Commonwealth, [...]

Tagged as: energy policy, Entitlements, Federal Reserv, Leadership Failure, list of S&P AAA nations, Obama, Recession of 1937-38, Recovery, Reformed Liberal, S&P Downgrade, socialism, stimulus, unemployment

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Unemployment Drops To 9.1% But Still A Mixed Bag

March 3, 2011

Gains in February showed job growth mainly in service producing sectors by middle and small businessess as reported by Ruth Mantell for MarketWatch.  Of the 217,000 jobs gained only 15,000 were in goods produced and  large corporations only added 13,000 jobs of  this gain.  At the same time,  the number of jobs cut rose to 51,000 the largest increase since March [...]

Tagged as: furloughs & govertment layoffs, Health and Human Services, manufacturing, MarketWatch, recent jobs report, service jobs, small & middle businesses hire, unemployment

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Health Care Bill & The Neighborhood Drugstore

January 16, 2011

MarkdownMom, the savvy bargain hunting site today posted some of the fallout of the Health Care Reform bill on small, local businesses.  This site not only provides tips on saving money, but has proven a barometer on the economy especially concerning economic trends of businesses.  Read the full article on one aspect of the new [...]

Tagged as: cities revenue, drugstore closing, health bill, Health Care Reform, local businesses take a hit from health care bill, MarkdownMom, Small Businesses, store closings

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Be Careful What You Wish For…

December 21, 2010

Well, the Republicans got their extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for the upper income with passage of the $858 BillionTax Bill, but they may have got more than they bargained for. With the infusion of The Tea Party and the spending spree by the Democrats, they had temporarily shirked the stigma attached to the [...]

Tagged as: Commentary Butasforme, Federal Reserve, GOP and Bush-era tax cuts, GOP leadership, Inflation, Nassim Taleb, Reformed Liberal, Relationship between big government and large corporations, Tea Party, trickle down theory

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Recession Over In June 2009–How Come We Missed It?

September 22, 2010

The National Bureau of Economic Research stated that the 18 months recession that began in December 2007, ended in June 2009 when the economy started growing again. This has been the longest recorded recession since the Great Depression, and any downturn now would represent the beginning of a new recession. However, for most of us [...]

Tagged as: Democrats, Recession Ended June 2009, Reformed Liberal, Republicans, Status of United States In The World, Tea Party, The New Reality

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Suggestion Of The Week

September 8, 2010

If Obama continues making whining speeches, he should write them on TP, at least then his words would serve a purpose!

Tagged as: Analysis of Obama Speeches, Joke Of The Week, Obama and Small Businesses, Obama Blames Republicans, Obama On The Campaign Trail, Reformed Liberal

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Breaking News: 479K New Jobless Claims

August 5, 2010

In a ‘surprise‘ to the so-called experts, the number of new jobless claims rose last week to 479,000, the highest in the last 4 months.  Retailers including some large discounters like Big Lots report retail sales for July lackluster.  Teen retailers like American Eagle and Abercombrie & Fitch still are struggling.  However, when President Obama was asked [...]

Tagged as: Big Lots and other retailers take hit in July 2010, Double Dip Recession, exports 2010, Obama, retailers, teen sales, U.S.manufacturing policy, unemployment claims rise in july 2010

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Where Is The New Green Economy?

July 12, 2010

This country has always relied upon entrepreneurs to drive the economy.  Plaguing this nation has been a move in recent years from manufacturing  to a consumer economy.  NAFTA was meant to keep higher paying jobs in the U.S. and export the lower paying jobs to other parts of the world, namely India and China.  However, [...]

Tagged as: Clean Energy, Entrepreneurship Under Obama Administration, Natcore, PEW, Reformed Liberal, Small Businesses

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