Tag Archives: economics
I’ll Pass on ‘Opting Out’
The most important fact about the “opt out” scheme allegedly allowing states to decline government health insurance is that a state can’t “opt out” of paying for it. Continue reading
49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs Since Stimulus Enacted
While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the Nation has already lost a total of 2.7 million – a difference of 6.2 million jobs. Continue reading
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Tagged deficit spending, economics, federal spending, porkulus, stimulus
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Surrendering sovereignty
While all eyes were on the rantings of Ahmadinejad at the United Nations, the United States — under President Barack Obama — was surrendering its economic sovereignty at the G-20 summit. The result of this conclave, which France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed as “revolutionary,” was that all the nations agreed to coordinate their economic policies and programs and to submit them to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for comment and approval. While the G-20 nations and the IMF are, for now, only going to use “moral suasion” on those nations found not to be in compliance, talk of sanctions looms on the horizon. Continue reading
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Tagged economics, fore, foreign policy, imf, obama, sovereignty
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Washington's Lies
You say, “Williams, you don’t show much trust in the White House and Congress.” Let’s check out their past dishonesty. Continue reading
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Tagged deficit spending, economics, medicare, obamacare, social security, taxes, walter williams
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Obama and the Bureaucratization of Health Care
How can we ensure that those who need medical care receive it while also reducing health-care costs? The answers offered by Democrats in Washington all rest on one principle: that increased government involvement can solve the problem. I fundamentally disagree. Continue reading
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Tagged death panels, deficit spending, economics, obama, obamacare, sarah palin, socialism
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