
We have become a bailout nation. Bailouts will not create jobs, nor will burdensome overregulation. The government will manage banks, insurance companies, and automakers the same way it has manages the mail or your local social security office... poorly.
The Texas GOP has to remember that the true engine of job-creation is entrepreneurship and a legal and regulatory structure that encourages and rewards business ventures and success.
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In defense of its economic policies, the Obama administration's argument has been that it has saved America from depression. However, there is a counter argument to be made that the Obama administration has actually slowed the recovery, and if the Obama economic team followed different policies, we would be looking at a raging recovery instead of the present “recovery” that is barely limping along and that is close to relapsing into another recession. Read more »
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It’s back-to-school time here in Texas, and we all know what that means: tax-free weekend! This past weekend thousands of Texans headed to malls, shopping centers, and outlets across this state in order to purchase tax-exempt items for school such as clothing and school supplies. Read more »
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Greta Van Susteren talks with New Hampshire Republican senator, Judd Gregg, about our nation's impending fiscal calamity. He said that the current debt is $13 trillion, but that will double in five years and triple in ten years. Who's going to have to pay that off? Our children. This means that their standard of living is going to go down, due to no fault of their own. "It's a nightmare!" Read more »
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Paul Gigot from The Wall Street Journal joins Fox News to discuss the state of our economy and who exactly is to blame. The Democrats are notorious for pinning all the blame on Bush, but after 19 months of Obama's presidency, it's time he accept some of the blame. Obama's policies have passed, and the country continues to go deeper and deeper into debt. In 2007, the deficit was $161 billion, while the 2011 projected deficit is $1.3 trillion. Read more »
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The July national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data from the payroll survey showed total nonfarm employment suffered a net loss of 131,000 largely due to declines in government jobs (143,000 temporary census positions were terminated last month). Read more »
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Lafayette, Louisiana is a friendly place in the heart of Cajun country. Good people. Fun people. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and lots who don’t care much about politics at all. A not-so-small college.
An astounding event happened there this week. They held a political rally. Not for a candidate. Not even for a political party. For their jobs and for common sense to return to America. Read more »
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