economy

President Barack Obama mockingly charged that the just-concluded Republican convention had showcased policies “better suited for the last century.”  This Presidential race seems to be boiling down to one glaring issue: which party will do more to help the financially strapped and shrinking American middle class.  President Obama’s campaign theme is that Mitt Romney and the Republicans cater to [...]

The Republicans HAVE elected more women and Hispanic governors than the Democratic party.  How is this so, if the Republicans and the Tea Partiers are so racist?  The fact is they are not, the Democrats, with the backing of the mainstream media, wants you to think that the Republican Party hates minorities.  This was so blatantly obvious in [...]

What began as a genuine grassroots bipartisan movement with thousands of tax protest rallies advocating against deficit spending across the country on April 15, 2009 became what we know now as the Tea Party. The protestors advocated for limited government, limitations on spending and taxation, as well as deficit reduction and a return to Constitutional principles.  The group [...]

The reason why America is called “The Land of Opportunity” is because its people can climb up the socio-economic ladder through hard work and dedication. However, too often when U.S. citizens fall on hard times, they turn to the government for financial assistance.  The history of welfare in the United States reveals the compassion and goodwill of the American people, [...]

The rant featuring Adam Carolla breaking down the current Occupy Wall Street movement in simple terms for everyone to understand is music to my ears. I can listen to it over and over.  He dives into the cultural reasons that led us into this situation, as well as the solution to our problems.  More importantly [...]

Mitt Romney has ripped apart President Obama’s campaign strategy as one of “diversions” that have taken the nation’s highest office to a “new low” that appears “angry and desperate.”  Well, birds of a feather flock together.  Chris Matthews of MSNBC proved he is completely washed up and a total moron while speaking with RNC chairman Reince Priebus. [...]

It is good that we are finally having the kind of discussions that the American people need.  The Paul Ryan Vice President pick has brought the medicare issue to the forefront  of the debate.  This is critical,  becaue according to the program’s trustees, the hospital insurance trust fund will be “exhausted in 2024,” five years [...]

Almost every week there’s a story in the news about a huge hurricane, earthquake, fire, or flood.  While there’s no way to tell ahead of time when a disaster will strike or how bad it will be, we can still prepare.  One of the best things we can do now to help protect ourselves and [...]

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a sprawling economic report, and it underscored how dire our looming economic forecast looks. If we can somehow avoid falling off the fiscal cliff and deflect Taxmageddon, thereby averting a wave of scheduled tax hikes as the “Bush Tax Rates” expire, we can hopefully stay stagnated as we are [...]

Senator Harry Reid (D) said that the Tea Party movement will not last and will lose some seats in Congress in the November 2012 elections. Reid said as long as he is the Senate majority leader, the Tea Party is dead in the water.  He said, “The Tea Party will disappear as soon as the [...]