Artificial Demand :: “Real demand is not artificial. We should resist as much as possible the notion of providing things that are not actually demanded by anyone.” ~ American Consensus – By: Larry Walker, Jr. – The price of any product or service is normally determined by two variables, supply and demand. In economics, prices … Continue reading High Gasoline Prices and the 2012 Recession, Part II
Truth is not easily hidden. – By: Larry Walker, Jr. – Conventional retail gasoline averaged $3.65 a gallon in the most recent week ended October 22, 2012, yet when Barack Obama was sworn into office the price averaged $1.88. When questioned about the 94.2% increase which occurred on his watch, Mr. Obama remarked that the … Continue reading High Gasoline Prices and the 2012 Recession, Part I
What the Individual Mandate means for you and your family :: By: Larry Walker II :: Under the Affordable Care Act, beginning in 2014, State governments, insurers, employers, and selected individuals are supposed to share in the responsibility of providing health insurance coverage. The Act’s shared responsibility provision, also known as the individual mandate, requires … Continue reading Affordable Care Excise Tax, Part I
32 Years from Full-Employment – By: Larry Walker, Jr. – In the fairest sense, the U.S. Jobs Deficit has improved by an average of 30,000 jobs per month since January 1, 2011. And although this may be good enough for indifferent Obama loyalists, what it really means is that based on Barack Obama’s very best … Continue reading U.S. Jobs Deficit Sticks at 11.6 Million in October
Forget Fact Checking: Where’s the Logic? – By: Larry Walker, Jr. – In a real town hall meeting, the person asking a question gets to follow up. What we saw Tuesday night wasn’t a town hall meeting at all. The readers appeared to be simply mouthing someone else’s prearranged questions. There wasn’t any passion. But … Continue reading Debate 2 | Obama’s Oil & Gas Rhetoric
* Inordinate Stimulus, Undue Debt and Global Warming Foolishness Caused the Recession * By: Larry Walker, Jr. * “… an unprecedented degree of federal government spending and intervention vis-à-vis the $787 billion dollar economic stimulus package, the $81 billion dollar bailouts of GM and Chrysler, and the enactment of health care and financial regulatory and … Continue reading The Malaise of 2012 | Part II
* Recession Due by November of 2012 * * By: Larry Walker, Jr. * “Are you cut out to live a lie? If you don’t mind skulking around, leading a double life and constantly having to look over your shoulder to make sure you don’t get found out, you may have just what it takes.” … Continue reading U.S. Economic Growth at 21-Month Low
Costs of Algae Biofuel * By: Larry Walker, Jr. * Detective Thorn: It’s people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They’re making our food out of people. Next thing they’ll be breeding us like cattle for food. You’ve gotta tell them. You’ve gotta tell them! ~ Memorable quotes from Soylent Green * The U.S. … Continue reading Ends of the Green Agenda
* Pieces of the Keystone XL pipeline await construction in South Dakota. Via: North Platte Post * By: Larry Walker, Jr. – When Mr. Obama visited the padlock maker Master Lock in Milwaukee, on February 15, 2012, he drew the following conclusions. He said, “Manufacturing is coming back. Companies are starting to bring jobs back. … Continue reading War on Wealth, Part II | Keeping Our Foot on the Gas
Jobs Created, Saved, Recovered or Just Lost? ~ By: Larry Walker, Jr. ~ Hours after the White House received a disappointing jobs report, Barack Obama told autoworkers at a Chrysler Fiat Plant in Ohio that, “Even though the economy is growing, even though it’s created more than 2 million jobs over the past 15 months, … Continue reading Obama on Jobs: Created 0, Lost 2.5 Million
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