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Interesting observation from Jean Kaufman: Traditionally, conservatives have distrusted Republicans from blue states. The usual path to election for a blue-state Republican has been the RINO road. It seemed to make sense, too, for candidates to think that the way to appeal to the Democrats and independents necessary to win an election in a blue…
What is 4:1? The ratio of people who stopped looking for jobs as compared to those who found one in August. James Pethokoukis: – Nonfarm payrolls increased by only 96,000 in August, the Labor Department said, versus expectations of 125,000 jobs or more. The manufacturing sector, much touted by the president in his convention speech,…
During his acceptance speech at last night’s Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama presented a set of policy goals (and related achievements) that would be his focus, if reelected President…I’m asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country – goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security, and the deficit; a real,…
Today, I touch briefly (for me) on long-term vs. short-term recovery, who’s better off, RI’s long spiral (and potential for quick resurgence), and the significance of different ballot types in Cicilline-Loughlin.
It’s OK, you can break up with him.
In his daily flurry of tweets, WPRI reporter Ted Nesi linked to an interesting article by Joe Weisenthal in Business Insider. Weisenthal’s conclusion is that the government surpluses of President Bill Clinton’s second term were, themselves, the cause of the late ’00s’ economic bust: The bottom line is that the signature achievement of the Clinton…
This video by Evan Coyne Maloney succinctly presents a critical part of the small-government, free-market perspective on one of Rhode Island’s most intractable difficulties: The machine by which teachers’ unions turn public dollars into union-organization profits and political patronage is clear and unambiguous. One could argue that the process is for the better, for one…
(H/t Helen Glover for the idea).
Today’s short takes address misleading labeling at the DNC, misleading fact-checking, fading national competitiveness, and the September 10 mentality.
Better off? Under President Obama… Jan-09 Today Gasoline $1.84 $3.84 National Debt $10.6 Trillion $16 Trillion Unemployment 7.80% 8.30% # Unemployed 11.98 million 12.8 million Median Income $53,410 $50,964 # Food Stamp Users 31.98 million 46.7 million Poverty Rate 13.20% 15.70% Oil (Europe), barrel $41.22 $113 Oil (Texas), barrel $38.57 $95 Gold, oz $853 $1,690…