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February 11, 2009
As in the 1930s, green-eyed populists are once again staring resentfully at the pay and lifestyles of corporate executives and demanding change.Democrats in Congress and the news media have long pushed for pay caps for the very rich. President…
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February 6, 2009
Negativity, particularly about the economy, flows from the news media these days in a near constant stream. So it was refreshing to find a few drops of good news on NBC and in Marie Claire magazine recently.NBC “Nightly News” examined the booming…
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January 30, 2009
Despite what the news media keep saying, capitalism and deregulation were not the causes of the financial meltdown.Instead, BB&T CEO John Allison pointed the finger at government creations like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),…
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February 20, 2008
No one could ever accuse the federal government of efficiently spending taxpayer dollars.
So when a new study was released February 13 showing how much the Congress had earmarked last year –…
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January 14, 2009
A new, New Deal may very well be on its way, but one of FDR’s own New Deal creations, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), is in big trouble.Federally-owned TVA, the nation’s largest utility, recently made headlines for spilling more than a billion…
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January 8, 2009
It took pornography to hear some economic sense from CNN on the issue of bailouts.“American Morning” reported on Jan. 8 that Larry Flynt, of Hustler magazine, and Joe Francis, of Girls Gone Wild, sent out a press release Jan. 7 asking for $5…
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January 7, 2009
Chances are you’ve seen the PSAs telling you how to prepare for the end of analog television broadcasting on Feb. 17. If you still own an analog TV, the ads tell you, you must purchase a converter box and attaching it to your existing set.But it…
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September 23, 2010
Barack Obama was elected president of the U.S. with a lot of help, not only from the cheerleading liberal news media, but with the financial support of some business leaders.
But now some of those businesses leaders are feeling duped, according to…
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August 6, 2010
CNN “Newsroom” anchor Kyra Phillips reported the “breaking news” about July’s unemployment data just after 9 a.m. Aug. 6. Misreported would be more accurate.
“We begin with the breaking news this morning on a broken economy. We have new evidence of…
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August 4, 2010
On Aug. 6, everyone’s attention will be fixed on the release of July’s unemployment numbers. The national unemployment rate is forecast to increase to 9.6 percent, according to Bloomberg News’ survey.
The White House tried to get ahead of the…