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January 18, 2008
As President Bush and Congress hammer out a stimulus package to boost the slowing economy, “Today” show host Matt Lauer is working hard to ensure that the biggest contributors to the nation’s tax base won’t benefit.
“Mr. Bernanke said in…
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January 18, 2008
Foreign companies have been on a buying spree in American markets. But, is accepting foreign investment into the U.S. economy a bad thing?
Every day in the media you hear how bad the U.S. economy is – whether it’s a recession, slowdown,…
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January 17, 2008
In its continued sky-is-falling coverage of the economy and job market, ABC’s “Good Morning America” on January 17 warned that most Americans are fearing job cuts and offered helpful tips on how to “recession-proof” yourself.
“[C]ountless…
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January 17, 2008
CNBC host Jim Cramer chastised media colleagues on the January 17 “Today” show for contributing to fears about the economy by only reporting negative news about the possibility of a recession.
“Today” anchor Matt Lauer told Cramer, “…
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January 16, 2008
Recession skeptics on the evening news are becoming as rare as global warming skeptics. They just aren’t getting any face time.
The January 15 “CBS Evening News” was no exception. CBS correspondent Anthony Mason gave a very grim…
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January 16, 2008
Media Nearly Unanimous: Recession Inevitable
Did you know two prominent surveys of economists…
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January 16, 2008
Recent polls of economists by leading financial publications have predicted a less than 50-percent chance that the U.S. economy will enter a recession in 2008. But the media’s coverage of “recession” makes it seem inevitable.
“Everyone’s…
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January 16, 2008
Liberalism and fascism aren’t polar opposites in the world according to National Review Editor at Large Jonah Goldberg. In fact, he says they’re the same – especially when it comes to pushing liberal causes such as global warming.
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January 16, 2008
Immediately after the Iowa Straw Poll last August, the noted and respected journalist George Will referred to the FairTax believers who supported Mike Huckabee as “those FairTax people.”
He made it sound as if the people who helped…
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January 16, 2008
The good news is that voters obviously have some desire for a better tax system. The flat has been promoted by presidential candidates as diverse as Jerry Brown (1992) and Steve Forbes (1996 and 2000). This year, the national sales tax is…