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ObamaLand Explained To Obama Voter Recently Laid-off

More than a bit of schadenfreude exhibited in this clever post below: The Top 10 Things to Say to an Obama Voter Who Just Got Laid Off Written By : John Hawkins December 10, 2012 1. “Hey, at least that successful Mormon businessman didn’t win.” 2. “Didn’t your lady parts warn you this would happen?” 3. “Look [...]

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The Election Outcome Begins To Be Felt

Let the carnage begin (continue??). The hopes of small and large business were dashed with the re-election of Barack Obama. Many held off making hard decisions based on the hope of sanity returning to America. When that proved to be a false hope, they did what they had to do to protect themselves from the [...]

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Employment Lies

Politics is in full motion now. Does anyone tell the truth? Is either party trustworthy? The answer to both these questions, unfortunately, is a resounding NO! Why is it permissible, even expected, for politicians to blatantly lie to the American people? Why are these charlatans not called out for such behavior? Surely no one believes [...]

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The Effects of Taxes on Economic Well-Being

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Empirical tests are difficult in the field of economics. There are many reasons why Austrian economists in particular are reluctant to admit them as evidence for or against a position. Nevertheless, sometimes the data are so compelling that the results cannot be ignored. Certainly the data in the accompanying charts to the right suggest that [...]

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An Inconvenient Chart

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this chart conveys all you need to know about employment and the so-called economic recovery. Employment is getting worse and there is no recovery!

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