Syndicated columnist Linda Chavez writing at townhall.com on July 22: Several studies show that about one-third of those receiving unemployment benefits get a job immediately after their eligibility expires. And a quick survey of help-wanted signs and classified ads in most areas suggest that businesses are looking for workers. In 2009, when the economy was in worse shape, three million... Read more
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How Spending Cuts—Not Higher Taxes—Saved Canada
July 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Debt, Economics, Liberal Press, ObamaWhen Jean Chretien became prime minister in 1993, Canada faced a fiscal and economic breakdown. The government’s share of the economy had climbed to 53% in 1992, from 28% in 1960. Deficits had tripled as a percentage of gross domestic product over the prior two decades. Government debt was nearly 70% of GDP and growing rapidly. Interest payments on the... Read more
The End of the Growth Consensus
July 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Debt, Economics, Party PoliticsBy JOHN B. TAYLOR This month marks the two-year anniversary of the official start of the recovery from the 2007-09 recession. But it’s a recovery in name only: Real gross domestic product growth has averaged only 2.8% per year compared with 7.1% after the most recent deep recession in 1981-82. The growth slowdown this year—to about 1.5% in the second quarter—is... Read more
Apple’s Shock To Corporate Computing
July 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Technology…both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android machines are small and nonstandard. They require connectivity. They may not be secure. The greater reality is: They are in offices. They work. People will use them, whether corporate Information Technology managers like it or not. (More…Apple’s Shock To Corporate Computing – Quentin Hardy – At Your Servers – Forbes).
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Lacking Grace
July 17 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ReligionShorts, sarong-like wraps, swim trunks, and flip-flops (which some wear year-round) are routine. Unless your church is on a sand dune, these fashions are not only unwelcome but scary to many fellow parishioners. (More… from Laura Ingraham and National Review Online).
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