Basis Econ 101, or mayby 201… ======== By MICHAEL J. BOSKIN President Obama has been using the debt-ceiling debate and bipartisan calls for deficit reduction to demand higher taxes. With unemployment stuck at 9.2% and a vigorous economic “recovery” appearing more and more elusive, his timing couldn’t be worse. Two problems arise when marginal tax rates are raised. First, as college students learn in... Read more
Archive for the ‘Debt’ Category
The Great Charade – Mark Steyn
July 17 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Economics, ObamaBut hang on. I thought the Social Security checks came out of the famous “Social Security trust fund,” whose “trustees” assure us there’s currently $2.6 trillion in there. Which should be enough for the August 3rd check run, shouldn’t it? Golly, to listen to the president, you’d almost get the impression that, by the time you saw the padlock off... Read more
Obama Owns the Debt-Ceiling Fiasco
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Economics, ObamaBy KARL ROVE President Barack Obama and Congress face a mess if the federal government hits the debt ceiling Aug. 2. The Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank, projects that the government will receive $172 billion in revenues between Aug. 3 and Aug. 31, but it is on the hook to spend $306 billion, leaving a shortfall of $134 billion. On... Read more
Obama Jobs
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Economics, ObamaResearcher Jeffrey Anderson writing at the weeklystandard.com, July 3: When the Obama administration releases a report on the Friday before a long weekend, it’s clearly not trying to draw attention to the report’s contents. Sure enough, the “Seventh Quarterly Report” on the economic impact of the “stimulus,” released on Friday, July 1, provides further evidence that President Obama’s economic “stimulus” did... Read more
Revenues Increase without a Tax Increase!
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, EconomicsReview & Outlook: California’s Millionaire Windfall – WSJ.com. Well, what do you know.
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