- Michigan Jobs Ain't What They Used To Be...Unless You Work For The Government
- ATR and CFA Support Earmark Moratorium
- CFA Supports Earmark Moratorium (CFA Site »)
- Voter Fraud in the Name of Tax Hikes
- Ballooning Deficits in Greece Foreshadowing Future for the U.S.? (ASA Site »)
- Green Jobs FAIL
- The Evergreen Tax and Fee Spree
- Pelosi: "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" (CFA Site »)
- ATR Staffer Testifies Before U.S. House Energy & Commerce Select Committee
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- The endemic rot in government run health care
- Senate Unanimously Passes Coburn PAYGO Transparency Amendment (CFA Site »)
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla: Why Andy Stern Stands Out
- The Left Agree: Obamacare Ushers In Their Radical Ideological Agenda
- We Ought Focus On Cutting Taxes & Spending, Not Deficits
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla (AWF Site »)
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Does the Obamacare Investment Surtax
Apply to Capital Gains? - ATR Urges Opposition to Sen. Isakson Pension Bailout
- Taxpayers to Legislators: Clean Virginia Budget of Taxes
- ATR Supports the Georgia JOBS Act
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- ATR Urges Utah Governor Herbert to Veto Tax Increase
- More on the VAT
- Public Sector Jobs
- How 550,000 jobs were destroyed by the minimum wage hike
- How Obamacare Will Hurt Poor Women & Children Most
- Federal Workers Make $11,000 More Than Private Sector Workers, and There’s More of Them (AWF Site »)
- Really?!? If This is Transparency, Beware of Opacity (CFA Site »)
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Legislation Introduced to Put Ronald Reagan on the $50 Bill
- Pledge Signer Wins Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Primary
- New Jersey Transparency Legislation Broadened to Encompass Localities (CFA Site »)
- "Net Neutrality" To Kill Jobs
- NY Supreme Court Votes to Evict Residents and Close Businesses (PRA Site »)
- California US Senate Candidates Square Off in First Debate
Friday, March 5, 2010
- ATR and CFA Support the Spending Limit Amendment
- Utah Representative Breaks Tax Pledge
- AWF Will Rate Vote on House Jobs Bill (AWF Site »)
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Use it or Lose it Tax
Thursday, March 4, 2010
- The reliability of spending "estimates"
- Utah State Senator Tries to Sweeten Tax Hike with Pork
- Obama Administration Makes Attempt to Seize Millions of Acres Across America (PRA Site »)
- More "Stimulus" Boondoggles - Social Engineering and Lobbying for Higher Taxes
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Raises Taxes on Tertiary Injectants
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
- Is This Reality or a Science Fiction Dystopia?
- Andy Stern Update: US Attorney Reviewing Case & Obama Appoints Stern to Debt Panel
- Texans: Do You Know Which Candidates Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge?
- AWF Asks White House to Take Position on Andy Stern Investigation After Appointment to Debt Panel (AWF Site »)
- AWF Continues Andy Stern Investigation (AWF Site »)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Superfund Tax Reinstated
Monday, March 1, 2010
- Rick Berg First Pledge Signer in North Dakota Congressional Race
- Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute . . .the Economy with Taxes or Unnecessary Spending
- Raise Taxes or Raise Taxes? Washington’s Solution to $2.8 Billion Budget Deficit
- Andy Stern Appointed to Debt Panel While Under Criminal Review for Lobbying Activities
- Andy Stern Appointed to Debt Panel While Under Criminal Review for Lobbying Activities (AWF Site »)
- Energy Tax Hike Series: IRS Sec. 199 Repeal
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Pwned!
Paul Ryan on Healthcare and Deficits - Senator Inhofe Urges EPA to Reconsider Endangerment Findings
- Governor Crist Proposes $2.7 Billion Budget Increase
- Union Favorability Numbers Continue to Fall (AWF Site »)
- Real Men of Genius - DC City Council Edition: Cigarette Tax Hike Reduces Revenue
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Repeal of Percentage Depletion Deduction
Thursday, February 25, 2010
- Virginia Budget: Get Rid of the Tax Increases
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Post "Stimulus" Unemployment: A Historical Perspective
From Tim Andrews on Friday, January 29, 2010 2:07 PM
As we have noted previously on numerous occasions, in January 2009 , the Obama Administration the$787 billion so-called “stimulus” would “create or save” 2.5 million jobs immediately, and 4.1 million jobs by 2010. It was claimed the “stimulus” plan would lead to an unemployment rate of below 8 percent. This - rather obviously - has not occurred. Unemployment is at over 10%, and 2.74 million jobs have been lost in President Obama's First Year alone.
To adequately access the impact of President Obama's so-called "stimulus", however, it is best to compare employment data to what happened during similar, economic downturns. Enrique Martínez-García and Janet Koech, in a report for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, have done just that. Their findings are both enlightening and disturbing.
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Note how unemployment has exceeded any other post WWII recession.
This graph is particularly telling - because it was October 2008 when the big-government spending spree really begun...
No matter how they try to spin it, the Stimulus has not only failed, it has also made the economic downturnconsiderably worse.
Comments
No surprises here. I think the federal government needs a lesson in basic fiscal theory. Rule #1: When you steal money from Joe and give it to Dan, there is no money made in the process - and Joe just gets angry. Rule #2: When there is no money left in the bank, you can't spend it!
>> Tea Partier Friday, January 29, 2010 2:41 PM