the Economy
Clarifying Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics
By Tom Quiner Team Obama will say anything to get elected. Campaign Manager, Stephanie Cutter, cut loose with another factually-impaired whopper recently. She said: “Over the past, you know, 27 months, we’ve created 4.5 million private sector jobs; that’s more jobs than in the Bush recovery, in the Reagan recovery…” You know, Stephanie, you’ve got…
Read MoreThe unemployment number you don’t hear about
We know the unemployment rate remains high under the Obama economy. We know the unemployment rate is actually much higher due to folks who have just given up looking for a job in the Obama economy. We know the unemployment rate for black teenagers is astronomical in the Obama economy. What isn’t reported so much is how long American workers remain unemployed.
Read MoreWhy the president wants to change the subject
Irrational economics
How do we turn our economy around? How do we start creating jobs again? Obamanomics is built on three pillars: 1. More government spending; 2. More taxes on the most productive workers; 3. More regulations. How has that worked so far?
Read MoreThe Obama economy: built to sputter
This is the biggest issue of the campaign
Here’s what the president says: “Yes, foreign policy matters. Social issues matter. But more than anything else, this election presents a choice between two fundamentally different visions of how to create strong, sustained growth.” So, is the economy the biggest issue of this campaign?
Read MoreObama’s economic plan at a glance
One cartoon says it all …
Read MoreThe economic case for Life
By Tom Quiner Demographics, innovation, and capital fuel the economy. In other words, you need a growing population to avoid stagnation. You need entrepreneurial energy to create the new products and inventions that not only make our lives better, but that create jobs and wealth. And you need capital to fund entrepreneurial dynamism. What happens…
Read MoreThe employment rate is in devastating decline
By Tom Quiner The media correctly focuses on the unemployment rate, which has remained high since the economic downturn four years ago. Obamanomics hasn’t been able to mitigate the job carnage. The unemployment rate was 7.8% when Mr. Obama was sworn in, and came in at 8.3% last month. Mr. Obama is touting the progress…
Read MoreWhy Obama is the “biggest wet blanket to progress in my lifetime”
By Tom Quiner Do you know where that quote is from, that President Obama is the “biggest wet blanket to progress and job creation in my lifetime?” It comes from a wealthy and powerful Democrat, Steve Wynn, the famous Las Vegas developer. I’m in Las Vegas. As I look around this town, I see Mr.…
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