The Left says of the Right, “You fools, it is demonstrable that dinosaurs lived one hundred million years ago, I can prove it to you, how can you say the earth was created in 4000 BCE?”
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Economy
The History of the ‘Left’s Religion’ “Leads only to Shortages, Despotism, and Murder”
Promoted from the Comments – “Ah, yes. The return of the “Five Year Plans””
OldNHMan decided to just about write a standalone post in the comments under my post on how central planning of an economy is FAR worse than millions of people making decentralized decisions on their own.
Notable Quote- information, information, information
It is because a modern economy is so complex that nobody can know all the facts that it could not effectively be guided by a central plan but must be conducted on the basis of decentralization of decisions.
Donald Trump – “If You Really Want to Make Them Crazy, Say 12 More Years”
President Trump secured the Republican Party Nomination for President last night. And in classic Trumpian style, before he said a word, he spun the left up like he always does. As the crowd chants four more years, he says, “If you really want to make them crazy, say 12 more years.”
Data Point – OrangeManBad didn’t do too badly on the economy
…but this graphic is worth breaking out, especially since there are some people trying to claim that the U.S. response has been uniquely bad because #OrangeManBad. The U.S. has done much better than its peer and near-peer nations at limiting economic damage, and it’s done so without maintaining a higher death rate — in fact, … Read more
Biden’s Veepstakes Winner Wastes No Time Lying about Jobs and the Economy
Democrat Senator Kamala Harris won the Biden veepstakes and immediately began to spread misinformation about President Trump and the administration.
14.8 Billion Federal Dollars Went to 5 Cities
14.8 Billion Federal Dollars Went to 5 Cities. Doubt it? Check out the analysis by OpenTheBooks.com. There have been numerous protests across major U.S. cities. Many mayors and police chiefs did issue stand-down orders to their police officers.
“Autonomous zones” sprung up in Marxist enclaves. The media description was a nostalgic tour through a “summer of love.” Mayors are pushing to defund local police departments. Centrist politicians call these cities “lawless.” They are refusing to protect the life, liberty, and property of their residents.
Uh-Oh: If True, This Will Make our Current Economy Look Rather Rosy
And so it finally begins? Emphasis mine, reformatted: ‘U.S. Gets a Debt Warning From Fitch as Stimulus Battle Rages.’ (Bloomberg) One of the world’s major credit-rating companies fired a warning shot regarding the U.S.’s worsening public finances on Friday…
What if Biden Wins the Presidency?
What happens if Biden wins the presidency? Let’s think about the situation. For the first 3 years of Trump’s presidency, the stock market was rising and the economy was growing. This masks many of the factors driving a sense of hopelessness in the country. Many Americans and the nation itself have unpayable debt.
Gov. Chris Sununu Vetoes Democrat’s Latest Arbitrary Job Killing Wage Mandate
Democrats are not fans of free and open markets. They love meddling. Licensing that restricts access and creates cartels, regulations that limit opportunity, and jobs that demand tithing to their union-boss political allies. They also think they know what every starting hour of labor in every occupation is worth. They don’t.
Data Point – Economy surging
Reformatted: Retail sales skyrocketing by 18% in May as states began to reopen their economies. Economists projected that retail sales would increase 5.2% for June. Retail sales increased 7.5% in June, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Thursday. retail and food services sales for June were $524.3 billion, which is not only a 7.5% increase … Read more
Trump-Backed Primary Challenger Defeats Jeff Sessions for Shot at US Senate Seat
Longtime US Senator from Alabama and former Trump AG Jeff Sessions wanted to go back to the Senate. Mr. Trump, unhappy with his performance as AG, backed a challenger. Yesterday that guy, Auburn University’s head football coach Tommy Tuberville, won that primary.
Data Point – Dow movement year to date
As was pointed out by Randall in the GranitGrok Group, there is a rebound happening on Wall Street: Look at the March time frame and remember back a bit (doesn’t feel like it’s been years instead of just four short months?) and how the mainstream press was POUNDING in self-righteous silliness of how Trump’s economy … Read more
The Sublime Versus the Ridiculous In DC
There is a policy battle in D.C. between the sublime versus the ridiculous. House Speaker Pelosi has come forward with a $3 TRILLION HEROES Act stimulus plan. Under her plan, most people would make more money by quitting work and staying home than by working.
The US Economy Recovered 4.8 Million Jobs in June
June saw another record jump in employment, which is good news. But it is good news the same way that opening a dam lets the water take its natural course. The increase is a result of the government getting out of the way and the economy doing what it has wanted to do for months.
The Other Election Question that Really Matters – “Who do you think can stand up to the mob?”
As we creep inexorably toward a November reckoning, I’ve been working what I thought was a critical narrative. The economy. Who can fix it? We know Biden can’t, and we know Trump can. But, Rep. Jim Jordan has eloquently defined the other critical question for November.
Data Point – so V shaped Recovery it is!
Well, at least it is starting to look that way: June private payrolls rose 2.37 million and there was a big positive revision for May, ADP says. “For the month, hiring was especially strong in the pivotal leisure and hospitality industry, which took the biggest hit as measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus spread meant shutting … Read more
And now we’re back to the Scott Dunn Monument to Economic Illiteracy (otherwise known as the Gilford Recycling Center)
I’ve been speaking and writing in opposition to the redoing of the town dump. $1.4 million dollars to create the Gilford Recycling Center, at a time when the recycling marketplace was drying up faster than our lawns this summer.
Government Stimulus checks lead to Rash of Overdoses in New Hampshire, Vermont
What did anyone THINK was going to happen when you give druggies unexpected money? I don’t think this is the economy that needed to be “stimulated” (emphasis mine, reformatted):
Economy Adds 2.5 Million Jobs in May – Unemployment Drops to 13.3%
We still have a long way to go, but this is a damn good start. Not Because we added 2.5 Million jobs after putting a historic number of people out of work, but because the “experts” predicted terrible numbers and we got the opposite.