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CATO’s Freedom in the 50 States is out, and as usual, New Hampshire Ranks near the top. This year’s survey put the Granite State at number two for economic and social freedom, behind Florida, but notes that New Hampshire is the most improved state overall.
The World Health Organization has a new concern. They want world leaders to “stop using lockdown as your primary control method.” Their reasoning? It isn’t good for people’s lives and livelihoods. Sound familiar?
That was one of the “issues” that Susan Page (USA Today), the moderator of the VP Debate between VP Pence and Kamala Harris, had on her plate. Problem is, well, you’ll see: SHOT: “Vice President Pence, your administration has been predicting a rapid and robust recovery, but the latest economic reports suggest that is not …
The Bureau of Labor Statistics report for August says the U.S. economy is surging forward in strong recovery mode. September was more of the same. Sure 7.9% is not as pretty in comparison to the 3.5% rate in February. But that was before COVID-19 hit.
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.
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.
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.”
…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, …
Data Point – OrangeManBad didn’t do too badly on the economy Read More »
Democrat Senator Kamala Harris won the Biden veepstakes and immediately began to spread misinformation about President Trump and the administration.
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…
