A new study by Sageworks, Inc., a financial consulting firm, runs the numbers on the income statements of actual companies. It looks at three types of firms with at least $5 million in sales: a retailer, a construction company and a small manufacturer. The companies each have total payroll of between $750,000 and $1...
Fruits of Liberal Policy
Support Slips for Health Plan – WSJ.com
In the new poll, conducted July 24 to July 27, 42% called it a bad idea while 36% said it was a good idea. Among those with insurance, the proportion calling the plan a bad idea rose to 47% from 37%. The declining popularity of health-care overhaul appeared to be fueled by rising anxiety...
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Identity politics, when viewed in its purest form, is racism. Keynesian economics, when distilled to its basic concepts, flies in the face of common sense. Re-branding political policy doesn’t change its ultimate effectiveness. Hypocrites are hypocrites regardless of the causes they support, or claim to champion. The U.S. should not be about “nuance” when...
Strassel: How Obama Stumbled on Health Care – WSJ.com
The party of the left owns the White House, a filibuster-proof Senate, and a 70-seat House majority. As one House Republican aide quipped: “We could have every GOP congressman and their parents vote against a Democratic bill, and still not stop it.” All Democrats have to do is agree on something. You can’t blame...
Urine Test for Welfare Recipients – There Oughtta Be a Law
Here’s a good common sense email going around… THE JOB – URINE TEST Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me.. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to...
Europe Thumps U.S., Again – WSJ.com
On present trends, most of Europe will soon have lower income tax rates than most of America. And now the European Union is stealing another competitive march on Washington, this time on a free trade deal with the world’s 13th largest economy, fast-growing South Korea. Last week Brussels and Seoul finished the outline of...
Democrats’ New Worry: Their Own Rich Voters – WSJ.com
A glimmer of hope… A group of Democrats elected in recent years from some of the country’s richest congressional districts have emerged as a stumbling block to raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for President Barack Obama’s ambitious health-care overhaul just as the plan has begun to meet increasing resistance over its cost....
Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security – CNN.com
Hayden said he called several senior White House officials to express his opposition before the president released the documents. Hayden also noted that four previous CIA directors, as well as current agency director Leon Panetta, opposed the release. via Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security – CNN.com.
A Reckless Congress – WSJ.com
The level of anger should be rising. These clowns need to be out before this goes through. Call your senators. Say this about the 1,018-page health-care bill that House Democrats unveiled this week and that President Obama heartily endorsed: It finally reveals at least some of the price of the reckless ambitions of our...
