Category Archives: economic stimulus

Morning Awful: Honest Romney

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Honest Romney”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Mitt Romney is flaming out. Not only is he burning money at a furious pace, he’s also losing to Rick Santorum nationally and in key states. Maybe the stress has gotten to him, … Continue reading →

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The Obama You Say You Voted For

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Obama You Say You Voted For”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI know, I know. He makes too many speeches and somehow also doesn’t use the bully pulpit enough. But this is what the people who call themselves “the base” say they … Continue reading →

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Companies Hoarding Cash

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Companies Hoarding Cash”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe supply-side gospel is dead — profoundly, utterly debunked by empirical reality — but refuses to shut up. Not only are the wealthiest Americans hoarding trillions of dollars rather than investing, Nonfinancial companies are sitting … Continue reading →

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Driving the Left to Distraction

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Driving the Left to Distraction”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRemember that budget panel? WASHINGTON (AP); The Senate has rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to create a bipartisan task force to tackle the deficit this year. The special deficit panel … Continue reading →

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11-Dimensional Stimulus Chess

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “11-Dimensional Stimulus Chess”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Hill reports Obama challenged the GOP to stop scaring Americans with Faux Noise, and the GOP reacted by pledging a united opposition to any new stimulus spending. Obama has governors, a Congressional majority, and … Continue reading →

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It’s the Teachers, Stupid

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “It’s the Teachers, Stupid”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThink of your most recent purchase. Whatever it was, I invite you to sit down and calculate exactly how many jobs you supported or created. Too hard? Then pity the poor bean-counters who had … Continue reading →

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Gault Joins Stimulus Consensus

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Gault Joins Stimulus Consensus”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailNot only are House Black Caucus members demanding more job creation, so are economists, including one ironcally named Gault: (W)ith roughly a quarter of the stimulus money out the door after nine months, the … Continue reading →

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Green Stimulus

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Green Stimulus”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is how you convert to a green economy in a red state: TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas launched a new energy efficiency program Tuesday to make low-interest loans available to several thousand home owners and small … Continue reading →

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Stimulus Economics

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Stimulus Economics”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailLast time you went shopping, how many jobs did you create? You have no way of knowing how your dollar turned up, or with whom, or what they did with it. But as Obama’s stimulus jobs … Continue reading →

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Stimulus Is Working, Opponents Shifting

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Stimulus Is Working, Opponents Shifting”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail A Rupert Murdoch newspaper says the stimulus is working. From the Wall Street Journal: Economists say the money out the door — combined with the expectation of additional funds flowing soon — … Continue reading →

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Cash for Clunkers

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Cash for Clunkers”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailCash for Clunkers has succeeded brilliantly: (T)he administration needed to put a halt to the program to avoid surpassing the $3 billion funding level. Consumers were on pace to exhaust the program’s coffers in early … Continue reading →

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