Economy & Trade
Mitt Romney: Let Detroit Go Bankrupt
While Barack Obama and the Democrats are scrambling for votes to give the automakers billions of taxpayer dollars to continue business as usual, Mitt Romney offers a better solution consistent with free-market principles.
“Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of [...]
Democrats and the Auto Workers Union –
A Lemon of a Bailout
by Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post, November 16, 2008
”The point of the Democratic bailout is to protect the unions by preventing this kind of restructuring. Which will guarantee the continued failure of these companies, but now they will burn tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. It’s the ultimate in lemon socialism.”
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Democrat’s Plan to fix the Economy: Tax and Spend
“I think at this point, there needs to be a focus on an immediate increase in spending and I think this is a time when deficit fear has to take a second seat. I do think this is a time for a kind of very important dose of Keynesianism. I believe later on there should [...]
Russian Roulette
Walter (Buz) Koelbel succeeded his father as President of Koelbel and Company, one of the longest continually operating real estate development companies in Colorado. Additionally, the Koelbel’s have distinguished themselves as on of the state’s most generous philanthropists and best citizens. The following July 18, 2008 letter was sent to business associates and colleagues of [...]
Tax them until they behave
As if Americans weren’t already reeling enough from rising gas prices, The New York Times thinks adding additional taxes to the cost of your next fill up would be a good idea.
With gas prices shooting up, sales of SUVs and pick-up trucks have fallen significantly – something the Times takes great satisfaction in – the [...]
Pelosi’s Free Trade Veto Draws Fire
Nancy Pelosi stuffed another critical piece of legislation in her purse – this time damaging both American interests and those of an important ally in the process. Last week she strong armed the Democrat caucus into voting with her to indefinitely block a free trade agreement with Columbia that has been years in the making. [...]
Economy Performing Far Better than We’re Lead to Believe
The Democrats and many in the media would have us believe that the economy is a mess. Charlie Rangel and the House Democrats have vowed to end those awful “Bush tax cuts” that they swear were unfair and the reason they’ll need to raise taxes to pay for their big government ideas. Now that Rep. [...]