When Bush Junior took office on January 20, 2001, the national unemployment rate was 4.7%. When he left office on January 20, 2009 and President Obama took office the national unemployment rate was 9.3% ( http://www.bls.gov/cps/prev_yrs.htm ). The current unemployment rate as of June 2001 is 9.2% ( http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm ). Doing the math, the increase [...]
In G.W. Bush’s recent interviews for his book “Decision Points” he discusses how he was enraged at Kanye West’s comments that imply he was a racist due to the Katrina disaster and the apparent lack of concern for black, impoverished folks. The new right has been accused of being racist and sexist but the cutting [...]
Blogger – I really am not against helping the underserved. But the lines in this country as to who the truly underserved are have become increasingly murky as the poor have become big business. 30% of our state budget is huge, and will become much more under ObamaCare This is Colorado State budget information for [...]
Blogger – I won’t go on too much. This entry by the Director does not instill confidence. He says that the legislation will decrease the incentive to work or work more hours because of the huge increase in Medicaid. Then he says it won’t matter TOO much, even though he said it will be the [...]
I still think the CBO projections are valid even after reading this criticism, CBO Confirms That Without Accounting Gimmicks, Obamacare Adds to Deficits The CBO believes that Health-care reform bill will cut the deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years and cover cover 95% of the US population. The CBO based their projections on current [...]
Eisenhower, Republican, started the Vietnam war and spent a huge amount of money (for the time) on covert operations…it just takes a little research to shoot down most of the Republican myths on the internet. I would use the word “lie” instead of “misstatement” but I do not think they know better so it is [...]
While it is popular to say the US is a “nanny state” or the we need to drastically cut the size of the Federal Government, I suggest that is pure rhetoric and manipulation unless you are willing to base your opinions on real numbers. Here are the numbers: http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1258 If by nanny state you mean [...]
If you look at these numbers you will see that the national debt has gone up every year since 1969 except the last four years of the Clinton administration budget: Revenues, Outlays, Deficits, Surpluses, and Debt Held by the Public, 1968 to 2007, in Billions of Dollars Sources: Congressional Budget Office; Office of Management and Budget. [...]
Unemployment Under President George W. Bush The unemployment rate in 2000 was 4.0% The unemployment rate in 2009 was 9.3% The rate went from 4.0% to 7.7% under President Bush, 3.7% over his administration. http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat1.pdf Unemployment Under President Obama Current estimates are 9.6% President Obama took office on January 20, 2009 In January 2009 [...]
