The Boss to Cavuto … 10% + Unemployment

Unemployment at 10.2% – can we stop spending money now?

Posted on November 6, 2009 | 4 Comments

Going to have to reference the graph again. And you’ll see it next month too. These are not economic estimates, this is how the Executive Branch sold the emergency spending… Read more »

Steve Wynn schools Obama’s supporters on the economy

Posted on October 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

It’s a series of three video clips. The first is Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi. He agrees we will be facing double digit unemployment for months if not years. But… Read more »

Is the minimum wage increase helping?

Posted on September 27, 2009 | Comments Off

Yeah, don’t think so. So much for the increase in the minimum wage that happened in July. I’m NOT saying the increase in the federal minimum wage directly caused the… Read more »

Economic Roundup … and the news ain’t good.

Posted on September 27, 2009 | Comments Off

I know, I know … the recession is over. But somehow statistical confirmation is outweighed by friends and family who still can’t find jobs, and 9.7% unemployment (new figures come… Read more »

Good thing we did that stimulus, huh? Update: Video

Posted on September 5, 2009 | 3 Comments

This chart keeps changing and not for the better. Some analysis here at Michaels Comments. But what stuns me is not that the stimulus is not working … we warned… Read more »

Real Unemployment Rate Hits 16.8%

Posted on September 5, 2009 | 4 Comments

Real, as in, the people who are actually out of work: the recently unemployed. the ones who have given up, and the marginally employed … folks who work just a… Read more »

Blame for the current unemployment rate

Posted on July 2, 2009 | 6 Comments

I’m not one to blame one person for the current unemployment rate. Many factors are involved and it’s just too complicated to blame it on one person or one administration…. Read more »

Obama on jobs – ‘saved or created’ the new double-speak

Posted on June 9, 2009 | 11 Comments

The Executive Branch has gotten quite fond of saying their policies have “saved or created” x-number of jobs. Can someone tell me why the media is allowing this to happen?… Read more »

Stimulus … Throw it from helicopters

Posted on June 9, 2009 | Comments Off

Why not … Jonas Max Ferris on “Cashin In” may have found the best way to distribute the cash. At least we could pick it up and spend it …… Read more »