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There’s No More Money – Update: Cavuto Interviews Hannen

By Jim Vicevich / March 25, 2009 /

Update: Cavuto just finished interviewing MEP Hannen. Video below. This is a must watch. It is a speech given at the European Parliament by MEO Daniel Hannen, who represents South East England. He is speaking to British PM Gordon Brown. Listen and see if the person he is describing sounds anything like our young President.…

Garden Variety Depression?

By Jim Vicevich / March 4, 2009 /

It is a classic exchange cut down for your viewing pleasure. Matt Lauer on the March 3 Today Show has guests Jim Cramer and Erin Burnett on to explain the market crash. Lauer tries to put a good spin on it but Cramer places the blame on the current administration for not implementing policies that…

Banker explains why he turned down TARP funds: “Strings”

By Jim Vicevich / February 12, 2009 /

The banker is Steve Buster, CEO of California community bank “Mechanics”. Alexis Glick conducts the interview and it’s a great one. Part one, Buster tells Glick they wanted the money, could have used the money but it came with too many strings. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3cub9XHaog Here in Part Two Glick asks … “what strings?”. Buster says they…

Economics lesson: supply and demand for firefighters in Miami

By Steve McGough / February 3, 2009 /

A story at the Fox News 7 Web site caught my eye this morning. Almost 1,000 applicants lined up for 35 available firefighter positions that will be available in the City of Miami. Three of those who were waiting in line were interviewed, the first was a former Marine who was unemployed and the other…

Seattle Socialist council member – “Take over factories … shut down profit-making machine”

By Steve McGough / November 21, 2013 /

On Nov. 6, I told you how Prop 1 in SeaTac, Washington passed, requiring businesses to pay a minimum wage of $15 and provide paid sick leave. Now, a Seattle City council member – who ran as a Socialist – suggested “workers should take over the factories, and shut down Boeing’s profit-making machine.”

The growing threat of Obama’s sequester “cuts” (Video) and Update

By Steve McGough / February 20, 2013 /

Crying wolf one too many times? A long, long time ago the United States Congress had to deal with what was referred to as a “Fiscal Cliff.” If we went over the cliff, it would be disastrous for the United States and the world. To solve the problem, Congress changed the rules. What makes you think the…

Alan Greenspan to Larry Kudlow: No the stimulus did not help. Actually it hurt

By Jim Vicevich / July 17, 2012 /

This is from last week but so many of you have requested it that i decided to post the video. Say what you want about Greenspan’s easy money policies, he’s a number cruncher and all he is doing here is bean counting … and the final tally is?

More State Money in Exchange for Jobs?

By TomTGRWolcott / June 24, 2012 /

In a lesson taught to me two years ago by the Sound Off Sister regarding profits, I was told thatPROFITS are not EVIL … that is the goal of any business owner, to make money.  When Businesses make money it means that a business has money to spend.  That money can be spent in a number…

Obama again displays the difference between statists and conservatives

By Steve McGough / February 29, 2012 /

Maybe it’s not statists and conservatives, but to President Obama it’s him against his opponents. On his home-turf in front of a United Auto Workers crowd in Washington yesterday, Obama couldn’t grasp the concept that wanting to be on top and working together is not mutually exclusive.

Read Williams: Economic Chaos Ahead

By Steve McGough / February 7, 2012 /

Take a few minutes today to read Prof. Walter Williams’ current Creators Syndicate column, Economic Chaos Ahead.