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Green police set to destroy British economy

By Steve McGough / July 6, 2009 /

Imagine groups of inspectors – in green jackets no less – visiting your business and demanding immediate access to the electric meter, gas bills and other energy consumption details.

Worst Economy Since … never mind.

By Jim Vicevich / March 13, 2009 /

When you need to get your liberal social agenda through … and fast … it’s the worst economy since the … well you know the rest. But when it’s time to speak positively to business leaders … well, what the heck, it’s not that bad. Confronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Barack Obama…

Obama Bull Market? Radical And Scary

By Jim Vicevich / March 9, 2009 /

Meet The Press, David Gregory asks Senator Lindsey Graham about why he thinks the market is crashing. Is it “the Obama Bull Market”. Oh yeah, says Graham, oh yeah. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4c5eeCqSvI The Dow has fallen more than 30% since election day. It may be unfair to call it the Obama Bull Market … but his folks…

They’re Drunk Or They’re Idiots

By Jim Vicevich / March 4, 2009 /

The stock market crash is starting to get the attention of the mainstream media … even if not the Obama administration.

Porkapalooza Update – Update

By Jim Vicevich / February 12, 2009 /

Update II:Have you read the stimulus … like members of Congress … read fast. UPDATE: Red State has a great breakdown on the RAWDEAL PORKAPALOOZA. The Democrats’ trillion dollar spending bill provides $1.10 per day in tax relief to workers, while saddling every American family with $9,400.00 in added debt. Following are some very tentative…

Ouch – Holiday spending down 21% from 2008

By Steve McGough / December 8, 2009 / Comments Off on Ouch – Holiday spending down 21% from 2008

I think this is pretty significant even though it is a survey and not actually raw data from retail outlets. Gallup monitors trends in consumer confidence and spending on a weekly basis. Although consumer confidence has been trending up since mid-November, the year-to-year percent change in consumer spending is down 25 percent and 21 percent…