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The economy category has posts on federal spending, debt and deficit, labor laws and policies, the battle between socialism and free market capitalism, and the tenuous relationship between the government, taxpayers, and the businesses that keep Americans employed.

Booming economy is a bad thing?

Our economy is booming, but if you ask Democrats they will tell you that despite 4% unemployment the economy isn’t working for middle America.
That means it needs to be fixed so it only works for left wing politicians.

Midterms chart bad economic future

The 2018 midterms started the House on a mission to prevent our economy from flourishing. A new push to socialize America is gaining strength and shows just how little prominent voices have learned from the catastrophic mistakes made by other countries.

The problem is that the U.S. economy isn’t about economics or numbers. It’s about the fundamental struggle between right and left, between free market capitalism and socialism’s give-away, free for all society.

Left wing economic lunacy

Economics should be all about the numbers, but when politics gets involved the numbers are the least of our worries. Have a look at New York Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez’s ridiculous Green New Deal and then ask yourself how 67 Democrats who back the plan can be so reckless and uninformed as to think that this kind of left wing lunacy is a good idea.

Working Families Helped by SCOTUS Union Decision. Here’s Why.

July 5, 2018 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

State union membership. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The only thing more pathetic than the embarrassing lament from Democrats after the Supreme Court delivered a big kick between the legs of big labor with the Janus decision is the enormity of their falsehood about what SCOTUS did to working families. If party pronouncements ring true and public sector unions have their wings clipped, working families could be helped by … [Read more...] about Working Families Helped by SCOTUS Union Decision. Here’s Why.

Trump Bluffs: Chaos Government Too Simple for Critics

March 8, 2018 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Worker making mine resistant vehicle in Ladson, S.C. Are tariffs another Trump bluff? Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby.

When Donald Trump bluffs things happen. It’s a ploy too simple for critics so busy digging up new things to attack that they miss the obvious: bluffs and threats force policy changes. They also take legislating out of the Oval Office and put it back on Capitol Hill where it belongs. Trump bluffs or incompetent chaos? When Trump bluffs he stirs things up. Democrats call … [Read more...] about Trump Bluffs: Chaos Government Too Simple for Critics

Generosity Isn’t a Virtue and Taxation Will Never be Moral

December 20, 2017 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Generosity is here: Arlington National Cemetery. DOD photo by Sebastian Sciotti Jr.

Long ago Chief Justice John Marshall warned that taxes have the power to destroy. They can stifle growth, but taxes are even more destructive when we turn them into a moral imperative. The truth is that generosity isn’t a virtue from either side of the tax equation. Fat chance you’ll hear that from anyone in Washington this week. Being generous is obscene? What … [Read more...] about Generosity Isn’t a Virtue and Taxation Will Never be Moral

Money Questions Tax Code Debate Will Never Answer

October 27, 2017 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Forklift full of currency but money questions are never answered. Courtesy Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

There are two big money questions swirling around tax code reform. They are the same questions we’ve been asking for decades: who should get the money and why? Don’t expect answers this year. Just sit back and enjoy the show because this promises to be a good one. Two money questions for the same old debate Amoral politics forces morality into the argument over … [Read more...] about Money Questions Tax Code Debate Will Never Answer

New Deal for Democrats to Steal Sells Bitterness, Paranoia

August 1, 2017 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

It’s a clever theft of the Republican "Better Way," that hopeful conservative plan for getting us back on track that promised to swap out Obamacare for something better. That new deal is old business now. It will soon be a part of failed GOP history, replaced by a new urgency to fix the tax code. Not to be outdone, the enemies across the aisle recently gave us their own recipe … [Read more...] about New Deal for Democrats to Steal Sells Bitterness, Paranoia

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