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Hardworking People Create a Big New Problem

Last update January 19, 2016

For a long time I have been suspicious that emerging from the recession wasn’t good for everybody. It seemed like a positive thing for the president. He said it was what he wanted and still talks obsessively about bailing us out from the “worst economic crisis” since the Depression.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: jobs, middle class

Skills Training is Bad for Your Career

Last update September 14, 2015

It should not be a shock that President Obama sees workers as a collective instead of individuals pursuing goals and careers. He has a habit of viewing things from the left. Somewhere below his Oval Office perch employees fill slots in an economy he still wants to engineer.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: jobs, middle class

Greed Makes Us Great: Two Stories About the Left

Last update August 29, 2015

Show me a country where competition isn’t fueled by greed and I’ll show you a country not worth living in. In America greed makes us great. Just look at the lines at your local convenience store when the lottery jackpot soars.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: Donald Trump, middle class

Retirement Planning Protection for Middle Class Victims

Last update December 17, 2018

Should you trust the financial advisor calling your retirement planning shots or the political hacks who insist that you are a victim being taken for a ride? If protecting your hard-earned money from greedy financial planners is your goal, the Federal Government seems like an unlikely guardian.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: middle class

Everyday Average American Won’t Fight for 15

Last update April 20, 2015

Who plans to grow up to be an everyday, average American? This country has always looked down on average, or at least we did until the word stopped meaning what it sounds like. That’s because politicians lowered the bar on average so they can claim that more Americans need help.

Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, middle class

Working Class War: How Obama Will Fight It

Last update February 7, 2015

Abusing political opportunity is like spreading a plague. When it gains a foothold it can be impossible to stop. That’s what we should be thinking about as Obama revives his working class war. The fanfare over his 2016 budget request put Republicans on the defensive when they should be dictating policy to the White House.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: middle class, Obama

Why Working Families Must Suffer

Last update January 19, 2015

It’s that time of year. Working families matter again. Their rise to the top of Washington politics happens every January as the State of the Union address focuses on America’s bedrock and ignores the ugly truth we don’t want to talk about: working families must suffer.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: middle class

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