Showing posts with label Politcs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politcs. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Looking at the United States of America by the numbers

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By James Shott As the end of 2012 draws near, here are some interesting and revealing statistics about our country. The Gross Domestic Pro...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Tax-and-spend policies have not and cannot solve America’s problems

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By James Shott British millionaires are looking for greener pastures. As reported in The Telegraph of London, “In the 2009-10 tax year, mo...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Items in the news: Three examples of labor unions behaving badly

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By James H. Shott Private sector labor unions have all-time low membership, which results from the fact that workers see a relatively low v...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The cost of Obamacare seriously threatens businesses and jobs

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By James H. Shott It is a simple concept: A business is an organization that provides products or services that it believes people need or ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

One week out: The case against President Barack Obama’s re-election

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Commentary by James H. Shott Four years ago the left was filled with optimism and poised to win the presidential election. The Democrats ha...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Trying to understand job numbers that appear to challenge reality

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Commentary by James H. Shott After three years of a lackluster economy, unacceptably high unemployment, serious policy gaffes and generally...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Like most investments, private equity firms are good for the economy

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Commentary by James H. Shott The purpose of every investment – however ordinary or unusual; however simple or complex – is to make money th...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The American media’s fraud and corruption are at an all-time high

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  Commentary by James H. Shott   Recent dishonesty demonstrates why the mainstream media is largely no longer worthy of the trust of the...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Smart economic policies push states to top of business-friendly list

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  Commentary by James H. Shott “Regulation and litigation are the bane of business,” according to CNBC in its 2012 America’s Top State for ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Wisconsin recall debacle casts negative light on labor unions

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  Commentary by James H. Shott Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, and three of four Re...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Liberal U.S. media working to subvert Mitt Romney’s candidacy

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  Commentary by James H. Shott The experiences of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney last week illustrate how the media fail to ...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

You can’t make this stuff up: reality is often stranger than fiction

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  Commentary by James H. Shott A couple of items recently in the news illustrate the weirdness of some of the ideas that are put forth f...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Delusions of Incumbency…..

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By: J Robert Giles @JRobertGiles “Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Obama plays fast and furious with oil production data

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Commentary by James H. Shott President Barack Obama calls fossil fuels – coal, oil and natural gas – the “fuel of the past,” and heral...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Barack Obama’s ideology produces
pain for the American people

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Commentary by James H. Shott As President, Barack Obama has shown the occasional capacity to recognize good policies when he sees them. As a...
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