Category Archives: economics

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) publishes data showing how many charges were filed annually and I’ve noticed something peculiar with this data. For those not familiar, these charges constitute the total number of claims filed with the EEOC for … Continue reading →

The following comment was post to a previous blog post about the poor sales of the Chevy Volt as compared to the Nissan Leaf: Well, technically that comment is true.  People are still buying EV’s but the sales trend doesn’t … Continue reading →

BREAKING – It is very difficult to model the world’s largest economy. I get it, Macroeconomics is hard.  It’s hard not only because of the math and statistics but it’s hard because Macroeconomic models must attempt to model one of … Continue reading →

The Left appears very organized in the way they are presenting our fiscal situation and as expected, “journalists” are reprinting the talking points unchallenged. Have you missed it?  Team Obama is trying to cast The One as a very austere … Continue reading →

NPR’s Melissa Block recently had an interview with Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and I’m amazed at how much the Treasury Secretary struggles with simple math. Here is the main quote from that interview where Ms. Block was asking if he … Continue reading →

I think of the weirdest things when I am running.  This just came to me and I’m surely missing something so please read through this and tell me why this won’t work. Problem Statement Companies legally avoid paying corporate taxes … Continue reading →

Some people are pointing to the recent failures of Obamacare as proof that disaster ensues when the Federal Government gets involved in the private industry and tries to counteract Free Market forces.  You get no argument from me on that … Continue reading →

Liberal controlled Local and State governments are slowly waking up to the fact that sweetheart pension deals for their unions are bankrupting their cities and states. First we saw a ruling from a federal judge that states the city of … Continue reading →

Today there was more bad news for the long termed unemployed who are still suffering from this supposed Obamanomics recovery. “More than 1 million people will see their extended unemployment benefits immediately cut off at the end of the month … Continue reading →

Remember when Jack Welch said this? Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers — Jack Welch (@jack_welch) October 5, 2012 Well he took a lot of heat over this and even though I was suspicious … Continue reading →

The Washington DC city council recently decided to teach evil Wal-Mart a lesson. “D.C. lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill requiring some large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city’s minimum wage, a … Continue reading →

Another Jobs report was issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Obamanomics recovery is still rolling along.  Which means the US economy is stuck in neutral waiting for Obamacare to come and push us over the cliff. “Total … Continue reading →