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The Tea Party Movement-What is it?

By AWC on February 15, 2010 • ( 1 )

The Tea Party movement is made of Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Independents. There is no central authority or leader, only a loose network of organizations all over the country that agree on a few simple concepts. The Tea Party takes… Read More ›

Banks Get to Pay for Government Expansion

By AWC on January 22, 2010 • ( 0 )

The healthcare reform bill may be dead but there is still a need to understand why government expansionism is bad for business and for taxpayers. The elephant in the room on the healthcare plan was how the heck was the government going to pay… Read More ›

Uncertainty, The Storm That Never Ends

By AWC on January 22, 2010 • ( 0 )

Nothing makes a recession last longer than market uncertainty. Contrary to what the government would have you believe, the “market” is fairly predictable. There are thousands of leading and lagging indicators that move in certain directions of varying amounts and can… Read More ›

Government Claims: “Everyone gets a raise!” if Healthcare Reform Passes

By AWC on January 14, 2010 • ( 0 )

So besides the “sun tan” tax I mentioned in a post here, how is the government going to pay for healthcare reform? From the same people who want to fine you for underinflated tires and ban black cars to save the environment… Read More ›

Government Christmas Eve Mischief

By AWC on December 27, 2009 • ( 0 )

In keeping with the government’s tradition of voting on things they don’t want us to hear much about, Congress voted on Christmas Eve (when it would be least likely to get reported in the press) to raise the debt ceiling… Read More ›

The Continuing Collapse of Housing

By AWC on November 23, 2009 • ( 1 )

The economy and the housing market are conjoined twins. What each does affects the other directly, and immediately. The economy is driving down the housing market, which in turn is driving down the economy. Where will the rabbit hole end?… Read More ›

Feds Admit Their Stimulus Numbers Are All Wrong – And People Want Them To Run Healthcare?

By AWC on November 21, 2009 • ( 0 )

“It may be a fact that that’s what’s on my Web site, but that may not be the correct number,” Earl Devaney, a White House official, testified this week. When pressed as to why there was so much inaccurate and… Read More ›

It’s a Lose-Lose-Lose Thing

By AWC on November 10, 2009 • ( 1 )

So I get this letter in my mailbox yesterday from one of my credit card companies, Merrick Bank. It’s one of several similar letters I’ve received recently. The letter goes on to inform me that, “as a result of the… Read More ›

3.5% GDP Growth? Try only 0.5%

By AWC on November 3, 2009 • ( 1 )

Q3 GDP up 3.5% over prior quarter is being pitched as the economic turn of the tides. The recovery is here, break out the champagne. The problem is, the mainstream media never actually looks at the numbers. They just get… Read More ›

Unemployment Insurance: Vacation Extended

By AWC on November 2, 2009 • ( 0 )

It hasn’t been voted on and approved yet, but it’s in the pipeline. The Proposals There are a couple of proposals bouncing around in Washington. One is to provide 13 additional weeks of benefits to people in states with unemployment… Read More ›

Support A True Patriot

By AWC on October 4, 2009 • ( 0 )

I support the man, not the political party affiliation. As I’ve said before, I’m not interested in playing party politics, only in reducing the size of government. In summary, why we all need to support Peter Schiff in his bid… Read More ›

The Power of Words

By AWC on October 3, 2009 • ( 0 )

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation ~Lenin Our government has ordered up both of these and they are on the way…super sized. Republican, Democrat…it doesn’t matter, I didn’t create… Read More ›

Privatize Unemployment Insurance

By AWC on September 28, 2009 • ( 0 )

There is a raft of insurance out there for homeowners, pets, renters, travelers, and victims of floods, fires, theft, terrorism or earthquakes. There’s even insurance if you lose your cellphone or your microwave breaks. There is errors and omissions insurance,… Read More ›

Unemployment Insurance: The Ugly Truth and The Ugly Abuse

By AWC on September 26, 2009 • ( 13 )

The Ugly Truth Let’s put the myth to rest…you do not pay anything into unemployment insurance in California. Your employer is the only one taxed for unemployment insurance. Now wait a minute, before you all go whipping out your pay… Read More ›

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