Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will begin granting $75 million to local governments for the demolition of abandoned homes. The money comes from the $25…
Due process and rule of law have been replaced with “legalized” looting and harrassment by government in America.
Yesterday’s entry Welcome to the Predatory State of California–Even If You Don’t Live There generated dozens of emails reco…
Fourth quarter 2011: New Turmoil Set to Rock Economic Foundation
The congressional super-committee is charged with coming up with $1.5 trillion of cuts eight weeks from now will almost certainly take a big whack at a category of the federal budget ca…
After nearly three years of economic recovery, the crisis in state and local budgets continues to worsen. Even though state tax revenues are picking up, mandated spending obligations and the loss of federal stimulus money still put heavy pressure on s…
April 28, 2011 Guest Commentary by Randy Degner
Note from dshort: A few days before today’s publication of the Q1 2011 advance GDP estimate, I received an email that eloquently expresses a widely held view of Gross Domestic Product — namely …
April 22 is Earth Day. This year, its theme is “A Billion Acts of Green.” The idea behind the 2011 program is to demonstrate that millions of small acts can make a profound difference in the environment. Whether that is true or not, the Earth Da…
Total nonfarm payrolls fell by 2.9 million in January from December. These are the actual numbers, not the Bureau of Liar Statistics seasonal fudge pack…
The Comstock boys present a long list of reasons why a stock market decline is on the horizon…
The stock market is at a highly vulnerable point, both fundamentally and technically. Fundamentally, the current rate of economic growth is unsustainabl…
Total nonfarm payrolls fell by 2.9 million in January from December. These are the actual numbers, not the Bureau of Liar Statistics seasonal fudge pack which usually obscure the truth, or completely mislead. In order to reveal how the current numbers …
Everybody’s Subprime
New York State Seizes Finances of Nassau County
A state oversight board on Wednesday seized control of Nassau County’s finances, saying the county, one of the nation’s wealthiest and most heavily taxed, had nonetheless fa…
