Category Archives: Economy
Port Authority
Dockworkers and truckers on the west coast were largely ungracious about the Occupy movement’s efforts on their behalf. Protesters attempted to disrupt capitalism by shutting down ports from San Diego to Anchorage, causing workers to be sent home without pay.
The president, who disrupted the the Keystone Pipeline and the jobs that go with it, has previously said of the protesters, “you are the reason I ran for office“.
Obama to Serfs: Drop Dead
If it’s President Obama against the fat cats and now Obama against the serfs, who’s left to re-elect him? Here’s a breakdown by Jay Cost. Here’s the s original New York Times piece by Thomas Edsall that created all the fuss:
“All pretense of trying to win a majority of the white working class has been effectively jettisoned in favor of cementing a center-left coalition made up, on the one hand, of voters who have gotten ahead on the basis of educational attainment — professors, artists, designers, editors, human resources managers, lawyers, librarians, social workers, teachers and therapists — and a second, substantial constituency of lower-income voters who are disproportionately African-American and Hispanic.”
Bipartisan Bully Boys
Obama charged up the San Juan Hill of class warfare with an hour long stemwinder in Kansas yesterday. Meanwhile, Bull Moose Gingrich came out to Glenn Beck as a Teddy Roosevelt Republican.
Game Plan
After three years of anger over ObamaCare and the housing crisis, the Republican nomination is boiling down to RomneyCare vs The Freddie Mac water boy. Here’s Krauthammer.
Banking on Europe
The Fed sent a gusher of cheaper dollars to European banks. Robert Samuelson tells us what this means.
