Posts Tagged ‘rate’
US Money Supply Contracting At Depression Rate »
The M3 figures - which include broad range of bank accounts and are tracked by British and European monetarists for warning signals about the direction of the US economy a year or so in advance - began shrinking last summer. The pace has since quickened. The stock of money fell from $14.2 trillion to $13.9 trillion in the three months to April, [...]
MSM Writer Slams Swine Flu Hype »
Good on ordinary Torontonians. Despite all the H1N1/swine flu hype this past winter, just 28.2% of that city’s residents bothered to get vaccinated against the “pandemic;” that’s less than the 35% who usually get shots each year against the seasonal flu. Even Toronto health care workers couldn’t be stampeded into getting the shots. [...]
No Demographic Time Bomb; It’s a Demographic »
The Australian Jewish News, May 14, 2010Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger“Second Thought: A US-Israel Initiative”Anyone suggesting that Jews are doomed to become a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean is either dramatically mistaken or outrageously misleading. In contrast with conventional “wisdom,” there is a Jewish [...]
Two Years After Strict Immigration Reform, Oklahoma Is »
The state's economy is far outperforming most of the country, and it appears to trace back to the passage of their illegal immigrant crackdown.by Tom BlumerGiven the economic damage inflicted on us by the current administration and many state governments, most readers of this column would probably be quite happy to live in a state where: • [...]
EC:Taxaholics »
Richard W. RahnWhen people are addicted to something, there are usually two alternative treatments. One is to attempt to educate them about the dangers of whatever they are addicted to, and the other is to remove them from the addictive substance so they cannot get their hands on it. All too many in Washington, particularly Democrats, but also [...]
Our current Economic Mess: In Search of a Metaphor »
by Clifford F. ThiesLast year, the Obama administration was claiming credit for “slowing down the rate of job loss.” This year, it is striving for “a soft landing.” This is not a good metaphor. It creates the image of an economy whose descent has reached terminal velocity, like a skydiver whose parachute has failed, who – upon reaching [...]
The Case For Demographic Optimism »
Yoram EttingerThe New York Jewish WeekThe all time record of daily Jewish births at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital, set on September 21, 2009, reflects the substantial rise in Israel's Jewish fertility. Delivery rooms function at 100% capacity. Anyone claiming that Jews are doomed to become a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean is [...]
HC: Obama Plans ‘Backdoor’ Tax to Pay for »
Dan WeilA stealth provision in President Obama’s latest healthcare proposal dramatically increases taxes on the wealthy — extending Medicare taxes for the first time to “unearned” investment income.The new 2.9 percent tax would apply to interest, dividend, annuity, royalty, and rent payments.Under current law, Medicare payments come from [...]
EC: Lying About Bush’s Tax Cuts »
Andrew Foy and Brenton StranskyThe majority of the taxpayers in our country believe it a foregone conclusion that taxes will rise substantially in the near future and that the Bush tax cuts will soon be no more than a footnote of political history. You don't need to be a genius to see that the government will have to raise more revenue to pay for [...]
Children’s Tantrums May be Re-Classed as »
Childhood temper tantrums, teenage irritability and binge eating may soon rate as psychiatric disorders in the US, according to proposed changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the bible of the psychiatric profession. The proposals are the product of a 10-year effort to update the handbook, which influences the vast network of American [...]
