Posts Tagged ‘recession’
PANDYA: Were the Euroskeptics Right?
Om Pandya, Conservative
Looking back at the debate and presently at the crisis facing the EU, it seems as if those who pushed for the independence of British currency have every right to gloat.
Phillips: Taxing the Rich – Oregon Measures 66 and 67
Tomorrow, January 26th, Oregonians will vote on two progressive ballot measures to increase state taxes on the wealthier sector of the population. The money will go directly into schools, public safety and other critical public services. The heated debate leading up to the vote ties into very traditional liberal vs conservative taxation policy ideas. Should taxes ever be raised in the middle of a recession? Is it smart to target the wealthy? What will the effect of their passage be on business? What will their failure mean for schools?
BARON: The High Cost of Republican Federalism
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
What price is the conservative wing of the Republican Party willing to pay for blind adherence to traditional dogma? The answer: any price, just so long as they can get re-elected.
MARIN: Stimulus Bashing – The GOP’s Best Weapon in 2010
by Paul Marin, Liberal Republican
In the context of double-digit unemployment that is unlikely to significantly decrease by election day 2010, stimulus bashing, if wielded properly, can become a potent political tool for the GOP.
FULHAM: Notes on an Uncertain Decade
by Peter Fulham, Democrat
The past decade was not the worst of the century; the era following the Great Depression surely takes that prize. But it is perhaps safe to say that never before as a nation have we been so unsure of our future, so unable to find a silver lining in our own history, as we are now.
WALK: Breaking the Addiction
America needs to break its addiction to government economic “stimulus.”
Pandya: The Federal Reserve’s Folly
Why access to “easy money” is not a cure-all for any financial crisis.
SIEG: The Big, The Small and The Efficient
A look into the British political arena and the proposed policies of the Tories. Does small government necessarily mean efficiency?
EDWARDS: How to Invest in the Current Economic Climate
With everyone greedily investing in the US and China, the most stable and sure returns will come from Europe.
SIEFF: WWI and the Socio-Politics of 2009
The two wars ans the current recession facing the United States may stand to change American culture.
Edwards: Here Comes the Wall Street Tax
Team Obama and the AFL-CIO have their sights set on Wall Street trades – but more taxes on Wall Street could spell disaster for average Americans.
FLOYD: Incentives and Executive Compensation
The goal of Congressional legislation to control executive compensation should not seek to punish executives but achieve an incentive structure that benefits the American economy.
WALKER: A Reality Check
Alix Walker examines the taxation policy of the Obama Administration.
WALK: Just Cut Taxes
Instead of expanding entitlement programs like unemployment benefits, the government should cut taxes on small business to bolster the economy.
EDWARDS: What Obama Financial Plan?
Raising the minimum wage and cap-and-trade legislation may sound like good ideas to President Obama, but ultimately those two issues, and the national debt, might spell further disaster for the American economy.