Home Prices Continue Down Nine Cities Hit New Lows
Posted: 28 January, 2011 Filed under: Economy, Recession, Recovery, Stimulus Spending | Tags: Economy, housing, housing market, housing prices, real estate, real estate market, recession 3 Comments »Data through November 2010, released January 25 by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, the leading measure of US home prices, show a deceleration in the annual growth rates in 17 of the 20 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and the 10- and 20-City Composites compared to what was reported for October. The 10-City Composite was down 0.4% and the 20-City Composite fell 1.6% from November 2009 levels.
Hypocrisy Transparent As Obama Prepares To Meet With Chamber of Commerce
Posted: 19 January, 2011 Filed under: Cap and Tax, Economy, Elections, Heath Care, Politics, Recession, Recovery, Stimulus Spending, Taxes, Union Deals | Tags: campaign finance tag, chamber of commerce tag, midterm election, obama, reelection Comments OffAlthough the sea of socialist rhetoric and hypocrisy through which Barack Obama makes us wade is routinely deep, I found a news blurb this morning that I found particularly hypocritical. Barack Obama is meeting with the US Chamber of Commerce to see what he can do to help create jobs. Obama also wants to assure the business community he supports them. Read the rest of this entry »
Turning America Around: Part One
Posted: 31 December, 2010 Filed under: Economy, Politics, Recession, Recovery, Taxes | Tags: Economy, elections, health care debate, health care reform, liberal agenda, redistribution of wealth, Tea Party Comments OffA great American philosopher once said: It’s Déjà vu all over again. Although it’s a great line, my intent here is not to wax philosophic by quoting Yogi Berra. The malaise in which America now flounders is Déjà vu all over again, as it is eerily reminiscent of the America of 1980 and the malaise in which the country was mired at that time. Because the last thing they want are parallels being drawn between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, liberals will disagree, but the similarities are so striking they’ll have to split hairs to do it. Very much the way Jimmy Carter split hairs over the definition of recession while debating Ronald Reagan in 1980. Read the rest of this entry »
