THE ROCHE RECORD – by Frank Roche February 10, 2011 SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS NEED SOME HELP While it is statistically accurate to say the US economy is growing and recovering from the worst of the 2008-2009 economic downturn, many small business owners are still reeling, haven’t witnessed any recovery, and still wonder where their bailout is.
January 31, 2011 The Greedy Bastards Paradox Bogie If we accept President Obama’s economic arguments, his State of the Union address was most remarkable in the aftermath, when nothing happened. For the sake of argument, let’s agree with the President that the winning ticket of the global economic lottery will be investment in renewable energy,
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JANUARY 27, 2011 Congress’s inquiry commission is offering a simplistic narrative that could lead to the wrong policy reforms. By BILL THOMAS,KEITH HENNESSEY AND DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN Today, six members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission—created by the last Congress to investigate the causes of the financial crisis—are releasing their final report. Although the three of
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WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 27, 2011 Milton Friedman warned that government spending cancels out higher-return private investment. By STEPHEN MOORE Words matter in politics, which is why the federal government no longer “spends” (and wastes) money, but rather “invests” it. According to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, nearly every penny of the $2.5
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THE NEXT DECADE by George Friedman Published: January 2011 Synopsis The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required
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JANUARY 24, 2011 Beijing wants to diversify out of U.S. debt and it will have plenty of cash to make acquisitions. By CHARLES WOLF JR. From 2007 through the first half of this year, Chinese buyers—state, private and in between—acquired 400 companies located outside of the country. The acquisitions span a wide range: mining companies
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JANUARY 19, 2011 Let’s scrap the Departments of Commerce and Housing and Urban Development, end farm subsidies, and end urban mass transit grants, for starters. By DICK ARMEY AND MATT KIBBE The primary economic challenge today is that our government spends too much money it doesn’t have, and it is involved in too many things
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January 17, 2011 – carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive State May Get No Pension Help From Washington By Anthony Greco RALEIGH — While no specific bailout plans are under consideration, U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, has introduced H.Res. 23, stating Congress’ opposition to any federal intervention meant to “bail out state and local government employee pension
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