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More Chickens Roosting

March 16th, 2009

I wrote Chickens Coming Home To Roost a couple of days ago to highlight the fact that the expectations created and some of the promises made during the Obama campaign aren’t being fulfilled. It’s still early days, of course, but there are discouraging signs, particularly Obama’s questionable focus on the economic crisis. If you present yourself (or […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: economy, Obama, stimulus
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Chickens Coming Home To Roost

March 14th, 2009

President Obama’s pastor, mentor, and spiritual leader of 20 years screamed from the pulpit, “America’s chickens have come home to roost!” The crowd in his large church cheered, laughed, and clapped. Reverend Jeremiah Wright was talking about the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, of course. But we were all relieved to learn that candidate […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: economy, Obama, stimulus
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Bailouts and Suckers

March 2nd, 2009

Tax season reminds us how much money the government took away from us last year and maybe how much we still have to pay. This tax season is worse than most. As the government embarks on a wild spending spree intended to bail out malefactors and stimulate the economy, we have to wonder about some […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: bailouts, economy, stimulus
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