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Why Unemployment Could Spike By Election Day
Tweet Share on Facebook September 3, 2010 CommentAs if Democrats don't have enough problems, the economy they've tried so hard to revive is lapsing back into a stupor. By the midterm elections in November, it might even seem worse than it is now. And that could add fresh punch to the Republican "wave" some forecasters think could sweep Democrats out of the majority in both houses of Congress.
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Video: How Democrats Flubbed The Economy
Tweet Share on Facebook September 2, 2010 CommentThe woeful economy is likely to sink the Democrats in the November elections. I appeared recently on Fox Business with Chris Cotter to discuss why. Here's the clip:
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Why It's Harder to Be a Clueless Consumer
Tweet Share on Facebook September 1, 2010 CommentThe nanny state has been getting a few things right.
American consumers hate being told what to do, and to prove it, we routinely make choices that are irrational and counterproductive. We make impulse purchases we can't afford. We build bigger houses than we need, chaining ourselves to an onerous mortgage for years. We drive rugged, four-wheel-drive vehicles even though we never leave the pavement. We buy Snuggies.
