TRUE BORN SONS OF LIBERTY

As reported here : "Before [Obama] spoke, details of the emerging deal emerged. It would raise $600 billion in revenue over the next ...

Perhaps the most important argument against consumption taxes is Murray Rothbard's critique of them here , noting their time-preference ...

So says this guy, here , discussing government spending for GDP purposes: d. Interest paid on government bonds is NOT counted as part of GDP...

Interest payments on the debt are reported here . For the 7 fiscal years from 2006 to 2012, interest payments have totaled $2.898 trillion. ...

Full pdf report from the BEA here . master of scratch Since Obama was elected in 2008, the average report of GDP has been . . . 0.93%, still...

Here : Where this is all going to end up, I'm pretty sure -- we'll see if I'm right; won't be too long, maximum next year so...

Up 55% over the earlier twenty year period v. only 6.7% up over the most recent 11 year period.

Reagan-Bush-Clinton era low energy costs coincided with economic "good times" when real GDP increased 83% over twenty years. By co...

Oh, but now he does. As he was a liar then, so is he now, and ever shall be. Amen. Video here .

Latest EA17 (and EU27) performance discussed  here .

The top chart, discussed  here , shows the failure to recover to zero after 56 months compared to the same point in previous recessions. The...

The full Bureau of Economic Analysis pdf may be found here . Only two quarters have come in higher under Obama, the fourth quarters of 2009 ...

Speaker John Boehner, wake up. Arnold Kling, here : When World War II ended in 1945, President Harry Truman faced a problem. Public opinion ...

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President Obama has the dubious distinction for the very worst GDP record, measured November on November, of any president in the post-war p...

The first estimate of Q3 2012 GDP growth comes in at 2.0%, with growth in Q2 remaining at 1.3%. The growth rate in Q3 is now back to the rat...

"After decades of broken politics in Washington, and eight years of failed policies from George W. Bush, and 21 months of a campaign th...

Chart and data here . Last update was a year ago. Peak observation was 1/1/07, from which we are roughly 3.5% down after having been down as...

The answer to EVERYTHING is 42. How many days has it been since the debate? Five? And still no one has caught Romney's gaffe equat...

Romney , last night, in another odd coincidence with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : "Spain -- Spain spends 42 percent of th...