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Now or never: We must lower the corporate tax rate

Apr 01, 2012 Comments Off by

by Rep. David Schweikert

Last month was the 37th straight month of the Obama administration with an unemployment rate over 8 percent. The United States has lost nearly 900,000 jobs since the president’s so-called “stimulus” was signed into law. And it seems that each month, President …

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Illegal immigrant population falls 35% in AZ

Mar 27, 2012 Comments Off by

Since 2008, the illegal immigrant population in Arizona has fallen off by around 35%.  Some statistics that should give advocates of policies intended to encourage self-deportation satisfaction:

A report released Friday by the Department of Homeland Security, based on 2010 census data, estimated there were …

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Athens burns as Greece struggles to implement spartan budget

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off by

Athens, reputed to be the origin of democracy, is in the 21st century a pariah of the worst extremes of what government by the welfare state can do for an economy.  Civilization has ground to a halt as as the irate, impoverished population spasms in …

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Unemployment hasn’t actually fallen at all under Obama

Feb 09, 2012 Comments Off

That sounds like a wild thing to say, but here is the rationale, and it’s actually quite simple:

For starters, almost the entire decline in the unemployment rate over the last year has been ephemeral. The rate is calculated by dividing the people who do …

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Unions fight for survival

Jan 08, 2012 Comments Off

When a boxing ref says, “Now I want a good, clean fight” there are usually a lot of people watching to make sure it happens. Generally, they are able to hold the fighters and refs accountable if it doesn’t happen.

Unions, on the other hand, don’t …

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