Trump Drops F-Bombs in Las Vegas Speech
On Thursday night, real estate mogul, Celebrity Apprentice host, and presidential hopeful Donald Trump unleashed a hailstorm of profanity during a speech at...
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Are Public-sector Workers Underpaid?
Republican leaders in Congress have been pining to amend the federal pay system, to curb government spending and trim the skyrocketing deficit. Many...
Japan’s Catastrophe and the Future of Nuclear Power
Owing to Japan's nuclear power ordeal, the inevitable debate over nuclear power and its impact on the environment and human health is beginning...
Economic Stimulus and Economic Stress
The U.S. economy's agony endures, as “economic stress” in December escalated, with foreclosure rates a major topic of concern. According to the monthly...
Ethanol Subsidies, Newt Gingrich, and the 2012 Election
With the 2012 presidential election already on presidential aspirants' front doorstep, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is hiking the campaign trail, stomping the...
Tracing the Japanese Experiment
The United States' current corporate tax rate is far from competitive. Average combined state and federal corporate taxes are 39.2 percent, second...
Greece Continues to Flounder
Greece risks Mediterranean isolation, as government debt accumulates and international confidence weakens — especially now that Moody's Investors Service is reviewing a possible...
Stimulating Recovery of the Economy, or Graft?
Earlier this month the Recover Progress Report summarized, "As of December 1, $466.8 billion of the $787 billion stimulus has been committed to...
Greed Pays: Tax Cuts and Economic Prosperity
"Greed, for a lack of a better word, is good. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of...