Economics

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Returning to My Stack of Stuff

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A glance at my stack of stuff at the corner of my computer desk tells me it’s time to share some interesting items I’ve been saving to share with you.

Election News

If the Election Were Today

I would have thought the gap would be wider, but Rasmussen Reports’ Generic Congressional Ballot at the end of the week shows that 46 percent of likely voters would vote for the Republican candidate, while 41 percent would vote for the Democrat.… read more

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Our Clueless, Out-of-Touch President Biden

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While watching President Biden read about his “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” from the teleprompter Thursday, referring to it as an historic agreement to fight inflation and lower costs, it occurred to me he simply has no clue what the average American is experiencing.

With obvious delight, he began by joking about the name given to the Act, saying that “Some of you will see a lot of similarities between the beginning; of the Build Back Better initiative.” … read more

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A Clueless Biden Continues to Push New Green Deal

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The price of gasoline at the pump has doubled since the day Joe Biden took office, mortgage rates, too, have doubled, and inflation is eating up those increased wages people earned.

After fist-bumping with the Saudi King, he told us “We had a good discussion on ensuring energy security and adequate oil supplies to support global economic growth. … read more

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Biden’s Economic Advisors are Clueless

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On July 10, 2022, I wrote about the economics of “no free lunch,” believing it was time for a refresher as we experience the rising costs of everything and the specter of inflation.  However, it seems as though economics “experts” in the White House need more than a refresher.

Reading the editorial “No Business Experience,” in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, revealing that of the 68 top executive-branch officials who shape Biden administration economic policy, have an average of just 2.4 years of business experience. … read more

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There’s No Free Lunch

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You know this, but I figured a refresher can’t hurt as we note that consumer confidence has hit a low last seen a decade ago.  It occurred to me while reading from David Bahnsen’s book, “There’s No Free Lunch.”

Last November, as I wrote about President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that he claimed wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year, I reminded you of Milton Friedman’s statement, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”… read more

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Is It Any Wonder Confidence is in the Dumper?

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Confidence in America is in the dumper and President Biden hopes to make the Roe v. Wade decision the issue during the midterms, saying “We cannot allow an out-of-control Supreme Court working in conjunction with extremist elements of the Republican Party to take away freedoms.”

He seems to forget that Donald Trump was elected partly because he said he would, and name conservative constitutionalists to the Court. … read more

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Kramerontheright Reader Service for Subscribers

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I do considerable research of the media, in print and online, in an effort to produce a blog that gives you my commentary on what’s making news, and in the process, I often run across things I think you may have missed.  Here’s what I found.

Hillary’s Role in the Russia Smear

I almost didn’t read a Wall Street Journal op-ed about Hillary Clinton and the Russia hoax by Douglas Schoen and Andrew Stein, because both are Democrats, and I assumed it would consist of leftist talking points. … read more

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On Biden’s First Day in Office, a ‘Click of a Switch’ Was Easy

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“There’s a lot going on right now, but the idea we’re gonna be able to, you know, click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline is not likely in the near term, nor is with regard to food.” – President Biden, June 1, 2022

That’s odd, on January 20, 2021, his first day in office, he was able to “click a switch” that effectively ended our energy independence.… read more