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View in your browser. There has been a lot of discussion about the recession, unemployment, taxes, spending, and debt. While all of these things are important when discussing fiscal policy,…
Taking a look at history as a whole, it is obvious why the unemployment rates were slashed in the early 1990s and North Carolina has ended up with a $2.6…
Trade policy is one of those areas of economics where Bastiat’s observation that bad economists only look at the immediate and apparent results is proven true day in and day…
Via Locker Room, I read Kay Hagan’s criticism of Elizabeth Dole for supporting CAFTA. Interesting that Hagan is using an area with high unemployment, considering her views on free trade:…
Despite being banned from the studio, the Journal gets its story on Foxx-Sharpe debate, with a little help from media partner FOX-8. It looks like the ususal barbs were traded,…
I don’t want to pick on the Observer’s Tim Funk for reporting the conventional wisdom, but it is just that it is so unwise. Funk says Democrats think that Tim…
Rep. Charles Taylor was on my program yesterday (Take A Stand! – www.TheMattCave.com) and was very adamant about the fact that he did indeed vote on CAFTA – he voted…
This CAFTA uproar got me thinking about something. Why should my family tolerate something in our neighborhood that is taking our jobs? Something that is also taking our money and…
How the NC delegation voted on CAFTA FOR AGAINST Republicans 08 Robin Hayes 09 Sue Myrick Republicans 03 Walter Jones 05 Virginia Foxx 06 Howard Coble 10 Patrick McHenry Democrats…
House Approves CAFTA in 217-215 Vote
In case you were wondering why President Bush would go to Charlotte and Gaston County to promote CAFTA, Alan Reynolds of the Cato Institute traverses the “c’s” in this column.
Some pretty big guns are putting a lot of preasure on our NC Congressional Delegation to get on board with the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Sen. Elizebeth Dole is…