by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
There Is No There There
Zero jobs last month — a net change of zero job growth? It was just announced that last month’s unemployment is still above 9% — despite the nearly five trillion dollars in Keynesian pump-priming, the near zero interest rates, the expanded unemployment and food stamp support, and the government takeovers and subsidies of businesses. Continue reading “Zero Jobs 101: The Psychology of Alienating Employers”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Suddenly, liberal op-ed writers are trashing — even lampooning — Barack Obama as a one-term president (“one and done”). Centrist Democrats up for reelection in 2012 openly worry about inviting a kindred president into their districts, lest the new pariah lose them votes. Continue reading “Obama Becomes the Fall Guy”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Since 2009, the example of the economic boom following World War II has been used by Keynesians to justify their record “peacetime” levels of borrowing intended to lift the US out of the doldrums. Continue reading “The False WWII Analogy”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Consider the myriad paradoxes of the Obama age. Unprecedented government borrowing is out of control, unsustainable, and finally causing financial markets to panic. Continue reading “Obama’s Paradoxes”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The US stock market has nose-dived. Congress just approved the highest debt ceiling in American history, allowing the government to carry over $16 trillion in national debt, and prompting the credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s to downgrade America’s multitrillion-dollar debt for the first time in 70 years. Continue reading “What If the President Liked Businesspeople?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
It is fascinating to see how postmodern Western societies react to wide-scale rioting, looting, and thuggery aimed at innocents. Continue reading “Paralytic Western Society”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
President Obama does not care much about deficits — other than worrying that big debt might matter in his re-election campaign. Continue reading “Is the President in Recovery?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
About 50 percent of taxpayers don’t pay federal income taxes. Almost half of American adults receive either the majority of or all of their income in some form from government. Continue reading “Behind the DC Slugfest”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Borrowing Is No Longer Stimulus?
The Congressional Budget Office not long ago forecast that Barack Obama’s $1 trillion-plus annual deficits — scheduled over the next decade — would result in almost another $10 trillion in aggregate debt. Continue reading “Our Ten-Trillion-Dollar Man”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
“Reckless Fiscal Policies”
Why did Obama only enumerate George W. Bush’s big spending as responsible for the out-of-control $14 trillion-plus debt, while not mentioning his own contribution of $5 trillion? Continue reading “St. Obama and the Debt Dragon”