Posts Tagged ‘economy’

Thank You, Washington Post

11th October 2009 by Catherine Favazza 1 Comment

I’m a Sunday subscriber to the Washington Post largely because I like the idea of reading the paper and drinking coffee on a Sunday morning.
In reality, I end up getting so frustrated by the bias and the politics that the only section I read in full is the Arts section, in search of an excuse [...]

U.S. Less Competitive Due to Wasteful Government Spending, Debt

9th September 2009 by Catherine Favazza Comments Off

via ft.com
Why did the World Economic Forum rate America as less competitive than it has in the past? In part, the WEF report demonstrated “particular concerns on the part of the business community about the government’s ability to maintain arm’s-length relationships with the private sector and in the perception that the government spends its [...]

Binding Arbitration 101, or Why We Must Stop Calling EFCA “Card Check”

7th July 2009 by Catherine Favazza 5 Comments

The Employee Free Choice Act or, more appropriately, the Employee Forced Choice Act is bad for workers and employers alike. Many on the Right, who have been referring to the legislation simply as “card check,” have made great progress in exposing the anti-democratic elimination of the secret ballot, which not only hurts workers, but also [...]

Econ 101 with President Obama

15th April 2009 by Catherine Favazza 3 Comments

This image was passed along through a series of forwarded messages, so I can’t speak to its origins. Nonetheless, it made me laugh.

Thanks to my mom for forwarding this image to me! If anyone knows who put it together, let me know so I can link to their site, if applicable, or give them the [...]

Sesame Street Explains Bernie Madoff Scandal

16th March 2009 by Catherine Favazza 1 Comment

This is hilarious!

Thanks to Anna Tarkov for passing it along.

More About Obama and the Economy

16th March 2009 by Catherine Favazza 1 Comment

My friend Kim Priestap tackles Obama’s inconsistent attitude on the economy in the D.C. Examiner this morning:
President Obama’s sudden shift from “dark days are ahead” to “things aren’t that bad” is more jarring than comforting. It creates more questions than answers. What does “not as bad as we think” mean?
Is there no longer a looming catastrophe? [...]

Did Obama lie about the economy?

16th March 2009 by Catherine Favazza 8 Comments

This video speaks for itself.

Post a comment below and chime in: Is what Obama said different than what McCain said? Or is this just the latest in the falsified hope that the President has marketed to the people of this great country?
Update: Matt Margolis, writing for my client American Issues Project, has tackled this issue [...]

Economy 101: A Lesson for Fans of the Stimulus Package

7th February 2009 by Katie Favazza Comments Off

One of my mom’s best friends sent this to me, and I couldn’t resist sharing it here: “You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. …