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Lessons from Carolina: Paying People to Not Work is Losing Policy, Tax Cuts and Reforms do Work In 2013, North Carolina figured out paying people to not work is a losing policy.
Let’s take a peek inside today’s Census Bureau report on International Trade in Goods and Services for April.
Illinois Politicians’ Brazen #1 Priority: Paying Themselves It’s no secret that politicians in general are a self-serving lot, primarily concerned about doing whatever it takes to get reelected. Taxpayers be damned in the process. As usual, Illinois politicians lead the way in brazen graft on such manners as excerpts from Illinoisans Suffer, Politicians Get Paid by Jeffrey Schwab, attorney for the Illinois Policy Institute shows
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Visit site: Factory Orders Down 8th Time in 9 Months; Durable Goods Inventories Highest Since 1992
It appears the eurozone is one step closer to an "accident" today.
Librarians: 64% College Professors: 3.2% I disagree with some of those.
First Quarter GDP -0.7%; GDPNow Second Quarter Forecast +0.8%; Economists Get Zero Accolades; Smoothed Recession Odds First quarter GDP came in at -0.7% pretty much in line with the Bloomberg Consensus estimate of -0.8%. First-quarter GDP was revised down about as expected, to minus 0.7 percent vs expectations for minus 0.8 and compared with an initial reading of plus 0.2 percent. Updated source data made for a bigger negative contribution from net exports as imports spiked 5.6 percent from an initial gain of 1.8 percent.
Read this article: Five Chicago Suburbs Headed for Bankruptcy (More Illinois Cities Will Follow)
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