My source for data on federal, state, and local government spending is almost always the Bureau of Economic Affairs National Income and Product Accounts. I…
Government Financial Data
Posted in Economics, and Government
Category: Government
Helping the Poor and Everybody Else
Posted in Deficits, and Government
The post below was published in 2010. The examples are a bit out of date, and the links don’t work, and I was wrong about…
Pistol Creek Days
Posted in Deficits, Government, and Politicians
Originally Posted November, 2009. Examples outdated, links may not work, but system unchanged. When I was growing up in Maryville, TN, I spent a lot…
Irrational Government Meddling: Stop It!
Posted in Government, and Taxes
There are at least five good reasons government should not meddle in the affairs of private free enterprise. There is no accountability because most or…
The Decade of Our Discontent
Posted in Economics, and Government
The announcement a few days ago of real % increase in GDP for the first quarter of only 0.7% suggested it might be time to…
Skeptical of Government?
Posted in Government, and Investing
The December 4th Charleston SC Post and Courier included a rather lengthy story, by David Slade (Facebook), describing mismanagement of state employee pension funds over…
I Could Have Been a Lobbyist
Posted in Government, and Politics
There is an interesting article in The State newspaper today about lobbying activity in and around the SC State House. I know the sizes of the…
Job Growth – New Low Predicted
Posted in Economics, Government, and Jobs
Both sides of the political fence like to pick and choose data points to prove either that the jobs recovery during the Obama administration is…
You Didn’t Create That Job!
Posted in Government, and Jobs
A NYT lead editorial, The Myth of Job Creation, published during the 2012 presidential campaigns, tried to make the case that both Governor Romney and President Obama erred…