TEA PARTY ECONOMIST

The TEA PARTY ECONOMIST Ron Paul's original staff economist, Dr. Gary North! Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Ron Paul: “We Have Passed the Point of No Return.” He said it best two days ago. ... READ MORE Yes, We Have No Solutions. We Have No Solutions Today. The solution to the solution is no solution. For every $41 in tax increases, there will be $1 in the reduction of spending, fiscal year to fiscal year. A 41-to-1 ratio does not solve the deficit problem. In August 2011, the federal government agreed to impose on itself a minor series of cost-cutting programs, called... READ MORE Paul Ryan Votes With Pelosi Republican Congressman Paul Ryan voted with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats to kick the fiscal can one more time. He has shown his true colors. For all his rhetoric and charts in 2012 on the dangers of federal debt, he buckled under pressure. He was the Great White Hope for Tea Party voters last November. ... READ MORE Obamacare Arrives. Full-Time Jobs Will Depart The threat of fines totaling $2,000 a year for not providing health care to full-time workers will be a great subsidy for companies that supply part-time workers. They will be in greater demand. Workers who already work less than 30 hours a week will find lots of new competition. hey are likely to be locked... READ MORE Yes, I Watch Duck Dynasty. What’s It To You? Duck Dynasty is about business — big business, bottom-line, keep-customers-happy business. It’s about repeat business. And it’s all based on guns. It’s about family — just no family that anyone has ever seen on TV. This is not Ozzie & Harriet. It’s about redemption. The patriarch, Phil Robertson, was a drunken lout. He left his... READ MORE Ban Public Schools, Not Guns Gary North’s Reality Check (Dec. 31, 2012) Columbine. Virginia Tech. Newtown. What do they have in common? They are shorthand for “tax-funded schools where mass murderers plied their trade.” The murderers all were students in, or graduates of, the tax-funded, state-run educational system in the United States. The murderers were enrolled students at Columbine and... READ MORE Welfare State Young Greeks Whine Over Liberty. Tough Dolma. One of the things I love about the black market in labor is that it makes things better, despite whining from state-educated kids who want a free lunch. In Greece, there is 56% unemployment for young adults. Why? Because the unions have closed the job market to them. So has the government. They expected an... READ MORE The Economic Year in Review David Collum is a chemist. But he is also an insightful economic commentator. Here is his economic year in review for 2012. Print it out. Get out your highlighter. Pour a cup of coffee. If you can’t read it all today, skip the Who Cares Bowl tomorrow, and finish it. Click the link. ... READ MORE