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Posted in Election 2012, Jobs, economy on Feb 7th, 2012
According to a recent Gallup poll, the state with the biggest drop in confidence in the economy is Delaware. Economic confidence dropped in all states and the District of Columbia in 2011, reflecting the overall decline nationally. The declines range from a low of 3 points in Idaho and West Virginia to a high of [...]
“Gallup finds underemployment, without seasonal adjustment, at 18.4% in mid-December — up from 18.1% at the end of November and similar to the 18.5% of a year ago. Over the same period, unemployment increased to 8.7% from 8.5% at the end of last month. Read more at GALLUP.com.” Bill Wilson, of Americans for Limited Government, [...]
Posted in Chris Coons, Jobs, Marco Rubio, immigration on Nov 16th, 2011
November 15, 2011 3:33 PM EST Calls on President Obama to Get Involved in the Discussion WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, a leading voice of Latino conservatives, commended U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) for introducing today the American Growth, Recovery, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Act. [...]
Posted in Employment, Jobs, National Dems, National GOP, economy on Nov 6th, 2011
It is unforgivable that House Republicans are not voting on Obama jobs bills, we are told, but that the fact that the Senate Democrats refuse to vote on 15 bills passed by the House is not even worthy of mention. Even President Obama recognized that some of those ideas were good. Why won’t Harry Reid [...]
Growth will be so great that you would have to hide under a bed not to get a job. World class economist Art Laffer gives his take. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
Posted in Glen Urquhart, Guest Opinion, Guest Posts, Jobs, economy on Oct 19th, 2011
FIX WHAT’S WRONG: Restore CONFIDENCE Something’s wrong. We all feel the disappointment. The needed confidence isn’t there to spark job-creation by investors and employers. Since more jobs are created by small business, we must restore small business confidence in particular. Hopefully both liberals and conservatives would agree. But here’s the key: To restore small business [...]
Posted in Jobs, National GOP, Obama on Oct 17th, 2011
President Obama finally admitted that the GOP has a jobs plan at the beginning of his latest bus tour. Naturally, he panned the plan as letting Wall Street do whatever they wanted to take advantage of the current movement. Previously, the President had been in denial that the GOP had a plan. ”They have no [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Jobs on Oct 12th, 2011
The Obama administration’s jobs council gave tepid approval the vital Keystone pipeline which would create 20,000 jobs and give America a plentiful, safe, and stable North American oil supply. America would be the main market for the Canadian Oil Sands output. It sounds like just the type of success NAFTA was intended to achieve. Set aside that [...]
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Posted in Election 2012, Jobs on Sep 14th, 2011
Playing politics with jobs is the latest charge and the White House is guilty by their own bragging to reporters. Yet it is they who are accusing not being accused. Why would the White House brag about their “trap” to a reporter? They obviously want to make Republicans mad so they do not do anything. [...]
Posted in Jobs, Obama, economy, local government on Sep 9th, 2011
Update: Only 2 hours left to submit your question so I am moving this to the top. I have accepted an invitation to participate in a Conference Call on the President’s jobs bill from the White House offered to random local officials. I am of course honored. The question is in the unlikely event that [...]
Posted in Jobs, Ron Paul, bailouts, economy on Sep 9th, 2011
There may not have been a Republican response, but there is a conservative one. If you want evidence that he is right, you owe it to yourself to watch this video. If you think he is wrong, then you really owe it to yourself to look at this video. Ron Paul won the last debate. [...]
Posted in Employment, Jobs, Obama on Sep 8th, 2011
If there is nothing controversial in this, why does he need 43 minutes to convince everyone? He says everything is paid for. We know that we need jobs. Will his proposal do it? What are your thoughts? Be sure to visit the previous post if you have a question you would love the President to [...]
Posted in Jobs on Sep 7th, 2011
Delaware’s civilian labor force dropped by a 1000 from May’s numbers and unemployment went up a tenth to 8.1% by the end of July.
According to the Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers Original Data Value Series Id: It would take $225.92 to buy what $100 would buy in 1982. That is an increase of $5 from the beginning of this year and $15 since the end of the Bush administration. The dollar is slowly receding as we monetize [...]
Posted in Healthcare, Jobs, Unions on Sep 3rd, 2011
The government is once again getting in the way of employment. Three rulings by the NLRB were pushed through before the Saturday departure of one Democrat member. It includes card check lite which overturned an existing precedent, mirco organizing in healthcare (allowing each job description area to be targeted within an organization instead of the [...]
Posted in Chris Coons, Jobs, economy on Sep 2nd, 2011
From Senator Coons: Today I’m rolling out my six-point plan to address America’s jobs crisis — and I hope you’ll endorse it. I spent much of August talking with Delaware’s business owners and working families about solving the crisis, and reading through ideas shared by supporters like you. These discussions have been enormously productive, and [...]
Posted in Jobs on Sep 2nd, 2011
You heard that the economy produced no net new jobs. The fact is that 430k more people are working part time who want full time jobs so U-6 went up. Government numbers for June and July were over stated and revised downward. Manufacturing lost jobs. Retail lost jobs. Construction lost jobs. Hours worked is barely [...]
Posted in Jobs, Regulation on Sep 1st, 2011
The Justice Department is trying to block the AT&T and T-Mobile merger, a move that could cost 50 to 90,000 well paying jobs, taking the side of left wing consumer groups over the Communications Union, business, and even left wing economists. If this is not an example of the over regulation problem, what is?
The economy added 117,000 new jobs mostly in the private sector in July. The bad news is that first time unemployment applications are still 400,000 a week. We are simultaneously gaining and losing jobs which is keeping unemployment above 9%. At least the numbers may ease fears of falling into another recession. We just seem [...]
Posted in Delaware GOP, Election 2012, Jobs, Stuff on Jul 18th, 2011
Jim Van Houten, a former Allstate Insurance Agent/Owner has formed an exploratory committee to run for the position of Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner. Van Houten, a 2010 conservative Republican candidate for the 15th Representative District seat against longtime incumbent, Valerie Longhurst(D), has earned an MBA from Wilmington University, and has also worked for Bravo Health, a [...]
The Federal Reserve cut its economic growth projections for the year, sadly, I think 2.5% is still too optimistic. They also cut their estimates on the decline in unemployment. It will be close to 9% all year. Discussion
May 6th, 2011, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement on the increase in measured unemployment from 8.8 percent to 9 percent by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “The bad economic news just keeps rolling in. With unemployment once again rising, this time to 9 percent, it is clear that the [...]
Posted in Jack Markell, Jobs, economy on May 5th, 2011
Today, I had the pleasure of attending the 2nd of the three part economic strategy being unveiled by the Governor. The Governor was in my district for the announcement so I attended. He focused on manufacturing and financial services. The plan was something that I agree with in principle. Rolling back the gross receipts tax [...]
Posted in Jack Markell, Jobs, economy on May 5th, 2011
WILMINGTON –Governor Jack Markell today detailed the first part of a new three-part jobs plan called “Building Delaware’s Future Now.” To maintain fiscal discipline while investing in economic growth, the plan proposes responsible investments of new state revenues to addresses Delaware’s most important needs: creating jobs and expanding economic opportunity. “Our top priority remains getting [...]
We need government. The question is how much. Recent statistics said that more Americans now work for government than manufacturing, mining, utilities, farming, fishing, and forestry combined. Now if you are expecting another conservative rant on how we need to reduce government, this is not it. Here is a good one for your fix. My concern [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Guest Opinion, Jobs on Mar 21st, 2011
RE: Where are the Green Jobs? repost from CRI DATE: 3/16/11 Green jobs will make the economy grow, or so the often repeated mantra goes. Actually there are fewer green jobs in Delaware now than in 2003 (750 in 2003, 650 in 20111) and significant job growth appears to be unlikely. Furthermore, [...]
Business not government. Half of Democrats don’t get it, unfortunately they are the half that run the party. President Obama argued strongly in his State of the Union speech last night for a bipartisan effort to create jobs, but most Americans think the best thing government can do is get out of the way. A [...]
Posted in Jack Markell, Jobs, Press Releases, economy on Jan 20th, 2011
Governor Announces Agreement With Chinese Investment Agency Delaware and Ministry of Commerce to Cooperate to Attract Chinese Investors Delaware Governor Jack Markell today announced an agreement with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s Investment Promotion Agency to work together to bring Chinese investors to Delaware. In follow up to his November visit to China, Governor Markell [...]
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