Many in the media are saying how unusual it is for our economy to be so sluggish for so long, after we have officially emerged from a recession. In a sense, they are right. But, in another sense, they are profoundly wrong. The American economy usually rebounds a lot faster than it is doing today.
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The organizations that Tyler Bingo supports include Birth Way, Tyler AIDS Services, East Texas Wheelers and Walkers, Rose City Civitan Club and Tyler Day Nursery. Birth Way recently had to shut its doors because of lack of funding. This prompted concerns from other organizations. “I’m concerned because we’re not generating money that we were generating,”
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State Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, said Texas has a balanced budget and is attracting employers for a reason — conservative leadership of the Legislature, the lieutenant governor and Perry. “When you look at the condition of this state, it’s a reflection of how the state is governed in a conservative manner,” he said. “Compare that
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Much of the interpretation of the Standard and Poor’s downgrade of U.S. debt focused on the “dysfunction” of the U.S. political process. And certainly the S and P (which, let’s not forget, contributed to the 2008 financial crisis by failing to downgrade bad mortgage debt) invited such analysis by citing “the prolonged controversy over raising
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With Friday’s dismal jobs report — showing a paltry 54,000 increase in nonfarm payroll employment in May — more and more analysts are realizing that the so-called economic “recovery” is stalling. As Jeffrey Tucker recently pointed out in an important article, Austrians realize that the recession never left. This has all been smoke and mirrors
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With the downturn in the economy, or as I like to say, “a return to reality”, more and more of us are examining our current profession. I myself have invested my time, money and energy in MORE entrepreneurial endeavors during this recession. I began publishing The Texan on a broader scale with more serious topics
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I’m sorry to hear that the university’s $750 million endowment has fallen in value to $500 million because of the recession and because your bank died. I’m also sorry to hear that you’re dealing with declining enrollment due to the fact that middle-class families are no longer willing or able to bet their homes on
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I don’t have a lot to say this month… I bet you’re wondering what’s wrong with me… During the last few months our ‘leaders’ and ‘economic ‘advisor’s’ have been telling the president that we are working our way out of the recession. I will use one of my favorite words here: bullshit. If you are
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