Category Archives: America's Future

LANDSLIDE – Planned Release in 2012

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: January 2, 2012
Happy New Year! This year, 2012, should be a historic year because of the elections on November 6, 2012. My latest book, LANDSLIDE, about the elections and the economy has a planned release in early 2012.  As you can probably guess, I’m forecasting an electoral landslide.  I’m also predicting where the economy will be headed in 2013 [...]
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Economic Prosperity vs. Economic Mediocrity – What will America Choose?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: January 31, 2011
As food prices continue to soar in our supermarkets, as gasoline prices continue to skyrocket at the pumps, as the housing market continues to sputter, and as unemployment continues to be very high – around 9% to 10%, have you ever wondered why?  What has happened to the American economy?  Must the American economy continue to stagnate?  Are America’s [...]
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Is Economic Freedom Necessary for Prosperity? New Data Says Yes!

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: January 12, 2011
Once again, economists and others can see the relationship between economic freedom and prosperity by reviewing the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom released today by The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation.  In a powerful article in The Wall Street Journal, Terry Miller, Director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at Heritage, [...]
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The Constitution, Congress, Individual Liberty, and Prosperity – Yes, They are All Related!

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: January 4, 2011
Roger Pilon, VP of Legal Affairs at the Cato Institute, has an excellent article in The Wall Street Journal today on the Constitution, Congress, and individual liberty.  It shows the path America has taken … from limited government that protects individual liberty under the Constitution … to big government that largely ignores the Constitution.  I would [...]
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Big Government Employee Unions vs. Taxpayers – What's the Correct Balance?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: December 13, 2010
In The Wall Street Journal this week, the Governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty writes an important article on government employee unions vs. the taxpayers that views the issue from a moral perspective.  He also offers some principles on how to balance the needs of unions and taxpayers.  Let’s talk more about this now … As Governor Pawlenty [...]
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happy Meals – The Road to Serfdom?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: November 8, 2010
What is happening in America today?  According to a piece in Investor’s Business Daily this week, children in San Francisco will not be allowed to buy a McDonald’s Happy Meal starting December 31st, all in the name of “food justice.”  Haven’t San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors ever read The Declaration of Independence?  Haven’t they ever heard [...]
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What's the Real Significance of this Election to the American Economy?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: November 2, 2010
If the pundits and commentators are correct, today’s election will be historic in scope.  Most think the House will change hands and some believe the Senate might change as well.  Simply changing party control, however, is not the complete reason for its being a historic election.  It’s the extent of turnover of seats in both the House and Senate.  Most importantly, [...]
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Is America about to be Hit with Inflation?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: October 18, 2010
In a recent set of articles and editorials appearing in The Wall Street Journal, inflation, the devaluation of the dollar, and the state of the American economy – all are at the top of the news right now.  With high unemployment - nearly 15 million unemployed – and about one in seven Americans unable to find [...]
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Will Americans Choose Economic Growth and Prosperity – Or Economic Decline and Poverty?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: October 11, 2010
Today, America is at an extremely critical juncture in our history.  We are a prosperous nation on the brink of economic decline.  We are currently in the midst of an exceptionally weak recovery, following the worst recession since the Great Depression in the 1930’s.  America is following a set of high tax and reckless spending policies that are creating astoundingly-high [...]
Also posted in Choosing the Good Life, Depression, Economic Growth, Economy, Great Recession, Inflation, Interest Rates, Jobs, Taxes, Unemployment | Comments closed

Are We Heading into Another Great Recession in 2011?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: October 4, 2010
Donald L. Luskin presents powerful evidence in The Wall Street Journal this week that the current stock market is tracking very closely to the stock market in the 1930’s.  Of particular concern are two critical economic policies that might help trigger another Great Recession in 2011.  Remember, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced a month [...]
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