Category Archives: Economy

What’s Happened to the Stock Market?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: August 24, 2015
It’s been quite a downhill ride on Wall Street recently.  Last Friday, the Dow industrials fell 530 points and lost 3.1% of its total value.  Monday was even worse.  The Dow industrials followed that slide with an even bigger decline, losing 588 points or 3.6% of its total value.  What caused these huge declines?  Was it China and [...]
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TPA – Poison Pill or Vitamin Pill for Free Trade?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: June 7, 2015
BREAKING NEWS – Monday, June 8, 2015 from breitbart.com/big-government – Breitbart reports today that Rep. Duncan Hunter has requested the House Majority Leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, to delay voting on any fast-track authority  usually called the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the President, until the President makes public all information and text related to the proposed, [...]
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State of the Union Rebuttal – A Conservative View

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: January 19, 2015
This week the news media is focusing on the President’s State of the Union Address.  In particular, people are discussing the proposed $320 Billion tax increase and the suggested benefits to so-called “middle income economics.”  Is it true that middle class economics will benefit from the proposed tax increases?  Will increased child care credits and forced retirement [...]
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Sorry Socialists and Progressives … Businesses Create Jobs!

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: October 27, 2014
If you listen to at least one public figure, corporations and businesses don’t create jobs.  I’m sorry, socialists and progressives, but businesses do create jobs!  Please look at the empirical evidence, look at the economic data, look at the economic theory that supports a mountain of economic evidence.  No government in the history of the [...]
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Will America Erect an Iron Tax Curtain around us to Keep Corporations in?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: September 14, 2014
In a powerful and profound Editorial this week, The Wall Street Journal presents new information from the Tax Foundation that America’s tax burden on businesses is nearly the worst in the industrialized world.  That’s right, America is ranked number 32 out of 34 of industrialized nations that are part of the OECD (Organization for Economic [...]
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Did You Think Those New Jobs Were All Full-Time?

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: July 13, 2014
An op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal this week points out that not all those new jobs created in June were full-time jobs.  Let’s look at the numbers. There was a net increase of jobs in June of 288,000.  But, what’s behind that statistic?  Part-time jobs increased by about 800,000 and full-time jobs declined by [...]
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Economic Growth – Texas vs. California

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: July 6, 2014
In The Wall Street Journal this week, there is an op-ed article that compares Texas and California in the area of economic growth.  The two States have different policies that reflect on their respective economic growth.  Let’s look at some numbers. Did you know that 3 out of 5 of the nation’s fastest growing cities are [...]
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The Redistribution Recession – Why Public Policy Made Layoffs Cheaper

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: June 29, 2014
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, University of Chicago economics professor Casey B. Mulligan talks about his book The Redistribution Recession. According to the article, public policy intended to help both the poor and the unemployed actually reduced the incentives of people to work and businesses to hire.  Also, these same policies, subsidies and regulations [...]
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Is the American Economy Close to a “Slipping Point?”

By Gerard Francis Lameiro | Published: May 4, 2014
Is the American Economy ready to slip back into a major recession in the next 12 months?  What are the signs of potential problems? Obviously, the shockingly anemic GDP Q1 growth rate of 0.1% stands out as a red flag.  Some observers think such growth is only temporary and Q2 will be better.  But, what about [...]
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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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