The tax-and-destroy policies of Illinois and California, coupled with the massive public union pandering in both states got me wondering about respective unemployment rates, state by state. Unemployment Rates for States Monthly Rankings Seasonally Adjusted Nov. 2011 Rank State Rate 1. NORTH DAKOTA 3.4 2. NEBRASKA 4.1 3. SOUTH DAKOTA 4.3 4. NEW HAMPSHIRE 5.2…
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Paul Driessen
American energy can jump-start US recovery
Tapping abundant US deposits would create jobs and restore prosperity By Paul Driessen Our nation’s economic growth may finish an anemic 2% on the year. Faced with looming taxes and regulations, few companies are expanding, hiring or buying equipment. More than 14 million Americans are unemployed, excluding the nearly 9 million who have been forced…
Tory Aardvark
Green Jobs Disaster, Yet Again
by Tory Aardvark The Brave New Green World powered by the move to the low carbon Church of Climatology approved renewables industry will provide cheap affordable energy and thousands of new Green Jobs, so the story goes. As usual the story is founded on wishful thinking paraded as fact, a report by the US House…
Christina Williams
Vestas revises revenue outlook
By Christina Williams Sustainable Business Oregon Despite assurances it would reach its 2011 sales goal, wind turbine manufacturer Vestas cut its revenue target for the second time the space of two months. Denmark-based Vestas, which keeps its North American headquarters in Portland, cut its sales forecast this week, citing delays in completing European wind projects.…
Paul Chesser
Russian Oligarch Tries to Cash In on Obama’s Crony Capitalism
By Paul Chesser, National Legal & Policy Center The Department of Energy announced on Friday it would not complete a low interest, $730 million loan to Severstal North America, after it had given the company a conditional commitment in July under its Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program. DOE gave no reason for its disapproval of…
Paul Chesser
Democratic National Committee Taps Crony Corporations
By Paul Chesser, National Legal & Policy Center As Democrats struggle to raise funds to coronate President Obama as nominee in Charlotte, N.C., this September, the role of two crony corporations increases daily. Bloomberg reported last week that the president’s re-election organization will consider moving his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to Bank…