Given that America's average growth rate before establishment of the Fed was far higher and its inflation rate far lower, why exactly is it that we need this mysterious and frequently blundering institution? Could it be that the reason is to provide favors for the large banks, Wall Street, and Washington politicians?

If you want an extremely vibrant American industry, eliminate corporate taxes and excise taxes related to equipment and tax only dividends.
Unemployment would drop to 4% in a few months. Tariffs are the stupid (and counterproductive) way to help manufacturers.

The 2 Most likely explanations based on political experience in Illinois;1. Charles started hanging out with a much younger woman who is wildly liberal; 2. He had a series of small strokes or is on a powerful medication that wreaked havoc on his mind.
Because these 10 points are truly idiotic; my 8 year old students do better than that.

Of course, Ike's actions to protect Nasser and other criminals in the Suez crisis proved completely disasterous, but don't let that interfere with this happy picture Pat is painting.

Alice, I thought Medicare was supposed to pay for itself. Instead, it is many trillions in the red,along with Medicaid and other entitlement programs. Could it be that these giant bureaucracies don't work? Federal spending and entitlements will either be rolled back by the voters or rolled back by national bankruptcy and/or hyperinflation.
Which do you prefer?

The income tax is both horribly intrusive and massively wasteful in man hours--get rid of it.

Say it aint so; feeling is running strongly against McCain in AZ, since he and his "moderate" buddies have left the state a fiscal ruin. If Palin campaigns for McCain and/ or Crist, her candidacy is over.

If this is what the NFL is about, slander, libel, and speech control, it will be blacklisted from my television and bank account.

Now seems to be running the Justice Dept. Holder should be impeached.

Based on his comments, he will still be talking about feelings and "diversity" as the US Titanic heads for the bottom.