South Carolina’s Greenville News has a report on U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and his vision for the Republican Party.
Raju Chebium reports:
Since Democrats took control of Congress and the White House in January, the South Carolina Republican has sharpened his message of economic fundamentalism and is trying to get more Republicans to oppose what he [...]
Tag Archives: economy
DeMint: Twisting history on economic progress
Sherman speaks from the grave: ‘The best prophet of the future is the past’
A discussion relevent to today’s economic mess?
I approach the discussion of this bill and the kindred bills and amendments pending in the two Houses with unaffected diffidence. No problem is submitted to us of equal importance and difficulty. Our action will affect the value of all the property of the people of the United States, [...]
Crisis hits Charlotte’s wealthy
The Charlotte Observer says the financial crisis has finally begun to strike at Charlotte’s wealth.
Bank job losses and stock declines are making the once booming Charlotte a town of uncertainty. The above-average per capita income ($65,700 in 2007, compared to national average of $50,230) is in threat as the unemployment rate continues to rise. Right [...]
Anti-gay N.C. teetotallers struggling to pay off 2008 debt
Before the Christmas holiday, Mark Creech, the president of the N.C. Christian Action League announced the anti-gay organization was more than $15,000 in debt. He pleaded for churches to help solve the debt before the end of the year.
It didn’t happen.
Now, the Christian Action League needs more money and they want their 2008 debt paid [...]
Oh, the automakers
Via The Daily Beast:
The auto bailout is dead, causing the nervous markets to head south. “It’s over with,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Democrats and Republicans seemed near a deal several times, but talks eventually broke down with the Republicans’ insistence that automakers reach wage parity with foreign automakers by 2009. The vote failed [...]
