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Property Confiscation Is Coming

Outright property confiscation by governments is something that’s ardently disparaged here at the Economic Prism.  There’s no justification we can rationalize for state sponsored theft.  This includes penalizing those who are young and healthy with a disproportionate burden of a … Continue reading

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Economic Frankenstein

According to the Department of Labor, 148,000 jobs were created in September.  The experts thought the number of new jobs would be closer to 180,000.  Still, the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent to 7.2 percent. No doubt, … Continue reading

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How American Government’s Supposed to Work

It appears things are finally reversing course.  After years of expanding, the bull market in government may have finally hit an inflection point.  This is great news.  For a reduction in the size of government compared to the overall economy … Continue reading

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Committed to Mass Public Spending

Yesterday President Obama said a government shutdown “would throw a wrench into the gears of our economy.”  Here at the Economic Prism we say, “Bring it on.”  For a wrench caught in the gears is just what’s needed…especially if the … Continue reading

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