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Monday, February 7th, 2011
Republican leaders in the General Assembly are setting a fast-paced agenda. This week the majority released a calendar that has the state budget being adopted by June 1. Subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee were given rules and deadlines this week. The House is to approved the 2011-12 spending plan by April 22; the Senate on May 13, and final approval June 1. This would be the earliest the state budget has been approved in recent memory.
Committees have been told that no expansion items (new programs) are permitted. There is to be no “management flexibility” allowed. And there will be no special provisions that involve spending or policy changes. (more…)
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
The news and trends have not been good for Democrats. Polls show that nationally likely voters prefer Republicans over Democrats to solve the nation’s economic morass by 10 percentage points or more. Shrill right-wing bloggers type hate messages in response to newspaper stories. In Nevada, Sharon Angle has raised $14 million in the last quarter to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Even some high-profile Republican leaders earlier this year described Angle as a nut case.
And yet. (more…)
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Marshall Cohen, a nationally-recognized forecaster of trends, was speaking at a gathering of hosiery manufacturers and suppliers this week and made a startling observation: Americans had better get used to it: our economic climate represents the new norm for the United States. Expect permanent unemployment rates of 10 per cent and if you are in the Hickory Metro area, it will be greater. There will be less money and fewer banks.
Jobs will continue to disappear. ATM machines mean banks need fewer tellers. Self-checkout stations in big box stores translate to fewer cashiers. In manufacturing, technology will assure that most jobs lost in the past decade are gone forever. President Obama and Democrats can’t change the course and neither can Republicans despite their “pledge with America.” (more…)
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