The Truth About FDR, The New Deal, and Managed Economics
Cory Truax @ July 18, 2010 # 3 Comments
The narrative is an established and popular one. President Herbert Hoover was a deregulation-crazed proponent of laissez faire, Austrian School economics who saw the economy crashing around him, and because he subscribed to a hands-off theory of government, the economy came crashing down into the Great Depression. Then along came the economic knight in shining […]
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The Change We’ve Been Waiting for? Stimulus and the “Summer of Recovery”
Cory Truax @ July 2, 2010 # One Comment
The discouraging economic news has been plenteous — and worse, completely predictable.
Unemployment numbers are absolutely dismal. The demand for manufactured goods is constricting. Existing and new home sales are plummeting. Even auto sales are plunging. The Dow Jones Industrial average has declined for six days in a row, dipping that economic indicator back below its […]
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From the Radio Show: Letter to local business
Cory Truax @ June 16, 2010 # One Comment
Hello all,
On the radio show I often host, I recently brought to the fore a business in my town who uses aggressive, sexually suggestive imagery to advertise their business. Those that listen know the drill and what I’ve asked. Below is the letter I mentioned on the air this morning.
June 16, 2010
Pandora’s Box
6121 Calhoun Memorial […]
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2010 South Carolina GOP Primaries: My Endorsements
Cory Truax @ May 5, 2010 # No Comment Yet
On June 8th, my great state of South Carolina will hold Republican primaries. The GOP will choose candidates for the entire slate of statewide offices as well as candidates for Congress and the State General Assembly. For the first time in a long time, South Carolina Republicans aren’t just choosing the lesser of two evils. […]
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Back To Basics: Why Limited Government?
Cory Truax @ March 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
One of the most disheartening and surprising consequences of the Obama administration has been the rebirth of arguments that I thought were settled long ago in America. Issues I assumed settled — individualism being superior to collectivism, free-markets being superior to centrally planned economies — have been re-opened for discussion. The very philosophical basis of our […]
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Thoughts on the Health Care Summit
Cory Truax @ February 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
For 3Cons readers that follow my Twitter or keep up with my thoughts on Facebook, little of this content is new. Nevertheless, I wanted to take just a few paragraphs and give you some reaction to this week’s “Bipartisan Health Care Summit.”
REACTION 1: Democrats have anecdotitis
Yeah, we get it: you know people with bad medical […]
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Must-See Stories from this week
Cory Truax @ January 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Below are links to some items I think you might find of interest. Enjoy.
VIDEO: Who is this and what did he do with Chris “The Tingler” Matthews?
AHHHHAHAHAHAHA….AAAAHAHAHAHA: Air America files for bankruptcy protection…. again.
HOPE AND CHANGE: Gallup finds 55% of adults — not likely voters — want to halt on talks on health care. Furthermore, […]
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