by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 13, 2014 | Politics
The press, left, right, center, fringe, nut bar, has been calling Obama to task for ordering and executing a swap of 5 Gitmo prisoners for Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl without notifying Congress 30 days in advance, as by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)....
by Peter Venetoklis | May 8, 2014 | Economics
Take a peek at the 1920s figures in this table. Look at what happened to the national debt. Who presided? Harding was president 1921-1923, with Coolidge as his VP. Coolidge was president 1923-1928. (Hoover took over in 1929, the market crashed his first year, and the...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 7, 2014 | Culture, Politics
The average duration of Barack Obama’s State of the Union addresses is 64 minutes. George W. Bush’s, 52 minutes. Bill Clinton’s, 75 minutes. Bush, Sr. Reagan, Carter, LBJ and Nixon all managed to stay under hour mark, with Nixon being the most...
by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 3, 2014 | Economics
Robert Reich, who was Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, and who is currently a professor at Berkeley, made a “put it to rest” pronouncement regarding raising the minimum wage, offering 7 reasons why it should be $15 per hour. I was going to comment...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 31, 2014 | Economics
Hot on the heels of the Administration’s and the Democrat’s push to raise the minimum wage comes an announcement that rules regarding overtime pay will be changed. For those not familiar with the byzantine rules regarding overtime, employees who operate in...
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