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Michigan's Central Planning Failures

Michigan has a storied and inspiring history of pro-business and pro-family laws and regulations that has made it one of the best states to do business in. Most recently in the 1990s, the state's unemployment rate was consistently lower than the nation's...

Published 07-24-2009 9:30 AM by Kim Priestap

Filed under: unemployment, business, michigan, central planning

SOWELL: A Personal Inequity

Sometimes, when I hear about "disparities" and "inequities," I think of a disparity that applied directly to me-- the disparity in basketball ability between myself and Michael Jordan. When I was in school, I was so awful in basketball...

Published 07-14-2009 9:15 AM by Thomas Sowell

Filed under: business, big government, economic recovery

American Entrepreneurship: Keep It Alive

We have often joked that if we didn't have out-of-town guests we might have never taken the time to see many of the most interesting things in our own backyard. I've heard others say the same thing. Those attractions that tourists consider "must...

Published 07-09-2009 1:05 AM by Lorie Byrd

Filed under: business, economy, economic recovery

Reading: 5 Stages of Political Decline

Even though I have completed my MBA, I remain afflicted with the need to read business books. This week, it’s Jim Collins’ How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. I picked up the book in the hope of gaining insights on how...

Published 07-03-2009 12:05 AM by T. J. Brown

Filed under: business, health care, obama administration, government spending

How Do You Tax When There's No Money There To Tax?

Will the American standard of living ever rebound? For some American citizens, nothing has changed. It seems that there have been two paths that people took over the last fifteen years or so, and the paths are wildly diverging now. On one path, people...

Published 06-30-2009 12:05 AM by Melissa Clouthier

Filed under: taxes, business, corporate tax rates, tax reform

SAMUELSON: Panics 'R' Us

WASHINGTON -- Since its earliest days, the United States has suffered periodic financial crises. The first dates to 1792. In the 19th century, bank panics occurred regularly. Then, of course, came the great stock market crash of 1929 and the failure of...

Published 06-29-2009 12:05 AM by Robert Samuelson

Filed under: business, economy, debt, economic recovery

The Man is Damned; The Ideas Are Not

And so ends Gov. Mark Sanford’s political career. No political story has been this bizarre, and this includes the political deaths of ex-Governors Rod Blagojevich , Elliot Spitzer , James McGreevey , and former Congressmen like John Edwards , Larry...

Published 06-26-2009 12:05 AM by T. J. Brown

Filed under: business, deficit

What Really Happens With Government Run Health Care

\Both President Barack Obama and Senator Edward Kennedy released their health care plans this weekend. They reach out a helping hand--the kind that will strangle you should their ideas get passed. As expected, there are many parts and pieces to this legislation...

Published 06-09-2009 12:06 AM by Melissa Clouthier

Filed under: business, big government, health care, consumers

Put Health Care Choices in Consumers’ Hands

I do not rely on my employer to choose my home, nor my car, nor my meals, nor my bank. So why do we expect our employers to make major decisions about our health? As it is, my health coverage is dependent on not only my employment status, but on the health...

Published 05-29-2009 6:32 AM by T. J. Brown

Filed under: business, health care, consumers

What Sam Walton Learned Selling Panties Could Save America's Economy

One of my favorite books on business is "Sam Walton: Made In America," by Sam Walton, the man who built Wal-Mart. In it, he details the road he took in creating a global powerhouse. Sam was known for trying things that were different. He put...

Published 05-11-2009 8:48 AM by Duane Lester

Filed under: business, corporate tax rates

The "Savings" Plan Ruining American Business

On Monday, President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner jointly announced a new tax “crack down” aimed at U.S. corporations that benefit from the more favorable tax treatment accorded their foreign subsidiaries. Assuring us that the...

Published 05-07-2009 7:07 AM by Flip Pidot

Filed under: taxes, business, geithner

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