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There is a war on over the future of the American economy-- Capitalism or Socialism? What side do you stand on? A National Review By, For and Of the Few William F. Buckley, the Founder of National Review, once said, “I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.” The American people continue to uprise against the elitist deal makers in Washington DC—many Harvard alums who have given us $19 trillion dollars in debt, with no end to the spending in sight. As the American people continue to...

RUSH: Daniel Hannan, member of the British parliament, spoke Saturday CPAC. From what I understand it was not televised. You had to get it streaming. That's what Cookie told me. I told her this morning, "Get me some Daniel Hannan." She looked and the only place she could find it was streaming. We got it, doesn't matter. But we have three bites, and his focus was the importance of the congressional elections. He wanted everybody at CPAC to know that, you could have the best president in the world, you guys can elect the best Republican conservative in the world,...

It’s clear Barack Obama is not serious about saving America’s economy. To the contrary, as a Marxist follower of Alinsky he wants to tear down our country to rebuild America into a socialist gulag. If Obama and his Chicago thugs were truly interested in saving America he could take a series of decisive and immediately helpful steps he certainly knows and understands. The steps Obama won’t take * Show the Mexicans the door. Forced deportations will reap huge and almost immediate benefits to numerous state governments. The Heritage Foundation tells us amnesty will cost about 70 times as much as...

Listened to an interesting talk today by Jared Bernstein, chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden, at a New America think-tank conference on job creation. A few observations: 1) If Bernstein’s talk was any indication, don’t look for much public celebration by the White House if we get some good 3Q and 4Q GDP numbers. As he put it, “Absent robust job growth, it is not a true economic recovery.” He stressed this point several times. I don’t even think you will hear an administration official use the word “recovery” in 2009. 2) Bernstein trotted out several interesting slides —...

I’ve always cringed when I came across such headlines and statements that said America was at its end. To me, the case has always been overstated and its chances of happening anytime soon are slim. Not because I believe that that America is an eternal empire. That notion is silly has history tells us so. So, it has more to do with no satisfactory replacement or serious challenger to make the case. The demise of America’s dominance over the world is widely believed to start with the ending of the U.S. Dollar hegomy as the international reserve currency and staple...

Why do financially pushy parents want their children to marry doctors? Because, as Willie Sutton said of banks, that is where the money is. Top Paying JobsWonder why your parents wanted you to become a doctor? Nine of the top ten highest paying jobs are in the medical field. Surgeon Anesthesiologists Obstetricians & Gynecologists More of the 25 Highest Paying Jobs The medical profession dominates the top end of our list of the 25 best and worst paying jobs in America. Surgeons are No. 1, with the next seven spots taken by various sorts of specialist practitioners. Chief executives, at...

It's not just shareholders who have benefited from the US Airways merger. Last year's combination of US Airways and America West Airlines is also creating jobs at the airline, including 600 reservations jobs that had been outsourced abroad. The return of reservations jobs from San Salvador, Mexico City and Manila to Phoenix, Reno, Nev., and Winston-Salem, N.C. -- including 200 jobs that have already been restored -- represents a reversal of the widespread trend to outsource customer service jobs to other countries. "Our reservations team does a much better job than those the work has been outsourced to," said US...

Nanotechnology Plan Headed to President Technology could create $1 trillion global market WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House gave final approval on a plan to invest nearly $4 billion in research and development into nanotechnology. The bill, a top Science Committee priority for the year, is now cleared for approval by the President, who is expected to sign the bill. Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) applauded passage saying, "The idea behind this bill is simple yet powerful - the American economy will grow bigger if America's scientists and engineers focus on things that are smaller. The U.S. is the leader...