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Gary North
Written by Gary North on November 23, 2012
One of my GaryNorth.com subscribers posted this: What’s a SNAP Card worth on the Black Market? I went to the grocery store a few hours ago to buy a few items we need as most businesses will be closed tomorrow. As I was walking along the side walk to enter the store, a woman approached […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 9, 2012
The fiscal cliff is real. If Congress gets into gridlock, automatic spending cuts will begin. Whole segments of the economy will be affected. The private sector will get larger. The state sector will not gr0w as fast. It will not shrink, but it will not grow as fast. This is a good thing. This is […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 8, 2012
There is a deal between the poorest inner cities and the rich, who have no contact with people who live in the inner cities. The rich vote to assuage their guilt, and the poor take the trickle-down welfare from Washington. It’s the politics of co-dependence. Over 40 years ago, my father-in-law wrote a book on […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 7, 2012
Obama promised handouts to victims of Sandy. Then he turned things over to FEMA. Dumb move! Now, some of the residents of New York City are on his case. Where are the promised handouts? Where is FEMA? Where is Uncle Sam? They live in harm’s way. That means they live where it is cheaper to […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 2, 2012
The total number of Americans of food stamp (SNAP cards) is over 47 000,000. This exceeds the total population of 24 states. In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that a record 47,102,780 individuals receive food stamps. According to US. Census Bureau data, that figure exceeds the combined populations of: Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 29, 2012
U. S. Senator Jeff Sessions has issued a press release on federal spending. He cites a Congressional Research Service report on total federal spending on poverty. By breaking down the figures, we find that spending per poor family in 2011 was over $60,000. But the families are still poor. Where did the money go? I’ll […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 22, 2012
“Y’all come!” That’s the policy of the Los Angeles City Council toward illegal immigrants. The City Council has voted to create special cards for illegals who want free food. After all, a man has to eat. Los Angeles is not alone. This card for illegals is an idea whose time has come. Judicial Watch reports: […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 19, 2012
President Clinton promised to end “welfare as we have known it.” He did succeed in transferring a lot of federal welfare programs to state governments. This earned him the undying hostility of the Old Left. Chris Hedges, a representative of the Old Left, calls Clinton the worst modern Democrat President. The welfare issue is why. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 15, 2012
If the airline reservation industry were organized like ObamaCare, it would work like this.
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 12, 2012
Gary North’s Reality Check (Oct. 12, 2012) We are told that this Presidential election is the most important in 50 years. One nationally prominent Christian Right columnist has written that this is the most important Presidential election in the history of the United States. How could anyone know if this is the most crucial election? […]
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