Economy

"I believe that if Cain is on the ticket, it will make this election the most scrutinized in American history."

“Consider that the official poverty threshold of $22,000 per year for a family of four implies a “poverty” wage of $11 an hour. … The flaw here is the implicit assumption that all minimum-wage workers not only have families to support, but do so single-handedly.”read more

History shows us that countries as divergent as Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Slovenia successfully reduced the size of their governments relative to their economies and lowered their debt burden substantially. They did so by controlling spending, not by raising taxes.~Michael Tanner, National Review Online

Thousands of people gathered to apply for Dallas County housing vouchers to help them pay the rent.

“Although no official details have been released yet, it is most likely that the latest layoffs are due to drop in donations. The previous layoffs – 149 people in 2008 and 75 positions in 2009 – resulted from decreased donations due to the economic downturn.” More