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On the heels of a May jobs report showing “anemic” growth and higher unemployment, Gallup writes today, “[H]iring remains seven to eight points below early 2008. That is, current job creation has not returned to its levels of nearly 3 ½ years ago, when the recession got underway. On an absolute basis, job creation in […]

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 The Source What an assignment. You get to get your freak on and report it as news. What a country!

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Rusty takes aim on Medicare It’s a shame that Russ Carnahan and the Democrats are needlessly scaring seniors to gain political advantage for next year’s elections. And what’s equally a shame is that they have a complicit media turning a blind eye and not reporting the truth. Democrats and Republicans admit the program will be […]

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ABC News reported on Friday, “Unemployment ticked up in May to 9.1 percent as private employers added 54,000 jobs, far fewer than economists were expecting, capping a week of gloomy economic news. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the May unemployment figures [Friday] morning, and few were pleased given the string of negative economic reports. […]

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Hat tip:SmallBizRepublicans [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/qe1EJJy_1fc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Rasmussen Reports: Most Voters Still Think Tax Cuts, Spending Decreases Benefit Economy

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“There’’s not another state in the union that has lower gas taxes than we do”” While low, Missouri’s gas tax is not even in the bottom five compared to other states.  In fact, Alaska’s gas tax of 8 cents/gallon is less than half that of Missouri’s. The states that have a lower gas tax than […]

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Although the 38,000 jobs reported earlier this week by payroll firm ADP will probably be the revised number, the Labor Department reported today that an anemic 54,000 jobs were created in May. The bad numbers raised the unemployment rate to it’s artificial low of 9.1%Related: Rasmussen Reports: 31% Expect Unemployment Rate To Be Even Higher […]

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Hat tip:showmeinstitute Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes weighs in on red light cameras in Saint Louis — the recent ruling that found such cameras illegal in Saint Louis, and the implications of the ruling for the city payroll tax. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/FFhG6pfhuYM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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An economy that the mainstream media and the Democrats say is in recovery limped along last month only creating 38,000 jobs. According to reports, Missouri seems to have created most of those jobs. Before you think we are praising Jay Nixon and his stewardship of the economy, we believe most of the growth stems from […]

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