Rational Nation USA

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Liberty -vs- Tyranny Frank McCaffrey – Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, says the economy is on “the right path.” But unemployment is still at a very high number. That’s why ALG’s Rick Manning has turned the Team Obama Spotlight onto The Department of Labor. h/t: Liberty Action Report There is more to think about. By Howard Rich – The nomination of John Bryson as Barack Obama’s new Secretary of Commerce has been touted in some circles as “the latest in a recent string of moves by the Obama administration to mend relations with the business community.” But is the selection of Bryson — who founded a radical environmental organization and helped spearhead the United Nations climate change movement — really a good choice for American businesses? Or is his nomination the latest example of Obama’s commitment to a massive expansion of “world welfare” — one that would further bankrupt our Treasury and pl...

Well folks, Rational Nation USA has been saying it all along. Our nation is rapidly losing its economic freedoms as a result of ever increasing government intrusion into the private sector. And logically as individuals and businesses lose economic freedoms political freedom will follow. In 2009 the United States ranked number six  on The Heritage Foundation's list of leading economic indicators. Following a year of government bailouts, a so called economic stimulus package, Uncle Sam becoming part owners of Chrysler and General Motors..., and increasing regulation on American business to the point that what you are able to build, where you are able to build it, and in some cases even how you can build it, we have fallen to number eight. Right between Canada and Denmark. As unemployment remains at ten percent plus, the the government has decided it should become the engine that stimulates and drives economic growth. In the process the only thing being st...