Monthly Archives: January 2011

Get Well, Gabby

Posted on Saturday, January 8, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Congresswoman Giffords for her speedy recovery. The cowardly act of attacking an unarmed Congresswoman who was spending her Saturday meeting with constituents is all the more outrageous because she was … Continue reading →

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Posted in Clean Energy, Politics | Tagged Clean energy, Democrat, Gabrielle Giffords | 3 Comments

Will Healthcare Law Lower or Raise Costs?

Posted on Friday, January 7, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has projected the healthcare law would shave $140 billion from the deficit over the next decade. This week, it suggested that repealing the law would add $230 billion to the deficit over the same period. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Healthcare, Politics | Tagged Fiscal policy, Healthcare | 4 Comments

Four Pillars of Spending Cuts for Deficit Reduction

Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Before the Congress gets mired in the fight to cut the deficit, it is critical that Americans know where the government spends taxpayer dollars and from which sources the government generates most of its tax revenue. Let’s face it. Any … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Finance and Economics, Politics, Social Security | Tagged Defense spending, Fiscal policy, Medicare, National debt, President Obama, Robert Gates, Social Security | 4 Comments

China’s Cyber Espionage Program Pays Dividends

Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published an article (see “A Chinese Stealth Challenge”) on the emergence of China’s new stealth fighter, the J-20, which looks suspiciously like the American F-35. Some experts have suggested that the Chinese aircraft appears it … Continue reading →

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Posted in China, International Security | Tagged China, Cyberwar, Espionage, F-22, F-35, J-20, Stealth aircraft | 4 Comments

The Politics of Unemployment: Political Parties and Job Creation

Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Having examined how the stock market performed under different political parties and Presidential administrations in “Time to Invest: Markets Outperformed during the Second Half of a President’s First Term” and “Think You Can Make Money Investing When Your Party is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Investing, Politics | Tagged Democrat, Economics, Investing, Politics, Republican, Unemployment | Leave a comment

Time to Invest: Markets Outperformed during the Second Half of a President’s First Term

Posted on Monday, January 3, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

To follow up on my previous post, “Think You Can Make Money Investing When Your Party is in Power? Guess Again”, I decided to look into how the market performed during different Presidential terms. It turns out that the stock … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Investing, Politics | Tagged Democrat, Investing, Politics, Republican, S&P500 | Leave a comment

Think You Can Make Money Investing When Your Party is in Power? Guess Again

Posted on Sunday, January 2, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Pundits on the left cite the economic prosperity and stock performance during the Clinton administration as evidence of the Democratic Party’s “superior” fiscal policies. Commentators on the right retort that the market did well during the Clinton administration despite his … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Investing, Politics | Tagged Democrat, Investing, Politics, Republican | 6 Comments

A Return to Reason

Posted on Saturday, January 1, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The current political climate has shifted decisively since the end of the Cold War from a dialogue between two political parties confronting the challenges of a bipolar world to a shouting match between two armed camps engaged in a zero … Continue reading →