12-50 The Big Spend – Economics Don’t Matter in the Biden Economy
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Show Summary: This week, with Christmas and all the spending in the air, we thought we’d take one last look at the economy for the year. And the Biden economy looks like Christmas in another way: It’s the government playing Santa with your money. Or, as we like to call it, the Big Spend. We look at the Biden admin’s missteps on the economy. How bad are they? And will things get better before they get worse? And how soon is worse? Are there any positives out there and how much staying power do they have? Plus, a big focus on the massive debt, which is coming due for another massive expansion. But, it turns out, we’re in a lot more debt than advertised…
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Original Air Dates: December 10th & 11th, 2022 | Guest: Jonathan Williams
This Week – The Biden Economy
We get criticized for being critical of the Biden administration’s economic policies. Well, we’re not the only ones. Major financial institutions are projecting a huge downturn next year. And not just here but all across the world—in part because things look so bad here.
This week, we welcome back Jonathan Williams to discuss the Biden economy. We review the missteps by the administration, which, unfortunately, started on day one. And haven’t been corrected yet. Like their attack on the energy industry and especially oil. In fact, they’ve done everything they can to try to avoid taking responsibility. How? By running to Saudi Arabia and even Venezuela. Anything to avoid re-opening and encouraging energy and oil production right here in America.
And why is it that in the Biden economy, we keep rewarding America’s enemies?
Check out Oregon’s Debt Clock (brought to you by the National Debt Clock). Did you know (as of this writing, Dec 10, 2022) that Oregon has $48.463 billion dollars of debt?
ALEC and ACCE
The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, works with state legislators and policy makers in the 50 test tubes of democracy. ALEC focuses on sound fiscal and economic policies to improve state revenues and the states’ economic performance and outlook.
But there is also ALEC for the local level: the American City County Exchange or ACCE (pronounced “Ace”). It’s not just state legislators who deal with budgets and fiscal policies. Counties and cities do too. And county commissioners, mayors and city councilors are all pressured by left-leaning organizations (well-funded ones, we might add) to spend, spend, spend. Especially, as it happens, on far-left ideologies and allies. Help your local officials fight back. Encourage them to join ACCE to get access to policies and more to make the right decisions.
In the Biden economy? They’re going to need all the help they can get.
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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info
- Jonathan Williams is the Chief Economist and Executive Vice President of Policy at the American Legislative Exchange Council. Find out more by heading to ALEC.org.
- Be sure to check out some of Jonathan’s articles, below
- On Twitter? You can follow Jonathan @TaxEconomist
- Check out ALEC’s Model Policies. These policies are designed to push back against woke Leftism, which are more about politics than economics. Two we especially like:
- Eliminate Economic Boycotts Act
- “AN ACT relating to state contracts with certain companies that engage in economic boycotts based on environmental, social, or governance criteria
- A Next-Generation Tax and Expenditure Limitation Act
- Eliminate Economic Boycotts Act
- Encourage your local officials to join the American City County Exchange — ALEC for the local level!
- “Colorado Offers Gold Standard for Fiscal Restraint: ALEC in National Review” (National Review, Nov 3, 2022)
- TABOR [Taxpayer Bill of Rights] represents a fiscal-policy achievement Coloradans should be proud of and defend.
- Jonathan Article #2 – The States Move Forward with the Flat Tax (National Review, July 22, 2022)
- The flat-tax revolution will continue to gather speed as more states begin to realize the competitive benefits earned by a simpler and fairer tax code.
- The prudent policy choice for states is to enhance competitiveness, then examine spending priorities and create policies to prepare for the proverbial rainy days, rather than relying on the federal government to save the day during revenue shortfalls.
- Jonathan on American Radio Journal (Dec 3, 2022)
- Congress is looking at another debt-ceiling bailout; this after a 2.5 trillion increase just a year ago
- Oregon’s Debt Clock – $48.5 billion ($11K per person; Debt to GDP ratio is 17.6%
Mentioned During the Show
- Forget What You’ve Heard: Oil and Gas Are Actually “Renewable” Resources (The Motley Fool, Oct 12, 2014)
- “Green crude”: algae that can produce oil in under an hour, not millions of years
- Earth Is An Oil-Producing Machine — We’re Not Running Out (Investor’s Business Daily, Nov. 4, 2015)
- Why We’ll Never Run Out of Oil (Discover Magazine, May 31, 1999)
- Abiotic Oil a Theory Worth Exploring (US News, S)
- (This article mentions the Forbes 2008 article)
- Oregon lawmakers face tough choices (OregonLive, Dec 7, 2022)
- Biden’s Bid to Force Through Rail Worker Deal to Avoid Strike May Backfire (Conservative Brief, Dec 7, 2022)
- Fear Gauge Suggests US Labor Market May Break Soon (ZeroHedge, Dec 1, 2022)
- Private jobs report reveals steep decline (JTN, Nov 30, 2022)
Additional Research & Related to the Biden Economy
- Time to End the State-Welfare Bailout Spiral (National Review, Dec 5, 2022)
- Biden torched for agreeing to climate reparations: Is this an ‘Onion’ headline? (Fox News, Nov. 21, 2022)
- Cha-ching! EPA quietly quadruples regulatory cost of carbon emissions (Just the News, Nov 30, 2022)
- a nearly fourfold increase in the government calculation of damages from carbon emissions
- ADP Jobs Numbers Released and They’re Horrible (Gateway Pundit, Nov 30, 2022)
- Joe Biden blew it (The Guardian, Nov 30, 2022)
- Bill Heads to Senate Where It’s Expected to Hit Roadblock (The Gateway Pundit, Nov 30, 2022)
- BlackRock: Prepare For Recession “Unlike Any Other”… And What Worked Before “Won’t Work Now” (ZeroHedge, Dec 9, 2022)