“President Reagan, Jack Kemp and other advocates of supply-side economics understood that pro-growth tax, spending and economic policies were essential to America's long-term economic and fiscal health.” LongAmericaSidesGrowthPresidentTermEconomicPolicyTaxesEssentialsUnderstoodEconomicsSpendingLong TermEconomic PolicyPresident ReaganSupply Side Economics Author:Bob Beauprez
“Obama's economic policies obviously have not worked, and have left the American market place with enormous uncertainty and anxiety.” LeftEconomicPolicyAnxietyEnormousUncertaintyEconomic Policy Author:Bob Beauprez
“Barack Obama likes to point to General Motors as the poster child for the job creation success of his economic policies. However, whatever your sentiments about the government's bailout of General Motors, for every job Barack Obama 'saved-or-created' in the U.S. there were two jobs off shore.” ChildrenTwoGovernmentJobsEconomicPolicyCreationSavedLikesBarackSentimentsShoreMotorPostersEconomic PolicyJob CreationGeneral MotorsBailoutsTwo Jobs Author:Bob Beauprez
“Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in the private sector enjoy. In some instances, the total premium can be 30 percent or higher.” EnjoyLevelsEconomicHigherBenefitsResearchPercentWorkersCarefulInstanceExcessCompensationCoveragePrivate SectorPensionPremiumPublic SectorHealth Coverage Author:Bob Beauprez
“Every time Washington regulators pass down another heavy-handed rule or levy another hefty fine, Colorado loses potential jobs, revenue, and economic security.” JobsLosesEconomicSecurityFineHeavyRevenueColoradoRegulatorsEconomic Security Author:Bob Beauprez
“Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.” ProblemBigsLastsGrowthTermHalfCuttingEconomicTaxesArgumentIncreaseDemocratDecadesMeaningfulConclusionPrimariesJust OneDriversDeficitShort TermEconomic GrowthTax CutsEconomic ProblemsTax Increases Author:Bob Beauprez
“What Democrats haven't focused on are the kind of policies that would promote economic growth - such as making permanent the 2001/2003 tax cuts, opening up federal lands to more energy production, and reforming government to reduce its burden on business.” KindGovernmentEnergyGrowthCuttingEconomicLandHavensPolicyTaxesDemocratProductionsBurdenFocusedOpeningPermanentEconomic GrowthTax CutsOpening UpEnergy Production Author:Bob Beauprez