I don’t know Speaker of the House Michael Johnson (R-LA). Wouldn’t recognize him if he spit on my shoes. But there is something endearing about a person who thinks that the demands of the job...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/77003-speaker-johnsons-conversion.html
When I sit down and hear yet another report from Chairman Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve System regarding the progress on taming President Joe Biden’s runaway inflation, it’s like finge...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/76731-fiddling-rate-inflation.html
For months now you have been listening to President Joe Biden (D) enthrall audiences with his Bidenomics plan. I’m pretty sure that Mr. Biden has no idea what Bidenomics is nor how it works –...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/72945-biden-economy-fine-mess.html
If you are not a regular reader of the Oregon Department of Economic Analysis’s blog, you are missing out on great objective analysis of data from Josh Lehner. This week, Lehner reports that mo...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/72862-oregon-labor-force-participation.html
A World Population Publication, updated in September of 2022, noted that there are approximately 280 Million registered voters in the United States – that’s out of a population of about 350 m...
The current inflationary cycle began in early 2021, shortly after now President Joe Biden (D), took office. This period of excessive inflation was/is caused solely by the acts of the federal gove...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/69935-economy-alright-government-sucks.html
In case you missed it, the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis performs some great research and provides helpful commentary through its blog. This week, their fair-minded economist, Josh Lehner, p...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/68680-oregon-sees-productivity-growth.html
Do you want the good news first or the bad? First, the bad: A teachers union school board candidate won on Tuesday. Cynthia Richardson beat Casity Troutt for Salem-Keizer School District Zone 2. ...
President Joe Biden (D) met last week with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R) and other members of the House and Senate leadership regarding increasing the federal debt ceiling. Mr. McCarthy...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/68450-returning-sanity-national-debt.html
Usually I try not to say: “I told you so.” But in this instance the consequences of neglect and deliberately misleading statements by President Joe Biden, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerom...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/68224-inflationary-cycle-continues-sheer-incompetence.html