October 4th, 2019 at 10:29 am
Image of the Day: Mainstream Media’s Evaporating Credibility
From Forbes, our image of the day captures nicely the mainstream media’s credibility problem, as their cries of “Wolf!” accumulate. Simultaneously, it captures how three institutions most intertwined with conservative values – the military, small business and police – remain atop the list of public esteem.
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Media’s Evaporating Credibility
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September 19th, 2019 at 10:03 am
Image of the Day: Yes, Incomes Have Risen
From AEI, another helpful corrective for the common claim that American incomes have stagnated, this one incorporating the fact that the average size of households has declined over recent decades:
Median Incomes
September 3rd, 2019 at 10:01 am
Image of the Day: Freedom = Prosperity, 2019 Edition
As the 2020 election gets closer and calls for more and more government intervention increase, a handy visual reminder from Heritage that freedom, not intervention, means prosperity:
Freedom = Prosperity
November 9th, 2018 at 9:16 am
Image of the Day: Meanwhile, On the Economy…
While attention can be distracted by shiny objects elsewhere, a nice new illustration of the U.S. economy’s revitalization beginning in 2017, as the procession of deregulation and tax-cuts revitalized an economic cycle previously on weary legs:
An Economic Surge
October 30th, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Image of the Day: Under Trump, the Poor Get… Richer
From the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee, a stark illustration of the sharp increase in wage and salary growth for full-time employees in the bottom 10% of earners:
The Poor Get Richer
October 22nd, 2018 at 10:19 am
Image of the Day: Tax Cuts Bring Dollars Back to the U.S.
From our friends who do such great work at the Tax Foundation, take a look at how tax cuts have led to companies bringing back more cash to the U.S.:
Tax Cuts Spur Repatriation
October 15th, 2018 at 10:28 am
Shattering the Decade of “New Normal” Economic Sluggishness
Consumer spending accounts for approximately two-thirds of the U.S. economy, and this helpful chart from the U.S. Senate’s Joint Economic Committee illustrates why our economy suddenly turbocharged over the past two years from its decade of sluggishness that we were told was the “new normal”:
Turbocharging the U.S. Consumer Economy
September 14th, 2018 at 10:00 am
Image of the Day: Big Government’s Reverse-Midas Touch
From our friends at American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a vivid illustration of big government’s reverse-Midas touch — notice what all of these things have in common:
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Big Government: Midas in Reverse
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July 30th, 2018 at 1:04 pm
Image of the Day: Inexplicable Economic Surge in 2017 and 2018
Inexplicably, U.S. economic growth has surged in the first and second quarters of both 2017 and 2018 after a deregulatory and tax-cutting presidential administration replaced a hyper-regulatory and tax-raising one:
Inexplicable Economic Bump
March 12th, 2018 at 10:26 am
Image of the Day: Unemployment Down, Manufacturing Jobs Accelerate Since 2016
From the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM):
[T]he latest jobs numbers confirm that the labor market has tightened significantly, with manufacturers increasing employment by a rather robust 18,876 per month on average since the end of 2016. That is quite a turnaround from the sluggish job growth in 2016, and it is a sign that firms have continued to accelerate their hiring as the economic outlook has strengthened and demand and production have improved considerably. Indeed, manufacturers have told us that challenges in recruiting new workers is their primary business concern right now.”
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Manufacturing Jobs Up, Unemployment Down
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July 28th, 2017 at 12:48 pm
Image of the Day: Almost All European Nations Would Be Poor U.S. States
From the Mises Institute, a helpful corrective to the strangely persistent myth that life is better in Europe than the United States. As this graph demonstrates, if European nations were U.S. states, almost all of them would be poor ones. That also includes Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Most European Nations Would Be Poor U.S. States
Only three nations – Switzerland (which notably has no minimum wage), Luxembourg and Norway – exceed the U.S. median income, and keep in mind that doesn’t account for the far lower cost of living (i.e., purchasing power) in the U.S. Something to keep handy the next time Bernie Sanders speaks of overseas utopias, or friends on social media instruct us all on some better way of living, as Merle Haggard would say.
July 14th, 2017 at 11:48 am
Image of the Day: Obama “Recovery” Worst On Record
On multiple measures, the economic “recovery” under Barack Obama was the worst in recorded U.S. history, due to his policies of more regulation, higher taxes and administrative fiat. The most consecutive months of unemployment above 8% (despite promising that his trillion-dollar spending “stimulus” would prevent it from exceeding 8% at all). The worst deficits in history, and the most debt in history. The first time that we never reached even 3% economic growth in a year (the post-World War II average was 3.3%). And so on.
Now here’s another. The worst record of new business creation following a recession.
Obama Economic Record
Keeping in mind that most new jobs are created by new businesses, that explains a lot.
July 7th, 2017 at 11:19 am
Image of the Day: U.S. Petroleum Supremacy
Answering the call for greater American energy independence, and refuting false claims of “peak oil,” America over the past decade has applied its famed ingenuity to lead the world in petroleum production. Drill, baby, drill!
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Drill, Baby, Drill
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June 26th, 2017 at 11:47 am
Image of the Day: ObamaCare’s Slow-Motion Implosion
Another instructive visualization of ObamaCare’s unsustainable trajectory. Doing nothing is not an option.
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ObamaCare's Implosion
April 27th, 2017 at 3:01 pm
Image of the Day: Americans Pay More On Taxes Than Food, Housing & Clothing Combined
Today’s eye-opening Image of the Day, courtesy of the Tax Foundation:
Americans' Tax Burden
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