Category Archives: Fourth Quarter

It shrank because socialism has never worked and never will. Free enterprise works. But enterprise is finding itself less and less free.

A false economy can only stand for a short period of time. Until the job market is stabilized and true growth is realized we will not see a growing stabilized economy.

In my opinion, the economy shrank due to the lack of leadership in the federal government. Liberal policies will always lead to poor economic growth. Business owners are still hesitant to hire because of the uncertainty. Our country is quickly becoming a place that is unfamiliar to its own citizenship. Policies MUST be implemented that…

A decrease in government spending and looming budget battles are credited for shrinking the economy with the possibility of further spending cuts having even more of a negative effect. However, expected growth in auto sales and housing is expected to partially offset any negative impact. The stock market, near a record high, has surged 6…

I say its because of all the nonsense regulations by Obama making it harder for companies to hire.

The defense spending has decreased.

Barack Obama. Obamacare. George W. Bush. Pick 2.

The economy shrank due to poor leadership on the government's part - too much regulation and too much welfare, to name a couple of causes. I don't understand why the leadership is not learning from mistakes and continuing to do the same thing over and over and fail .. . insanity, I think?!!!

I think that the closer we got to the full implementation of Obamacare businesses tightened their belts. It is the unknown that makes us stop moving forward.

We need to recognize that there was broad based growth in the private sector and, as reported in the Washington Post, " for the entire year, GDP grew at a ... faster pace than in 2011."  While cuts in federal spending are being targeted as the reason for the   economy's drop, we have been…