Category Archives: Fourth Quarter

The economy shrank probably due to government cutbacks, especially in the military.

The economy shrank because people didn't spend at the expected levels.  When folks are unemployed or underemployed, they think hard about how much to put out for the holidays.  When the 4th quarter is that quarter that puts some businesses in the black for the first time all year, we are in trouble.  We are…

There is so much uncertainly that businesses are not producing and hiring at rates they used to.  Obama can blame Bush all he wants, but this is HIS economy and there is no Budget or plan to face our economy today.  Their only answer is to let the Feds keep on printing money.

The shrinking economy is largely due to two major federal regulations.  The government intrusions into the private sector with the misguided Dodd-Frank banking bill, and the "Affordable Care Act" are shrinking business, jobs, and opportunity.

I think it shrank because new manufacturing was virtually non-existent, as company owners are holding off on new investments.  Trillions of dollars are outside the country due to our high corporate taxes and if that simple measure was taken - to reduce our corporate tax rates to be competitive with the rest of the countries…

The economy shrank because of Obama and his job-killing policies along with "Obama Care", the threat of higher taxes and the refusal of this administration to implement more cuts in government spending.  These things are a recipe for failure, and there is no one to blame but Barack Obama and his liberal cohorts.

The economy has shrunk because businesses have had no confidence on what was going to happen.  Businesses don't know how much our taxes will go up, how much Obamacare is going to affect them; we are not hiring people because of Obamacare, the taxes, the "fiscal cliff" etc. Right now you never know when you…

Regulations and instability have paralyzed business owners and prevented them from hiring. Other businesses have had to choose to pay fines instead of employees.  And consumers are saving money because they might be let go from their jobs.

Because the "polls" don't reflect the reality of people's everyday lives.  Also, the positive numbers before the election were incredulous...so... I guess now they are moving toward reality.

It shrank because business owners are downsizing in preparation for more taxes being levied against them. They are being punished for employing people.