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Niall Ferguson: The U.S. Has Lost its Competitive Edge and There’s Only One Place to Put the Blame…

Niall Ferguson, the historian and economist who has been warning the U.S. about its faltering economy for years, is back and he has a troubling study in tow.

During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Ferguson cites a new Harvard Business School (HBS) study that claims the U.S. has fallen behind in global economic competitiveness.

For instance, the January study found that for “Harvard alums personally involved in a company relocation decision, 57 percent said the decision ‘involved the possibility of moving existing activities out of the U.S.,’” Rob Wile of Business Insider reports.

“Meanwhile, only 9 percent considered moving existing activities from another country into the U.S.,” he adds.

Watch Ferguson discuss the HBS report (via Bloomberg):

“A U.S.-based respondent was three times as likely to be considering moving business activity out of the U.S. than a non-U.S. respondent was likely to be considering moving an activity into the U.S,” writes Professor Michael Porter, the study’s author.

The below chart from the HBS study shows current vs. expected American industry sector global success. As the chart clearly indicates, the respondents believe there will be a decline in competitiveness in all industries:

Niall Ferguson: The U.S. Has Lost its Competitive Edge and Theres Only One Place to Put the Blame…Click for a larger image.

And as far as “competitiveness” is concerned, literally no one believes things are going to improve:

Niall Ferguson: The U.S. Has Lost its Competitive Edge and Theres Only One Place to Put the Blame…Click for a larger image.

So what’s the deal? Why the dismal outlook?

Apparently, U.S. businesses hate the U.S. economy for a couple of simple reasons: “[T]hey can‘t stand the tax code and they can’t stand politicians,” Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal writes.

Taxes, uncertainty, and regulations; it’s as simple as that (as this chart clearly indicates):

Niall Ferguson: The U.S. Has Lost its Competitive Edge and Theres Only One Place to Put the Blame…Click for a larger image.

Comments (99)

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:37pm

    One more proof to reform taxes, and clean house of the Democrats and Kaiser Obama; the Fed needs to be reclaimed by the people, for and of the people, not the other way around, for too long they have not been held to task by the people who elect them.

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  • stpppim
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:20pm

    Who is John Galt?

    Read Atlas Shrugged.
    When those who don’t produce depend on those who do.
    When those with no ability demonize and punish those with ability.
    When those with the greatest need become the standard that the best must be reduced to.
    Give up, give out, give in.

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    • encinom
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:30pm

      Ayn Rand worhsipped greed. There is nothing of value in Altas Shrugged, just distorted theories that nobody other than fringe right wing Paulbots listen to.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:46pm

      Ayn Rand worshipped Freedom. Something Communist Russia denied her. Freedom of speech,freedom to produce,freedom to consume,freedom to climb as high one can.
      Freedom to try. Even though she was an atheist russian she was more America then 90% of your liberal socialist party.

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    • stpppim
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:50pm

      Are you sure?
      I think she worshiped life, her own life. Her greedy little life that she was living for her own sake.
      Somehow she had the gall to believe that her life belonged to her, to live as she pleased.
      What does it mean to be the owner of yourself? What does it take to live? What does it mean to hold your life as your greatest treasure? If greed is valuing your own life above all else, then yes greed of this kind is what she worshiped.
      But don’t confuse this with greed for the unearned, or greed that requires sacrifice. Sacrifice of others to one’s self or self sacrifice.
      Whose morality requires sacrifices? Sacrifice meaning exchanging something more valuable for something less valuable.

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    • Ted H
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:51pm

      Who is John Gault?

      It is obvious that commentor Encinom never read it. Atlas Shrugged was about the Government’s crony capitalism. It was about suceessfull producers being torpedoed by political self-serving politicians and race and poverty merchants extorting their way until all business colapsed. However, the the achievers left…… Does it sound familiar? Gee maybe that is why it has re-emerged lately; because it is coming true

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:00pm

      @ encinomoron – bless your heart. Have you considered joining a debate team? Do they have one at your school? If not, perhaps once you get into high school. Once there you can also pick up tips (at least somewhat) from Geometry and Algebra II classes when you learn about proofs. Generally the structure is and “if, then, so”. It is not generally considered effective to engage in circular “reasoning” An example of this is “X” is stupid because he is so stupid.

      Another helpful course would be Rhetorical Writing, though I recommend first investing in and familiarizing yourself with a Thesaurus. I don’t think the teacher would be as impressed with your skills until you improve your vocabulary, especially concentrate on adjectives. If you work hard, you may get the hang of the principles even if you don’t master the skill

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    • stpppim
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:29pm

      @John
      Check your premises. @encinom is just as likely to be a Republican.
      Oh, sorry “liberal socialist party” could mean Republican or Democrat Party now.

      Government control of a country’s economy—any kind or degree of such control, by any group, for any purpose whatsoever—rests on the basic principle of statism, the principle that man’s life belongs to the state (not to their greedy self).

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    • stpppim
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:40pm

      Thanks Kay,
      but perhaps @encinom should start at the beginning.
      A=A
      Existence exists.
      The task of man’s consciousness is to perceive, not to create, reality.
      Man’s mind is his only tool to gain knowledge.

      Then do as Glenn Beck and Ayn Rand suggests: Question the moral code that you have adopted and see where it is leading you.
      it is much easier to have a knee jerk kick in the crotch reaction to this.
      It is much easier to tune it all out and go with the flow.
      Rational thinking is volitional, you must choose to do it.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:48pm

      advice good, however, if you have been “blessed” by the “reasoning” of encinomoron for any length of time, you will know that the suggestions you make are far above his ability to comprehend

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:52pm

      and btw stp. ..encinomoron is the site’s pet troll

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 5:16pm

      @ stp….and just one more btw – there is only one Truth and one moral code based upon that Truth ….not quite sure what you are intimating

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    • themediamatrixhasyou
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 5:35pm

      I’m reading Atlas right now for the first time. It would be hard to believe that anyone would read that today and not think that it is directed at everything that is happening today. Whether you are right or left the similarities have got to send a chill up your spine. The attitude of the “looters” is everywhere today, and if you go against it they attack you personally.

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    • ColoradoMaverick
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 5:48pm

      Encinom: Are you thirsty? Go into your fridge and get some more Obama Kool-aid.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 7:04pm

      encinom

      People seemed awful greedy, when they lined up to get their Obama money.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 7:10pm

      encinom

      Bad or selfish people can come up with some good ideals or good works. The Communist Berthhold Brecht wrote & continuously rewrote Mother Courage. He tried to write a communist screed & portray Mother Courage as a villain. He tried to get audiences to hater her but they loved her. So he kept rewriting his play.

      I don‘t care if Ayn Rand didn’t solve the question of “life the Universe & everything” & was rewarded with a halo for perfect behavior. That is a tall order to ask of anyone. She grew up in Soviet Russia, tired to makes sense of it, so that it made no sense & so wrote about it She wasn’t perfect. Waaah. Cry me a river.

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    • Patriot of My America
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 7:57pm

      I need a magnifiying glass to even think about reading those charts, redo in larger FONT///

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 8:23pm

      Jesus also taught that greed was the highest good. Or maybe the opposite, I’m not quite sure. That would make sense though, give that Rand was a devout atheist and mocked the altruistic morality taught in the Bible.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 8:58pm

      jzs

      You are confused. You are missing a few Bible passages there old boy. How about the one that says those who don‘t work but are able to don’t eat (2Thess. 3:10)? Christians are to give charity, but by the same token we are not to be taken advantage of.

      Ayn Rand has gotten major points right. That she doesn’t have the whole ball of wax right was because in Leningrad. she was 12 when the Bolshevik’s stole her families life work. So go figure.

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:59pm

      Well, you’ve confused me more. So is greed the highest form of morality? Serving only yourself? Are you saying Jesus taught that? Or did he teach something closer to the exact opposite of that?

      Rand saw altruistic acts as a weakness, Jesus taught us altruistic acts were the highest virtue. So whose side are you on anyway?

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:33am

      So JZS… are you saying you can‘t be tolerant of someone who doesn’t believe everything you do in exactly the same way as you and because Ayn Rand was an atheist who also happens to promote conservative principles, and because she was an atheist and may differ in that respect regarding God that we conservatives are supposed to somehow be unable to agree on what we agree upon and agree to disagree on other things? So because we are actually tolerant, we are somehow supposed to not tolerate conflicting ideas like other leftists such as yourself do?

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    • Pundit_Vet
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:01am

      @Encin….blah
      Ayn Rand appreciated resourcefulness and initiative, and also believed that bureaucracy has a stifling effect on both entrepreneurship and invention. While capitalism and ingenuity may be anathema to you, I personally appreciated living in a land where free enterprise is (somewhat) able to use their resources to meet the demands of customers.

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    • Smug
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 4:34am

      Ayn Rand’s, “We the Living” is a good book, based on her early life…………..MSSMUG

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    • Paul -Indiana
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 7:41pm

      Encinom, someone has stolen your identity. I‘ll bet it’s Wesley Mooch! You can’t be as stupid as your post indicates … are you?

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:00pm

    Niall Ferguson is brilliant and would make a fascinating guest for GBTV.

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    • justangry
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:46am

      I’ve never heard of the dude, so look him up. It started off well with his schooling/credentials, then I got to the following quote about the wars in Iraq and was turned off:

      “It’s all very well for us to sit here in the west with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say it’s immoral to violate the sovereignty of another state. But if the effect of that is to bring people in that country economic and political freedom, to raise their standard of living, to increase their life expectancy, then don’t rule it out”.

      Here’s the thing… Some of us living in the west didn’t have cushy high income jobs. We went over there and killed a lot of people, and it was immoral. I‘m pretty sure I’m going to burn in hell for it (if there is a hell) I’d like to ask Mr. Ivy Leaque professor how killing a million plus Iraqis increased their life expectancy. Just goes to show that some of the most educated people have absolutely no common sense. What’s easy is to sit in an ivory tower and talk about war. It‘s a lot different to have the blood on your hands either for oil or because they wouldn’t submit to the NWO. Remember Harvard has its member in the CFR too. These kinds of elitests are some real sick puppies. It‘s would be best if GB stays away from him because he’s obviously turning into a huge neocon as it is. How many children do you think are starving in Iran because of our sanctions? Just because someone is brilliant doesn‘t mean they aren’t evil.

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  • possom
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:27pm

    We‘ve known this for year’s but it‘s nice to know the harvard idiot’s finally caught up!

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    • HKS
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:28pm

      The US has been absent of leadership for to many years now. The US May never catch up to the rest of the world, to many socialist in high places.

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  • Robert999
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:04pm

    One thing we could do is eliminate all taxes on business. That would give us a real competitive edge. Since business taxes are really just passed on to customers, we could make up the loss in revenue by raising individual tax rates, or CUT EXPENDITURES.

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    • designbyinspiration
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:26pm

      Yup, and we will get onto a great start of this as we clean out all the nationialist socialist democrats from office in the near future!

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:35pm

      Or we could lower rates and apply them to all…

      This is an especially galling thing to me. There is a woman I work with. We do the same job and get the same pay. She is bragging about how she got back more money than she paid in while I, on the other hand, only overpaid my tax bill (via payroll deductions) by a couple of hundred dollars.

      She is an O supporter and needless to say she didn’t quite know what to say when I asked her why I should be working to subsize her and proceded to explain to her what I mean about the fact they were taking my pay and giving it to her. I could almost see the flicker of a spark of understanding ignite in her mind though she fought it very hard. My work continues….

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  • Ruckus_Tom
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:55pm

    Why such doom and gloom? Since this last Sunday we’re Number 1 !!!

    Say it with me … We’re Number 1 !!! We’re Number 1 !!! We’re Number 1 !!!

    At least in corporate income tax rates. The highest in the world in industrialized nations.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:47pm

    Thes worthless lazy overpaid underworked government employees wouldn’t last one week in the private sector…. Not one week !!!

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    • mcsledge
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:16pm

      I hate to say this, but many of those in unions would fit the same profile. When performance is lowered/removed from the equation, people underperform. I’ll bet that 7 out of 10 people in manufaturing/assembly outside of unions would outperform their colleagues in unions.

      Competition is good for the soul.

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    • Blackop
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:16pm

      It‘s spelled ’these’. Maybe one of thos (sic) awful union teachers can teach you how to spell so your business will succeed…

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    • REALID 239823749828-HIF
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:42pm

      @BLACKOP

      Right, because when you can‘t refute the content of someone’s post, you should *always* attack their spelling! Yes, even when it’s clearly a typo and not an actual lack of knowledge! I‘m surprised you didn’t mention the lack of commas, you could have made a better case with that.

      Better luck with your next childish, inane, pointless post!

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 4:21pm

      Blackop

      Detroit probably went to a Public School in the city with the lowest test scores in the nation which is run by the Teachers Union. You no doubt didn’t put much thought into that FACT, now did you?

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    • fatjack
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 6:27pm

      Blackhawk1,Blackop

      It’s spelled TYPO, idiots.

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  • Moozmom
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:43pm

    Been in the business world 45 years and I believe, other than soldiers, firefighters, and police, business owners are the most courageous people on the face of the earth. There is no way I would begin a business in this atmosphere. No one I know other than soldiers, firefighters, police, put their lives on the line every damn day of the week. Members of public office (any public office) will never understand that unless they live it. Certainly hope this country rights itself, literally. I know people who have already left America because of its policies and I may, soon, not be far behind. Leave it to the communists.

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    • Burby
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:12pm

      I have been in business for 37 years & I 100% agree with you and this is so very sad. The police, fire fighters, & our ttroops do what they do because it is who they are as proud men & women, who believe in this great country, surely not for the pay or benies they receive.

      I spend so much time talking to who ever will listen regarding our country & it is sad to see the many who beleive obama will save us all, next to obama is the government regardless who is in office will save & provide for them. Try & get some to look at the facts regarding our economy & see the results you get. So many believe we are indeed out of the recession & the country is on the way to the riches it has always been know for, no joke.. This saddens me to see & hear the many that believe the worst is behind us.. I still believe in America & our people of America, they will wake up soon.. I cannot give up on that belief.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:24pm

      Ever since Obummer took office, he did declare war, on business. The business owners of today need to be coragous, to stand up to this man who ‘wants America to step down so other countries can step up’. I believe in competition. Countries like people, need to stand up on their own.

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:35pm

      Any one would be crazy to start a business while Obama is in office even if they are subsidized they fail stability will not be seen until Obama is out of office.

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  • Nemo13
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:41pm

    This is what happens when the citizen voters are asleep at the wheel on the local / state / federal levels. A reminder that freedom is not free, its damn expensive and you have to guard it like gold. A reminder that saying stupid things like “Oh, let _____ have what they want, what could it hurt..?” A reminder that Liberals should be locked in rubber rooms as soon as discovered. The wolves are at the gates and they never sleep. Its not a safe world, its a dangerous one inside and out. Most parents are idiots who do not teach their kids reality of life.

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  • Jim in Houston
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:36pm

    Why should this surprise anyone? A person with two operating brain cells could see this, but I forgot, they don’t have any functioning brain cells in the District of Corruption aka DC.

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:42pm

      Niall Ferguson evidently got some common sense, Reasoning and other skills which this administration does not they are all Nobel Prize winners and Professors who are stuck on theories and never facts.
      A theory is just a theory until it’s proven then it becomes a fact.

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  • gpk
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:30pm

    Well so much for Mau Mau economics……..at least I didn’t vote for that POS POTUS.

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  • 5XDADDY
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:30pm

    We needed a Harvard study to tell us this?? How much did that cost? This reminds me of a Federally funded study 15 years ago that tried to figure out why inmates tried to escape from prison. Really!!

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:04pm

      Remember there was some theory to paint the walls of each cell with a medium-green color. Sheriff A in Arizona didn’t have to do a government-funded study about the color pink/ & tent beige for the prisoners! Alot to be said for “common-sense-&-we-don’t-need-a-stinken-government-study!

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:29pm

    Our demise can be blamed on liberals and their policies. They are failures yet they presume to know more than anyone else. The demise also can be blamed on an increasingly worthless third world work force pressed upon businesses in the form of affirmative action.

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  • GERATMO
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:28pm

    I say we split the US in two groups and start over. The Libs can start their Utopian society and the Conservatives can be free again. It looks like were heading that way anyway.

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    • gpk
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:37pm

      Right on. Detroit can be the capital of the great liberal country of Odumbo.

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    • kommando7
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:58pm

      An interesting proposition – that of a dis-union of the union. My recommendation would be that the “Progressive States of America” are allotted for their new sovereign utopia the current states of Oregon, Washington, Northern California, Idaho and some territory in Northern Nevada. Rest belongs to the heirs and successors of the founding fathers; i.e. the “United States of American Liberty”. Based on the nominal representation of self-professed liberals in the current US, roughly 20-23% of overall population, this would be a very fair allocation of territory, resources and infrastructure for them to live out their progressive dreams.

      Of course, their would be some ideological cleansing on the part of both new sovereigns, as those who are currently residing in what they foresee to be undesirable locations, or whom are considered undesirable by the new landlords, relocate to the country in which they choose to live. If it could be done relatively amicably and with minimal violence it would likely be the best solution for everyone.

      Once everyone is relocated to their new country of choice, those in the USAL must be sure to high-fence, electrify and heavily militarize the borders with PSA so that they are forever kept within their utopian land of equal misery for all…

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 2:18pm

      I say we identify and expose every subversive progressive, R and D, label them as traitors of the constitution and exile them to Cuba or Venezuela and ban them from ever coming back! We could start with Soros and his merry band of criminals. We could extradite him to England for prosecustion of crimes he committed against the financial systems worldwide! Then we could start with every public official that holds office and has violated their oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States of America.

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  • Leader1776
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:27pm

    You have a leftist university, Harvard, with an arm (HBS) that reports on the leftest pushed factors leading to decline in business and the economy. Which Harvard are we to fawn over.

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  • father_of_10
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:23pm

    How many of these solutions we are porposing are found in Romney’s 59 point plan? Investigate it and you will feel a tiny bit better about Romney.

    I still think Romney doesn’t go far enough, but at least he is addressing things like the corporate tax rate and stuff like that.

    I hated communists even before they started calling themselves liberals.
    http://fatherof10.com

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    • bigpew
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:35pm

      Pop of 10
      You sound like a reasonable guy, but I can’t figure out way you have a picture of a mass murderer as you ID tag. Chi was a bad bad man.

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  • tankyjo
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:07pm

    How about the war on poverty, the dept of education, EPA, dept of energy, NLRB, dept of HHS, just to name a few. Abolish any two of these, and our economy would improve. Now can I have my million dollar grant?

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    • MittensKittens
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:23pm

      YOu can have your Grant as long as you split it with Obumma for his reelection campaign

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:01pm

      @mittenkittens you nailed it ..Obama could care less how much taxes are wasted or stolen as long as he gets his kickback donations..

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  • cemerius
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:59pm

    Flat Tax and Fiscal restraint such as shock collars and german shepperds!!! Simple formula when Tax revenue, falls spending falls. These bozos in D.C. think that if revenue falls spending should increase…….and we wonder why credit card interest rates are SO HIGH?

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    • Reason365
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:12pm

      Remember, they only run for office because they are societal misfits. They haven’t a clue about fiscal restraint. They hate the private sector because these people are real. Why do we expect them to get anything real.
      Truth escapes them

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  • COFemale
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:56pm

    Here is the Democrat Liberal Progressive cycle of insanity.

    Raise taxes – create more programs – raise taxes – create more programs – raise taxes -create more programs.

    It is never ending for them. They have gotten into his rut of thinking that Americans are their personal bank. Sorry this ATM is closed and broke thanks to Obama. United Bank of COFemale is bankrupt. I’ve gone from middle class to poverty – thanks Obama – thumbs up on that one – NOT. The difference is I am trying to pull myself back up and not relying on WELFARE OR FOOD STAMPS, but it is hard and difficult. I may not survive.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 1:48pm

      I agree. Our income hasn’t gone backwards, but our expenses have all gone up. Unfortunately, my income has flatlined since 2008, so the effect is the same.

      My salary had been steadily increasing for years. This is the longest period I’ve gone in 13 years without a raise.

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  • rambosharley
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:54pm

    I blame uh, what’s his name..uh..uh..Oh Yea…GEORGE BUSH!

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:42pm

    I blame Canada, and of course, those evil rich guys.

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  • johnjamison
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:41pm

    You want America to be move competative simple make right a constitutional law,cut taxes, end NAFTA,revamp civil courts so that those filing frivilous laws suits are responsible to pay the defenses fees,lose time and punative damages if they lose and re-establish the old tariff systems.
    Then you hit the EPA,NLRB,and other agencies that overtly inhibit the abilities for businesses to work.
    Thats a starter then you end the entire department of education put education in the hands of the families of the children in each area,establish trad eschools in place of general education for those who really don’t belong in college in the first place.
    This will get us on the right track. We should also teach todays brightest minds about how entitlement societys,and overt goevrnment intrussion nearly destroyed this nation.
    That or we or we un-unite the united states and start from stratch.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:52pm

      You mean like the US was before 1963. Before Lyndon Johnson gave us the “Great Society”, the “War on Poverty” and the escalation of US involvement in Viet Nam.

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    • AmericanFightingMan1
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:55pm

      JJ, you are quite right. It is funny (not) that so many R’s tout NAFTA as a good thing when in fact our nation rose to greatness without it. NAFTA is an internationalist organization based on the GATT after WWII. It was the foundation for the EU, a process that eradicated national currencies and relegated nations like Germany, Spain, Italy, etc. to nothing more than states within a new, bigger nation.

      Education is a huge issue here in the U.S. Most American schools are dysfunctional. The feds should be out of education. States should control the issue and be able to rid the schools of kids who refuse to adhere to discipline. Schools populated by undisciplined kids who disrupt and oppress good kids who want to learn ****** the entire system of education. One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.

      As for American economic woes, we Americans now look to the President to “save us”. Wrong. The POTUS is not a king. He is an executive. We must stop looking to the “king” for salvation. We the People are the only ones who can fix our problems. Stop electing the repeat offenders (ie., career politicians).

      We can fix this. It will be EXTREMELY hard work. To balance the budge and pay off the debt, we will all have to take some very hard hits.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on April 6, 2012 at 3:13pm

      Exactly DV We to move away from an entitlement society and create a business friend enviroment. If the federal government won’t do then it will be up to the states to not only create the enviroment but shut the fed out of it.

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  • Sirfoldallot
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:35pm

    Yes, lazyness & greed. This is how Rome fell after 2000yrs.

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  • MiCurmudgeon
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:34pm

    And who wants more taxes , regulations and is the most political President in modern times?

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:33pm

    “They can‘t stand the tax code and they can’t stand Politicians…” well, most Americans cant’…only the lunatic fringe left liberal Marxist Morons applaud Barry, cheer for higher taxes and demonize the job creators, ‘those evil capitilists pigs’…and they can’t even see how stupid and out of touch with reality they are…myopic useful idiots.

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