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![Originally published by Fox News here. by Jeb Bush, Jr. and Justin Vélez-Hagan On Monday, the Senate passed S. 743, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which essentially gives states the right to force […]](http://nousonomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fox-news-latino-5-10-13-195x110.jpg "Internet Sales Tax Will Hurt Us The Most")
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Featured guest panelist on Inside Story with Ray Suarez, discussing Puerto Rico’s economy and fiscal measures for recovery. Originally published by Al Jazeera America here. It’s been nearly five […]
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Puerto Rico Still Doesn’t Get What Makes An Economy Tick
Originally published by Fox News here. In a recent FNL opinion piece, Puerto Rico’s Governor lauded his own administration’s efforts to jumpstart the island’s “recovering economy.” Yet, since taking office […]
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The real culprit in income inequality
Originally published by TheHill.com here. In his State of the Union address, the president is expected to discuss “income inequality” and the lack of “upward mobility” in America, but will […]
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Lenders Meet To Discuss Puerto Rico’s Fate. Is There Still Hope?
Originally published by Fox News here. Puerto Rico’s creditors, holding a meeting in New York Thursday to discuss their fears of an inevitable debt default, had this message for the […]
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Default: Puerto Rico’s Inevitable Option
Originally published by Forbes here. Washington politicos aren’t the only ones instigating a perpetual debt crisis. Puerto Rico too is experiencing a political stalemate-induced fight for their financial lives that […]
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Long-term unemployment: What the president won’t mention in Cleveland
Originally published by The Hill here. The president took to New Orleans on Friday to give (yet another) speech on his plans for improving the economy, part of a series […]
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Will U.S. Have To Bail Out Puerto Rico?
Originally published by Fox News here. by Justin Vélez-Hagan Detroit, once known as an American manufacturing and economic powerhouse, is now better known for high crime, low employment, run-down neighborhoods, and financial […]
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Challenge to baby boomers in Congress
Originally published by TheHill.com here. by Jeb Bush, Jr. and Justin Vélez-Hagan Baby boomers in Congress, we have a bit of a bone to pick with you. In light of […]
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Politic 365′s Blueprint Economic Report
This report was originally published by Politic365 here. Over the last year, Politic365 (P365) has focused on an issue of singular importance to young people and communities of color in the United […]
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President Obama’s Phony Recovery
Originally published by Politico here. by Jeb Bush, Jr. and Justin Vélez-Hagan Amid mounting evidence, stacking confessions, and officials pleading the fifth, many find it hard to understand why the […]
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Big Government’s Negative Impact
Originally published by Politico here. by Jeb Bush, Jr. and Justin Vélez-Hagan Benghazi neglected, IRS targeting, DOJ press investigations, Job Corps overspending, secret White House emails, phone taps, etc. The […]
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A veteran remembers his Memorial Day last year in Afghanistan
Originally published by NBCLatino here. by Justin Vélez-Hagan Memorial Day last year wasn’t the same as I remember growing up: There were no backyard BBQs. There was no salsa music. There […]
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Internet Sales Tax Will Hurt Us The Most
Originally published by Fox News here. by Jeb Bush, Jr. and Justin Vélez-Hagan On Monday, the Senate passed S. 743, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which essentially gives states the right to force […]
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US to Make Money Grow on Trees by Adjusting GDP Measure
by Justin Vélez-Hagan In a move that is expected to increase the US economy by more than 3% this summer, the U.S. will be among the first to implement new international […]
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More Revenues Aren’t Necessarily Good for America
by Justin Vélez-Hagan Reagan’s presidency is the oft-cited example Conservatives use to prove that lowering tax rates will increase federal revenues and vice versa. In reality, other presidents proved more […]
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BLS Statistics Are Really Just BS: Unemployment is Closer to 23%
by Justin Vélez-Hagan As the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) gets set to release its February employment numbers we can’t help but speculate whether the unemployment rate will rise or fall. […]
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Good Thinking, Let’s Slow Employment Growth Even More
President Obama announced in his State of the Union speech last night that the US should raise the minimum wage rate to $9/hr. Does this again prove that the Administration […]
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Obamacare: A Waste of Time. . .Literally
According to a new report released by the House Ways and Means Committee, the estimated time Americans will spend on paperwork in order to comply with the new Affordable Care […]
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Negative Growth, Positive Stocks. What’s going on?
During the fourth quarter of 2012, stocks soared towards five-year highs, with the Dow approaching an all-time peak. In the same quarter, the Commerce Department reports that the U.S. economy […]
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“Debt Ceiling” is Just Another Chupacabra
Want to scare the living daylights out of people? Convince them there’s a scary beast that comes out at night and sucks the blood out of its victims . . […]
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Puerto Rico Gets Emergency Sandy Money, Despite Being More Than 1000 Miles from Major Damage
Originally published by the Minority Economic Report here. Puerto Rico, an island 1500 miles from the major damage along the Atlantic coast inflicted by Hurricane Sandy, is slated to receive millions […]
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Land of the Free? Umm, not so much…
The Heritage Foundation, in conjunction with the Wall Street Journal, released its annual “Index of Economic Freedom” this week. The index ranks countries based on how free “individuals are to […]
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Latino veterans hit the hardest, often the easiest prey
Originally published by Voxxi here. “Hang in there baby! You’re almost done.” That was the best I could offer in my panicked, generally unintelligible speech of encouragement during my […]
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2013: The Apocalypse of the Financial Markets
Originally published by Politic365 here. by Justin Vélez-Hagan With multi-month highs, and in some cases multi-year highs, hitting stock markets around the world, it’s hard to believe that some of the […]
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Happy New Year! (Now Enjoy Your New Taxes)
Originally published by Politic365 here. As most of us are thrilled to be receiving our new free healthcare plans (wait, do you have free healthcare yet?), few of us have […]
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Commies Prove Capitalist Pigs Wrong…by Doubling the Private Sector?
Originally published by Politic365 here. If you’re an entrepreneur, grandiloquent anti-Capitalism speeches by unkempt Occupiers and other avowed socialists, who’ve all benefited from the success of the American economic system (see Michael Moore), […]
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