Rhode Island Tag

5500 Journalists Can’t Be Wrong — Rhode Island Is The Most Corrupt State

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2008 1 Comment

A survey of reporters has declared Rhode Island to be the most corrupt state. Illinois, eat your heart out. Or as we say in Rhode Island, "we have everything Texas has, without the empty space."...

Obama’s Infrastructure Plan Is A Road To Nowhere

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2008 3 Comments

In his weekly radio address today, Barack Obama repeated his intention to stimulate the economy and "create" jobs through a massive public infrastructure program. As we have noted before, "[o]f all the concepts to help build the economy, Barack Obama has seized on the one...

Is Rhode Island Our Future Under Obama? UPDATE: RI Unemployment Rate 9.3%

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 20, 2008 0 Comments

This headline from my hometown paper, The Providence Journal, says everything you need to know about why Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the nation:"Assembly Considers Making R.I. Attractive To Business"An overwhelming government budget fed by high taxes, a Democratic state legislature beholden...