February 1
Dan Greenhaus
Dan Greenhaus, Miller Tabak & Company’s chief economic strategist
February 2
Peter Wallison
Peter Wallison, AEI’s fellow in financial policy studies & member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), on how his government task force somehow neglected to detect any public-sector culpability for the financial crisis.
February 3
Jim Rawles
Jim Rawles, Publisher of SurvivalBlog.com & author of “Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse,”
February 4
Chuck Blahous
Chuck Blahous, One of two public trustees for Social Security & Medicare & author of “Social Security: The Unfinished Work”
Cliff’s Notes Recap Weekly Recap for 1-31-11 to 2-4-11
- Monday -Peter explains the difference between investing and speculating.
- Tuesday – Peter debunks Chuck Schumer’s arguments against spending cuts
- Wednesday – Peter destroys the idea ObamaCare proponents’ Commerce Clause argument
Peter Wallison, member of the FCIC’s Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, says the whole investigation was “cooked” - Friday – Peter gets one of Social Security’s trustees, Charles Brahous, to admit he can’t tell the difference between Social Security and a ponzi scheme
February 7
Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes, Chairman & editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, on the feds’ phony January jobs numbers, how the FDA may kill millions of us
February 8
Thomas Woods
Thomas Woods, Senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, on his just released book, “Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse”
February 9
John Stossel
John Stossel, John Stossel, host of Fox Business’ “Stossel” & author of “Myths, Lies & Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel – Why Everything You Know Is Wrong,” on whether Republicans can capitalize on America’s strident anti-Washington sentiment, his plan to balance the budget in one fell swoop, and how John Stossel would “win the future”. Peter is also looking forward to your calls on politics, finance, and the economy.
February 10
Richard Dreyfuss
Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud, on the controversy his group’s inclusion in CPAC has caused.Richard Dreyfuss, Academy Award winning actor, on his non-profit Dreyfuss Initiative formed to revive, elevate and enhance the teaching of civics in the United States.Adam Schaeffer, policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Education Freedom, on why the future of education depends on slashed schools budgets nationwide
Peter Ferrara, director of entitlement and budget policy for the Institute for Policy Innovation & member of the Reagan Administration’s Office of Policy Development, on his latest book, “President Obama’s Tax Piracy”
Richard Dreyfuss,Academy Award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, and Academy Award winning screenwriter Roger Simon.
February 11
Herman Cain
Betsy McCaughey, Former lieutenant governor of New York
Dave Nalle , Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus
Herman Cain, Republican 2012 Presidential candidate
Cliff’s Notes Recap Weekly Recap for 2-7-11 to 2-11-11
- Monday – Why isn’t Fannie & Freddie part of national debt figures?
Ben Bernanke audio clips: stimulus & QE helped – Steve Forbes: jobs/jobs numbers - Tuesday – Tom Woods: entitlement crashes, interest rate increases
Tom Woods: discrediting of Schiff/Woods and denial during bubbles - Wednesday – Stossel: unemployment insurance Ben Bernanke audio: inflation & weather
- Thursday – NYSE being bought by foreign stock exchange
- Friday – Obamacare & dangers, pre-paid vs. true insurance
February 14
Steve Moore
Steve Moore, Wall Street Journal editorial writer & author of “How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting the U.S. Economy,”
February 15
Richard Lehmann
Richard Lehmann, Forbes columnist & publisher of the Forbes/Lehmann Income Securities Advisor newsletter
February 16
Jason Lewis
Jason Lewis, Host of the “Jason Lewis Show” & regular Rush Limbaugh guest host, on his new book, “Power Divided is Power Checked: The Argument for States’ Rights”
February 17
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson, Former Republican governor of New Mexico & possible 2012 presidential candidate
February 18
Dany Pletka
Dany Pletka, Vice President for foreign & defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
Cliff’s Notes Recap Weekly Recap for 2-14-11 to 2-18-11
- Monday – Breaking down Obama’s 2012 budget
- If Peter ran the Fed…
- Tuesday – The real story of Germany takeover of the NYSE
- Peter blasts Connecticut’s tax increase, lack of “shared sacrifice”
- Wednesday – Stossel: unemployment insurance Ben Bernanke audio: inflation & weather
- Thursday – Cotton, cotton substitutes, and inflation
- Chris Matthews’ stimulus FAIL
- Obama’s “investments” & condescending rhetoric
- Friday – Gary Johnson’s plan to balance the budget
- Gary Johnson on Egypt and the unintended consequences of our foreign policy
February 21
Gary Johnson
Thaddeus McCotter, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, Republican congressman from Michigan’s 11th district, on his new book, “Seize Freedom; American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age,”
February 22
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell, Syndicated columnist & Rose and Milton Friedman senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of the classic, “Basic Economics”
February 23
Scott McNealy
Scott McNealy, Former CEO of Sun Microsystems & founder of the educational charity Curriki
February 24
Robert Creamer
Robert Creamer,, president of the Strategic Consultant Group & spouse of Rep. Jan Schakowsky, on why unions are needed now more than ever. Peter is also looking forward to your calls on politics, finance, and the economy.
February 25
Tracey Bailey
Tracey Bailey, 1993 winner of the National Teacher of the Year & director of education policy at the Association of American Educators, on how teachers unions are destroying American education. Peter is also looking forward to your calls on politics, finance, and the economy
February 28
Jacob Geiger
Jacob Geiger, staff writer at the Richmond Times-Dispatch & editor at Politifact, on Politifact’s assessment that Republican state senate candidate in Virginia Jamie Radtke is “barely true” in blaming Federal Reserve prices for higher food prices. Peter is also looking forward to your calls on politics, finance, and the economy