The newest quarterly report on the stimulus from Obama’s Council of Ec

Ilario was recently featured in a video interview with Forbes Magazine's "Mallory Factor." In the interview Pantano discusses the economy, the high unemployment in southeastern NC, job creation, th

Yesterday, House Republicans unveiled their Plan for America's Job Creators.  It is a common sense plan that will jump start job creation and economic growth.

North Carolina's unemployment rate is higher than the national average and the private sector continues to lose jobs.  North Carolina needs to focus on and execute policies that bolster the free-enterprise system and encourage businesses to invest, grow, and hire more workers. 

There are some lessons we North Carolinians could learn from our friends in Texas.  The Texas Workforce Commission reported at the beginning of the year that Texas created more private sector jobs than any other state in the nation over the last 10 years and has the lowest unemployment rate among the 10 largest states in the nation.  How are they doing it?  A recent CNBC report released last week shows that Texas leads the nation in employment-friendly qualities such as the cost of doing business, workforce, quality of life, transportation and infrastructure, technology and innovation, and cost of living. 

Last month, the Business Roundtable and The Business Council submitted a letter outlining key legislation and regulations that are having “a dampening effect on economic growth and job creation.” Here is an excerpt:

With a massive new health care law and financial reform legislation looming, companies are more worried than ever about the impact new regulations and legislation will have on their operations and their bottom line. Not knowing what to expect from these pending regulations, businesses are acting cautiously to forestall any negative impact. These actions are squelching economic growth and job creation, as companies are forced to freeze investments and hiring until they understand how they will be affected by these new mandates. (Click here to read full letter.)

In my appearances around the district, I have spoken at length about the Economic Axis of Evil:  excessive taxation, regulation, and litigation.  All of those serve to choke off the lifeblood of any community - small businesses that provide jobs, investment, and opportunity.

"No" Is Never Enough

In the Marines we used to say, “if you're dumb enough to point out the problems, you better be smart enough to fix 'em." Conservatives have a historic opportunity to lead this country back from the brink and onto a path to prosperity, but will we rise to the challenge? Or, will we succumb to our baser political instincts and lose sight of our mission to serve the American people?  It's not enough to see things as they are and say "no," we need to see things as they could be, and say, "Follow me."

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Ilario Pantano takes a stand against the liberal agenda, and the "Axis of Evil": Taxation, Regulation, Litigation. Pantano targets the three killers of jobs and small business which permeate the healthcare bill and exemplify the loss of freedoms that the Pelosi-puppets enable.

The place: North Carolina's 7th Congressional District convention in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The time to join our fight: NOW.