Seattle: $20 Million Grant Creates 14 “Green” Jobs
Seattle reaped the benefit of a $20 million federal grant to weatherize homes in one of America’s "greenest" cities, and 16 months later, a whopping 14 jobs were created —...
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Obama’s Seven New Regulations Would Cost U.S. Economy Billions
President Obama sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Tuesday detailing seven new regulations that would each cost the U.S. economy more than $1 billion annually. With...
Obama Picks Krueger as Economic Council Chairman
President Obama has nominated Princeton University?s Alan Krueger (left) for Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), and if approved by the Senate, Krueger, a labor...
ObamaCare Hurts Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
In June 2009, President Obama addressed the American Medical Association to promote his national healthcare bill, as he declared a seemingly forthright promise to the American people: "No matter...
California Gov. Jerry Brown Proposes New Tax Plan for Local Businesses
California Governor Jerry Brown proposed a new tax plan to the state legislature Thursday that would boost levies on large corporations located outside of California. Brown’s request to state...
Generation Vexed: Young American Working Class
Burdened with economic uncertainty, high unemployment, and a volatile investors’ market, young Americans are desperately seeking job security — while anxiously chasing the "American Dream." The economy simply isn’t...
July Fundraising Numbers Show Democrats Ahead of Republicans
While GOP presidential hopefuls surround President Obama in election polls, the Democratic Party is scrambling to revamp its fundraising efforts. Through July, the three national Republican party groups ? the...
White House Plans to Reform Business Regulations — Again
President Obama’s pledge to recover the economy has taken a long and winding detour, but his 2008 campaign pledge to regulate corporate America is right on course — despite...
80 Percent of Congress Lacks Education in Business or Economics
While U.S. lawmakers wrestle with high unemployment and a mounting federal deficit, 80 percent of them have no academic background in business or economics, according to a new study...
$490,000 Stimulus to Grow Trees in Nev. Yields Just 1.72 Permanent Jobs
The state of Nevada was the fortunate recipient of a $490,000 federal grant to grow trees and plants — and of course, to "stimulate" the state’s economy. The only problem...
EPA Regulations to Shut Down Coal Plants and Raise Energy Prices
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sketching out a regulatory blueprint designed to control pollution levels from coal-fired power plants, and lying under the torrent of new regulations will...
New Study: The Media Stonewalls the “Ron Paul Revolution”
The "Ron Paul Revolution" is political kryptonite for the liberal mainstream media, despite Rep. Paul?s noteworthy gains in public opinion polls and polished performances during the GOP presidential debates....
Special Interest Groups Give Congressional Democrats $15M in 2011
Congressional Democrats have brushed off President Obama's personal decree to swear off special-interest campaigning for his reelection bid. According to an Associated Press analysis on campaign fundraising, Democrats aspiring...
Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack Says Food Stamps are Economic Stimulus
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (left) claims food stamps and other forms of government welfare are camouflaged stimulus programs that stir job growth by pumping money into the economy. After...
Regulatory Agencies Boom Under Obama Administration
While the private-sector is drowning under a perpetual recessionary storm, U.S. regulatory agencies are flourishing. "If the federal government’s regulatory operation were a business, it would be one of...
Obama Announces New Rural Economic Plan During Midwest Bus Tour
At the White House Rural Economic Forum in Peosta, Iowa, on Tuesday, President Obama unveiled new economic initiatives to help stir job growth and capital investment in rural America....
Israeli-Palestinian Debate Enters GOP Presidential Race
As the GOP 2012 presidential campaign evolves, foreign policy issues will become more and more relevant, particularly as pro-Israel candidates debate Palestine’s venture for membership into the United Nations....
Will Oil from Canada’s Keystone XL Pipeline Go to U.S. or China?
There is no resolution yet on a proposed $7 billion Canadian-U.S. oil pipeline, as President Obama has continued to delay his decision on whether to approve it. Before the...
Ron Bloom, Manufacturing Czar, to Leave White House
The White House announced Tuesday that Ron Bloom, Assistant to the President for Manufacturing Policy and leading engineer of the auto bailout, will be leaving the Obama administration this...
ObamaCare “Glitch” Adds $50 Billion per Year to the Deficit
The true costs of ObamaCare continue to rise, as budget projections under the healthcare law are being understated by as much as $50 billion per year, according to a...