Morning Bell: 1,000 Days Under President Obama
Today marks the 1,000th day of Barack Obama’s presidency, and unfortunately for America, those days have been marked by deeper deficits, lost jobs, prolonged unemployment,… Read More
Articles by Mike Brownfield
House Members Ask DOJ to Investigate Bank Fees — Will the Trail Lead Back to Them?
When Bank of America announced a new $5 debit card fee in late September (along with a slew of other banks), President Barack Obama condemned it,… Read More
Obamacare’s CLASS Act Collapses; White House Pulls Plug
The Obama Administration notified Congress today that the CLASS Act — Obamacare’s long-term care insurance plan — is flawed, unsustainable, and unable to go forward…. Read More
Morning Bell: Why Obamacare Might Cost You a Job
Back in February 2010, when Congress was still debating the Obamacare legislation, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) proclaimed to America that the law… Read More
Morning Bell: Jobs Plan Fails, but Obama Doesn’t Get the Message
When President Barack Obama began his Midwest “jobs tour” in August, he set out to campaign for the passage of a yet-to-be-released plan to turn around… Read More
In Pictures: What Are the Benefits of Free Trade?
Now that Congress has passed free trade agreements with Columbia, Panama and South Korea, it’s a good time to ask why the United States should… Read More
Big Labor Gets Big Benefits in California
Want proof that unions are doing everything they can to maintain their grip on power? Take a look at California, where Governor Jerry Brown (D)… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Failure to Confront the Iranian Threat
Yesterday, America learned that Iran conspired to launch a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., with a planned assassination of the Saudi ambassador and bomb attacks on the… Read More
Obama Economy: Wall Street to Lose 10,000 Securities Jobs
Just last week, America learned that September was yet another bad month for the Obama economy, with the unemployment rate remaining flat at 9.1 percent…. Read More
In Pictures: How High Will Taxes Go?
What’s the latest plan from the left to pay for President Obama’s latest batch of stimulus spending? More taxes on high-income earners, of course. And… Read More
Morning Bell: Who Is Responsible for Protecting America?
On October 25, 1983, the first of 7,000 U.S. troops landed on the shore of Grenada under the command of President Ronald Reagan. The goal… Read More
Morning Bell: Still Jobless After All These Years
Yesterday at the White House, President Barack Obama faced the media to once again plug the American Jobs Act–his plan for more stimulus spending, paid… Read More
Morning Bell: Is the Postal Service Doomed?
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat is supposed to stop the United States Postal Service (USPS) from delivering mail, but can it be saved from… Read More
In Pictures: How Much the Top Earners Already Pay in Taxes
America has heard a lot of talk about the “Buffett Rule” — President Barack Obama’s plan to make the tax code more “fair” by permanently… Read More
Morning Bell: Come Clean and Cut Funding
What did the President know and when did he know it, goes the old Washington adage. Thus did the American people learn yesterday in separate… Read More
U.S. Taxpayers Paying Big for New United Nations Building
Ready to fork over some of your hard-earned dollars to help the United Nations construct a new building — and for New York City to… Read More
Morning Bell: Ready for A Debit Card Tax?
Use a debit card? Now it’s really going to cost you. Bank of America announced last week that it will begin charging customers $5 per… Read More
Morning Bell: Obamacare’s Soaring Price Tag
On January 21, 2009, Barack Obama stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and, in his inaugural address, pledged to America that he would… Read More
Morning Bell: Time for Action on Pakistan
The Obama Administration is quickly trying to contain the damage in another potential foreign policy debacle, this time with nuclear-armed Pakistan. Last week, Admiral Mike… Read More
‘Buffett Rule’ Tanks in California, Is Bad News for Tech Startups
President Obama is touting his new mega tax on millionaires–a.k.a. “the Buffett Rule”–as the best thing since sliced bread (or since his plan to spend… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Falling Short on Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is taking his people’s bid for statehood to the United Nations this week with a speech set for Friday, followed by… Read More
Morning Bell: The Obama Investigations
You wouldn’t know it if you solely paid attention to the mainstream media, but while President Barack Obama attempts to sell the country on hundreds… Read More
Morning Bell: $1.5 Trillion in New Taxes
Two years ago, as the United States was coming out of the last recession, President Obama was asked how raising taxes on anyone would help… Read More
Heritage Responds to Obama’s Debt Reduction and Tax Proposal
Heritage’s experts watched President Barack Obama’s debt reduction and tax increase proposal. Here are their immediate reactions: Obama’s Plan Is More Bad News for Defense… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s War on Job Creators
Today, President Barack Obama is expected to announce his latest plan for reducing the deficit, and central to it are $1.5 trillion in new taxes,… Read More
Morning Bell: The Tale of Two Jobs Plans
It’s been one week since President Barack Obama announced his latest “stimulus” plan, and despite a cross-country road show aimed at selling his proposals to… Read More
Morning Bell: Surprising Facts about America’s Poor
In his address to the joint session of Congress last week, President Barack Obama called for $477 billion in new federal spending, which he said… Read More
Morning Bell: More ‘Stimulus’ from President Obama
By most accounts, President Obama’s $800 billion “stimulus” bill that was passed in February 2009 with the promise of keeping unemployment below 8 percent was… Read More
Reaction Roundup: Heritage Responds to Obama’s Jobs Speech
Heritage’s experts watched President Barack Obama’s jobs speech delivered to a joint session of Congress. Here are some of their immediate reactions: Jobs for Teachers?… Read More
Morning Bell: Five Ways to Create New Jobs in America
Two years ago, President Barack Obama was bold in his optimism for job growth in America, promising that his stimulus spending plans would create 3… Read More
