EconomyCommentary
The election results were a crushing political blow for the Obama administration, giving Republicans firm control of both houses of Congress for the final two… Read More
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Next time you go out to eat, a new kind of waiter might serve you. One restaurant owner in China has replaced his traditional wait… Read More
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ November employment report showed solid economic growth, but also provides clues about why many Americans report unhappiness with the economy. The… Read More
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PITTSBURGH — A job training agency in northwest Pennsylvania is asking the state for a repayment plan after a finding that nearly $250,000 was misspent…. Read More
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NASHVILLE — Kimball, Tenn., Mayor Rex Pesnell said broadband Internet in his town of about 1,400 will help economic development, but so far he’s short… Read More
Yesterday, the House passed a one-year extension for the “tax extenders”—a package of approximately 50 tax-reducing policies that expired at the end of 2013. The… Read More
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How would you like to get paid a full-time salary plus benefits for not working, and without taking any sick days? Sounds like a dream,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The federal government hit a new milestone Friday: The total federal debt now tallies more than $18 trillion. Just six years ago when President Obama… Read More
“First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage.” Sort of. I grew up singing the “K-I-S-S-I-N-G” jingle with my… Read More
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RICHMOND, Va. — Market-minded Virginia farmers aren’t buying into Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s government initiative aimed at feeding more hungry children. “If the governor really wants… Read More
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Data on consumer spending show that spending on health insurance surged 42 percent from 2007 to 2013, according to analysis by the Wall Street Journal…. Read More
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MADISON, Wis. – Marve Munyon and his two fellow members on the Rock River Patriots board of directors finally were forced to throw up their… Read More
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Germans refer to “Close of Business” as Feierabend, which literally translated means something like party night. Now some in Germany want to impose a work… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Social Security’s trustees projected in 1983 that the recently enacted Social Security reforms would keep the program active for at least the next 75 years,… Read More
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A union operative generously praised New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman when he announced he was taking a Papa John’s pizza franchisee to court on… Read More
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Like Theodore Roosevelt, Barack Obama knows that the presidency makes an effective bully pulpit — even when you have historically low approval ratings. He showed… Read More
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American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teachers unions in the United States, passed a resolution last week to ban Coca-Cola from its facilities… Read More
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The recently retired president of the National Education Association received a huge pay raise this year even though the union he led lost more than 40,000… Read More
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Recently I had the pleasure of testifying at a Senate hearing. The topic was “Improving Financial Institution Supervision: Examining and Addressing Regulatory Capture.” “Regulatory capture” refers… Read More
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More than a year after it was reported the IRS sent thousands of refunds to the tiny town of Parksley, Va., a woman has pleaded… Read More
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What has been the price tag for the audacious Obamanomics experiment? How much has it all cost — the bailouts, the debt, the stimulus plans,… Read More
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Communications Workers of America collects mandatory fees from more than 40,000 workers who don’t want to join the union. Based on the union’s 2014 annual report… Read More
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No good deed goes unpunished. Or at least, such was the case earlier this month when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Gunnison… Read More
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From Rachel Greszler’s piece published Nov. 24: If you’re a worker and you have a pension, there’s a government agency that will pay that… Read More
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It’s time New York had its own state-run weather service to predict severe storms such as the one that has battered Buffalo, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says…. Read More
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This year, as I have for the past eight years, I will be working on Thanksgiving Day. I work retail, and we have this thing… Read More
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Shopping on Black Friday is completely unnecessary. I’ll say it again: shopping on Black Friday is completely unnecessary. The deals you think you’re getting on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Polls in recent months show Americans in a foul mood when it comes to the economy, their personal finances and the general direction of the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No one needs to be able to buy a big-screen TV on Thanksgiving. That once seemed like a truth universally agreed upon. Sure, we kept… Read More
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Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House quietly released word that it has 3,400 regulations in the pipeline for next year. For those who’d like… Read More
